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Civil war weapons
Ketcham Granades -"Pineapples" or "Potato Mashers" - Five pound oblong shell -Detonates when it hits the ground --1990's
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Gatling gun -They were Made by the union. -They got the idea from a failed confederate weapon. -They had to turn a crankshaft to fire it. -Nicknamed the "coffe grinder" -very fast! -Multi barreled
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Iron ships -First made by the confederates -The south fixed up a northern ship (Merrimack) March 1862 the U.S.S. Virginia was done -CSS Tennessee was the souths most powerfull
Magazine rifles -fired 7-15 bullets without reloading -The union was the first to use them -faster than any rifle of its time -could not fire as far as others -first used at battle at Chickamaungua
