During the war, soldiers used muskets, repeating rifles, knives, bayonets, swords, cannons, and ironclads. Moreover, the invention of the telegraph was an advantage to the Union forces. Union since the south could not match its communication infrastructure. Andrew Carnegie was in charge of the...
From rocks to rifles, find out how Civil War soldiers armed themselves By Catherine McNiff reenactor firing an 1858 Enfield musket Related Links Uniforms of the Civil War Civil War Movies Deadliest Civil War Battles Gettysburg Fact Sheet
The contested state of Missouri was the site of the United States’ longest civil conflict, stretching from 1854 well into the mid-1870’s. While the state’s experience with violence began with pro-slavery militancy in Kansas, Missouri’s long “Inside War” (its infamous guerrilla conflict) ...
Minié Bullet– The most common ammunition of muzzleloading rifles in the Civil War was the soft lead Minié bullet. This bullet was invented by Claude-Étienne Minié. It is often called the Minié ball, but it was not ball-shaped, it was in the shape of a bullet. The bottom base of...
Denikin’s army of 60,000 men was entirely equipped in arms and munitions of war by England. It received 200,000 rifles, 2,000 guns, 30 tanks. Several hundred English officers acted as either advisers or instructors to Denikin’s Army. The disembarkation of the Allies at Vladivostock compri...
Colton, Ray C.: The Civil War in the Western Territories, Norman, Oklahoma, 1959 Goodman, Thomas M., and Captain Harry A. Houston (ed.): A Thrilling Record, Founded on Facts and Observations Obtained During Ten Days’ Experience with Colonel William T. Anderson (the Notorious Guerrilla Chie...
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Sherman’s March to the Sea (November 15–December 21, 1864), American Civil War campaign that concluded Union operations in Georgia and crippled the South’s war-making capacity. After seizing Atlanta, Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman embark
Equipped with advanced Spencer repeating rifles, they took the war to Mosby's Rangers as a regular cavalry could not do. Many soldiers from the following Ohio regiments were detailed to Blazer's Scouts: 2nd West Virginia Cavalry, 12th, 23rd, 34th, 36th, and 91st Ohio Infantries. 352 pgs...
[pg 4] many of the officers and men of the Congaree Rifles soon entered upon the work of raising companies and regiments for service in Virginia, which soon promised to be the greatest theatre of the war, this company disbanded. I returned to my duties in the South Carolina College for...