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Artillery
Small Arms
Edged Weapons
Minie Ball
Weapons Used During the Civil War
• Most favorited by both the North and the South- the Napoleon • Unreliable and awkward- Armstrong and Whitworth cannons. • Heaviest and most powerful- Dahlgrens and Rodman smoothbores.
• Any weapon smaller than a cannon and carried by a soldier. • Muskets • Rifles • Handguns • Breech-loaders • Spencer carbine • Colt revolver •Remington New Model • Starr Army Percussion • French LeMat revolver • English Enfield rifle
• Rifle bullet • 1848- Captain Claude F. Minie • James H. Burton (standard bullet) • Aided defensive side • Widespread use
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• Inflicted few casualties • Bayonets • Sabers • Lances • Pikes • Bowie knives • Swords • Short swords • Cutlasses • Bowie knives
• Cannons (smoothbore or rifled cannon)
• ''Grape shots''
• Frequently used- canister
• Most used rifled guns- 3-inch Ordnance & 10-pdr Parrott rifles.
