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who? The people who were using the weapons what? The weapons that were being used Where? In the North and the South Why? People used weapons to defend themselves and take objectives How? They had to load it with black powder and a musket ball and pull the trigger at the enemy What do I want to know? Which side used which weapons Who? Who made theese weapons that were used? What? What were the weapons made of? Where? Where were they being stored When? When were better weapons replacing older ones? Why? Why were they using the weapons being used? How? How where they made? How did the weapons make a difference in the battle? research strategies Who? I will ask the teacher for help. What? I will use the internet of books Where? In the library or classroom When? When I need information How? I will go to other websites
 * 1) My topic is the weapons of the civil war
 * 2) What i already know:

Civil war weapons, Weapons of the civil war

Civil war weapons

Civil war weapons influenced the Miliatary of the North and Southby meeting the demands of advanced firearms in time of war. Carbines, rifles, and other weapons helped both sides succeed in some of there more deadly goals, to kill the enemy. The weapons helped them with that goal and inventions were made to help improve the quality of the weapons.

Carbines were new weapons that were starting to be produced in larger numbers. They were unique in the fact that you could fire 5 shots without reloading after every one. The Burnside Carbine was a weapon that was used later during the war. The trigger was modified by changing the position of the trigger. It was used by both sides durring the war and was the third most used weapon at the times. Because it was a carbine it could hold 5 rounds in the weapon at one time and could fire without reloading.The .54 caliber Burnside carbine was designed and patented by Ambrose E. Burnside. This weapon was manufactured in Rhode Island by the Bristol Firearms Company and later, its successor, the Burnside Rifle Company, from about 1857 to 1865." A unique weapon that was popular amoung most soldiers was the Spencer Carbine. It had a consisted of a magazine that could hold 7 rounds at one time, when most weapons could only hold one round at one time. The Blackslee cartridge box helped load a spencer rifle. The weapon was a good weapon for the time and weapons that could fire without reloading were more efficient than weapons that fired one shot and then needed to be reloaded. The burnside was a rifle that was accurate and effiecient when it came to enemy charges. It could disrupt the enemy easly and put a larger number of people down more quickly.

The standard rifle was one that could hold one bullet at one time and were accurate. Rifles were the most commonly used weapons throughout the civil war. The Henry rifle was the succesor of the long used winchester rifle. Although it was fairly popular not very many companies made it during the civil war. The small companies had to make as many of them as they could. The North had one ingraved in gold and gave it to president Abraham Licoln. "The basic weapon of an infantry soldier was the single-shot, muzzle-loading percussion musket. Foremost among these was the Springfield, manufactured at the U.S. Armory in Springfield," When the civil war started firarms were not in a very big supply. Both sides had to either use old weapons that were not used, or no weapon at all. Some of the single fired weapons had a better rate of reload than others.

Hand held weapons The Bowie knife was a knife that had a long history. It was used in both the civil war and the Mexican war. They were more popular with the confederates than the Yankees because the weapons were not as effective in the North than in the South, so the South had to rely on them. The lances would be used by the calvary to kil there enemy while they were on the ground and couldn't reach them. The confederate used sabers to kill there enemy in close range fighting. The saber was designed to stab the enemy or to slash them so it was more of an all purpose weapon.

Conclusion Throught the civil war weapons were used by both sides, to defend themselves in combat. The soldier had to rely on his weapon to work properly when needed, and had to hope that the enemy doesn't kill them. The civil war had many advances in weaponry, and many new weapons were made for the demand for weapons. Each weapon had it's own task. Most of the time however it was to kill the enemy from the other side.

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