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Nothing was fired out of Quaker guns during the Civil War. Quaker guns were decoy guns made to make the enemy think a fortification or vessel had more cannon than it really had. Quaker guns were usually made of just a solid log of the right diameter.
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How many guns did the union produce in a month during the civil war?
Roughly about 50
What battle ship was the first of the war fired from in the civil war?
Battleships as people know them today, all steel with rotating turrets and mounting heavy guns in calibers of 12 to 18 inches did not exist until the 1880s. The US Civil War was from 1861 until 1865.
What did the Cavaliers fight for in the English Civil War?
The Cavaliers were the supporters of the king - King Charles I. The other name used for them is 'Royalists'.
Did the civil war have machine guns?
Not actual machine guns, but something of a predecessor to it - the hand cranked Gatling Gun.
What are some names of guns from the American 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.
Which side in the civil war invented the quaker gun?
The Confederacy invented the "Quaker Guns" which were logs cut and painted to look like canons.
How were black solders treated differently from white solders during the Civil War?
The black soldiers were treated worse because they were given old guns that back fired at them, and some of the guns didn't even work. They were fired at the majority of the time by the Confederate soldiers.
What word from the US Civil War starts with the letter q?
* Quaker Guns * Quartermaster * Quickstep MarchQuarantine, Quicksilver, Quoin,
What were the type of guns used during the civil war?
Most guns were muzzle-loading guns that fired black powder. Some guns did have metal cartridges that were loaded in the breech. Some of the latter types of rifles were repeaters and could fire several rounds without re-loading.
Who had more guns during the civil war?
North had better guns, but South had more rifles
Were the guns in Battery Park ever fired?
The guns in Battery Park were never fired.
Did guns have safeties during the Civil War?
Guns did not have safeties during the Civil War. However, some of the guns in the 1800s, had a half way spot between hammer down and hammer up that works kind of like a safety.
Who made the guns during the civil war?
The gun makers duhhh!
What did confederates call Quaker guns?
Fake cannon that could not fire.
Can guns be fired in space?
yes
How many guns did the union produce in a month during the civil war?
Roughly about 50
What were the Quaker guns used by Confederate Forces?
Quaker guns were used by the confederates at forts that didn't have real cannons. So they improvised trying to fool union officers into thinking that the fort is "well gunned". Quaker guns were logs made to look like cannons and painted black, and sometimes to make it look more real they have stacks of cannonballs nearby
