The Parrott rifle was a type of muzzle loading rifled artillery weapon used in the American Civil War. It was invented by Robert Parker Parrott.
The Gatling gun.
Gunpowder
the first gun shot of the civil war was started
No.
GUN powder.
PetersbergYes- limited use later in the war.
Limited use in the US Civil War
Taking into consideration only the field artillery, the longest cannon range of the Napoleonic era was of 1,800 meters, reached by a 12 pound smoothbore gun (caliber 121 millimeters) firing with its maximum elevation. When the Civil War broke out, the Union had at disposal the 3 inches gun and the Parrot's 10 pound gun, both rifled, whose ranges went beyond 4 kilometers. But the maximum range was that of over 10 kilometers, reached by Parrot's rifled siege cannons of 100, 200 and 300 pounds.
Napolean
because the gun went off
The gun makers duhhh!
US Civil war