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there were seventy six melee weapons in the civil war.

The American Civil War by Union and Confederate soldiers took place during the years 1861___1865. During the war, a variety of weapons were used on both sides. These weapons include edged weapons such as knives and swords, firearms such as handguns, rifled-muskets, breech loaders and repeating weapons, various field guns such as artillery, and new weapons such as the early grenade and machine gun.

No, drummer boys of the civil war did not carry weapons. All they did is drum.