Rifles
Rifles replaced muskets in battle. It has a longer range(about 1,000 yards) and it is more accurate than a musket.
The Union and Confederacy both used rifles in battle. Some of the rifles they used were the Spencer carbine (a rifle that could fire multiple times before reloading) and the Smith carbine(not used as much after the invention of the Spencer carbine and the Shapes rifle).
Reloading a rifle took a long time to reload. So in 1848, Claude Minié, a French army officer, invented what they call a Minié ball. With the invention of the Minié ball, not only was the loading time faster, the range was farther, and it was more accurate, it was much more deadly than muskets.
balloons
It was used to see the ground from thousands of miles above the ground. In areas with very little terrain, it gave military officers an advantage. …show more content…
The balloons were usually inflated with city gas. While the balloons in the fields used a special inflation wagon, which generated hydrogen because of the diluted sulfuric acid and iron filings.
Submarines
The Confederates tried to sink the Union’s ironclads using the submarines. The first one to do so was the C.S.S. Hunley led by Lieutenant George E. Dixon, but the submarine was sinked into the ocean in the process along with the Union blockade ship, the U.S.S. Housatonic.
The Union and the Confederate both used submarines for different reasons. The Union used the submarines for clearing obstructed harbors, while Confederate used the submarines to destroy the Union’s blockade.
A well known Union submarine, the U.S.S. Alligator, was lost in a storm during its voyage to Charleston, South
Rifles replaced muskets in battle. It has a longer range(about 1,000 yards) and it is more accurate than a musket.
The Union and Confederacy both used rifles in battle. Some of the rifles they used were the Spencer carbine (a rifle that could fire multiple times before reloading) and the Smith carbine(not used as much after the invention of the Spencer carbine and the Shapes rifle).
Reloading a rifle took a long time to reload. So in 1848, Claude Minié, a French army officer, invented what they call a Minié ball. With the invention of the Minié ball, not only was the loading time faster, the range was farther, and it was more accurate, it was much more deadly than muskets.
balloons
It was used to see the ground from thousands of miles above the ground. In areas with very little terrain, it gave military officers an advantage. …show more content…
The balloons were usually inflated with city gas. While the balloons in the fields used a special inflation wagon, which generated hydrogen because of the diluted sulfuric acid and iron filings.
Submarines
The Confederates tried to sink the Union’s ironclads using the submarines. The first one to do so was the C.S.S. Hunley led by Lieutenant George E. Dixon, but the submarine was sinked into the ocean in the process along with the Union blockade ship, the U.S.S. Housatonic.
The Union and the Confederate both used submarines for different reasons. The Union used the submarines for clearing obstructed harbors, while Confederate used the submarines to destroy the Union’s blockade.
A well known Union submarine, the U.S.S. Alligator, was lost in a storm during its voyage to Charleston, South