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Slide 3
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The American Civil War (1861-1865) was caused by tensions between the Northern and Southern States Over States Rights vs. federal authority. By the time it ended in Confederate surrender in 1865, the Civil War proved to be the costliest war ever fought on American soil.
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Slide 4
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Slide 4: Some new inventions during the Civil War were Rapid Fire Weapons. These weapons would allow the user to fire multiple rounds in the same amount of time it would have taken to fire one in the past.This weapon worked off of a crank system.
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Slide 5
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The Cannon was one of the most important weapons of the Civil War. It increased range and accuracy. During the war both sides experimented with the cannons design, leading to many different types: some examples are Napoleons, howitzers, and Columbiads.
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Slide 6
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The Minié ball, or Minie ball, is a type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized rifle bullet. This bullet was made of soft lead which would expand and increase velocity when leaving the muzzle of the gun.
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Slide 7
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The fighters of the Civil war used crude hand grenades.These grenades had a plunger that would set them off on impact. Each side used grenades, alough they both used different kinds. The north relied on Ketchum grenades while the Confederacy relied on Spherical Grenades. Rains and Adams grenades were also used.
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Slide 8
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During the Civil War, Railroads were used frequently. It allowed the Union to watch their borders more easily. It also allowed nations to mobilize and supply larger numbers of soldiers. Food, water and weapons were transported as well.
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Slide 9
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Abraham Lincoln was the first president who was able to communicate on the spot with his officers on the battlefield. The White House telegraph office enabled him to monitor battlefield reports, lead real-time strategy meetings and deliver orders to his men.
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Slide 10
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Southern and Northern forces were issued with a variety of swords depending on their fighting style; cavalrymen, infantry, artillerymen, marines and officers all had distinct weapons issued to them
Issued to artillerymen |
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Slide 11
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Issued to mounted artillery
Issued to infantry sergeants |
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Slide 12
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Issued to US Cavalry
Issued to naval boarding parties |
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Slide 13
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The regulation officer's sword, though in practice most officers used cavalry sabers
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Slide 14
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Carried by Marine officers
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Slide 15
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Many different pistols, and revolvers or handguns as they were called at the time, were used throughout the civil war by both the North and the South
The most popular Colt handgun in the Union army was a .44 caliber six-shot revolver. Stocks were made that could be screwed onto the butt of the pistol allowing it to be held at the shoulder, increasing accuracy. Some had a second function such as a liquor flask or storage for cartridges.[4] |
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Slide 16
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Similar in size and appearance to the Colt Army, the main difference of the Colt Navy was the change in caliber from .44 to .36 and the fact that it was primarily issued to the US Navy.
The preferred weapon of the Confederacy |
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Slide 17
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Issued to the US Cavalry. A heavy large-caliber pistol designed for killing the mounds of charging enemy troopers.[5]
This pistol was highly favored by troops. The Remington had a quick cylinder release catch which made reloading much faster. It was used in large quantities during the war |
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Slide 16
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Used as an alternative to the Colt and Remington. These usually fired brass rimfire cartridges
Starr: is a double-action revolver which was briefly used in the American Civil War until the U.S. Ordnance Department persuaded the Starr Arms Co. to create a single-action variant after discontinuation of the Colt. |
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A "proto double-action" revolver with a second trigger underneath the first. Used by the Navy and a few Army regiments.
A five-shot back-action revolver made by the London Armoury Company was used by Confederate cavalry |
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Slide 20
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Perhaps the most well-known foreign-designed revolver during the Civil War. It had two barrels, one on top of the other. The top barrel could fire up to nine .42 caliber balls while the bottom could fire a 16 gauge shotshell, making it a deadly weapon in theory
A pinfire revolver imported from France by Union and Confederate officers |
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Slide 21
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Issued to navy personnel but proved unpopular with the men and was quickly replaced with the M1860 Cutlass
A lever action pistol made in 1853 chambered in 44. rimfire. privately owned by those who could afford them |
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During the American Civil War, the rifle was the most common weapon found on the battlefield. Most of the rifles during that time were loaded with a minnie ball and black powder.
the most widely used shoulder arm during the Civil War. It was favored for its range, accuracy, and reliability. The Enfield 1853 rifled musket was used by both the North and the South in the American Civil War, and was the second most widely used infantry weapon in the war. |
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Slide 23
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This Austrian gun was the third-most common musket and was imported by both sides. It fired the same .58 caliber Minie ball as the Enfield and Springfield.
A 2-band rifle with sword bayonet which was issued to Confederate NCOs |
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Slide 24
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A Confederate copy of the Springfield rifle
Confederate copy of the Springfield Model 1861 |
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Slide 25
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Sometimes fitted with brass scopes were used by Confederate sharpshooters
The Sharps rifle was a falling block rifle used during and after the American Civil War. The carbine version was very popular with the cavalry of both the Union and Confederate armies and was issued in much larger numbers than the full-length rifle |
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Slide 27
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By 1860, just before the beginning of the Civil War, cotton made up almost 60% of American export goods and the American south produced more cotton than the rest of the world combined. Southern farmers leapt on the chance to increase their earnings and created massive cotton plantations that would have previously been impossible to maintain, but with the cotton gin, all landowners needed were more laborers to run the gins. This is why the south was pro slavery and this was one of the causes of the Civil War.
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Slide 28
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African Americans played a pivitiol role in the civil war. Though the Confederacy had laws prohibitig the enlistment of African Americans, some enlisted anyway.
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Slide 30
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African Americans served as slaves, cooks, guards, menservants, and soldiers for the army. Many slaves fled to the north and enlisted in the northern army in order to ensure their freedome and fight against their southern oppressors.
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