Before the rifling of the rifle, lead balls were fired.
§ Muskets §Pistols §Knives
Pikes, cannons, muskets and mortars.
In the beginning anything and everything available was used. I've heard of 18630Enfields and Tower muskets, but not Enfield Tower muskets.
15- 20 lbs was the common weight of civil war guns not artillery just guns rifles and muskets included
Smoothbore muskets, rifles, pistols, revolvers, shotguns, mortars and cannon.
There were approximatley 120 different types of guns in the civil war. There were many varieties of muskets, repeaters, pistols, ect. Many of these weapons were similar varieties of the same model of weapons. For example the union had muskets as well as the confederacy but they were different varieties.
The firing at Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War.
muskets IMPROVEMENT Sabres, revolvers, repeating rifles.
The firing on Fort Sumter
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Weapons used during the English Civil War included swords and other bladed weapons, and fire arms including simple muskets and cannon.
They drilled and and marched a lot. The muskets upgraded to musket-rifles which were much better.