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The primary Infantry weapon the Union used was the muzzle loading, Springfield percussion cap rifle, fitted with a socket bayonet. Officers carried a saber and their own revolver, the .44 caliber being the most popular, made by a variety of manufacturers including Colt and Remington. The Cavalry, even the enlisted troopers, also carried these weapons, but the men were armed with the breech loading Sharps carbine instead of the full-sized Springfield Most of the Artillery pieces were muzzle loading rifled howitzers firing either solid shot or antipersonnel canister shells.
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Who was the union of the battle of Gettysburg?
The Union was the North at the Battle of Gettysburg. The Army of the Potomac was the army on the field.
Union vs Gettysburg Battle of Gettysburg?
Gettysburg was the place, not the opposing army.
Where was the Union Army coming from when they met at Gettysburg?
The Union Army was coming from the south.
Who was the commanding union officer Gettysburg?
George Gordon Meade was the commander of the Union Army at Gettysburg.
Who was the Gettysburg general for union?
Meade commanded the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg.
Who was in charge of the unoin army at Gettysburg?
ANSWER Major General George Gordon Meade was the Commander of the Union Army at Gettysburg.
Who won the Gettysburg battle in Pennsylvania?
The Union Army.
Who led the union in the Battle of Gettysburg?
Major General George G. Mead was in command of the Union Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg.
Two opposing sides in the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Union Army & The Confederate Army
Who did picket charge?
The Union Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg Penn, at the battle of Gettysburg in the Civil War.
Commanding Union officer at the Battle of Gettysburg.?
Meade commanded the Army of the Potomac during Gettysburg.
Where were Lee's troops headed when the ran into union cavalry at Gettysburg?
Union army of the potomac
