ABOUT $18-$20. That was about 4 months wages for an average laborer.
the musket does not have a rifled barrel and a rifle does
Depends a LOT on which rifle, and where. The rifle used by the Union Army at the start of the US Civil War originally cost $20 each. In 1860, that was a LOT of money- about 3 months wages for a worker.
musket Or miguelet / miquelet.
Carbine, rifle, firearm, or gun. Those are synonyms for musket.
A musket is smooth bored, like a shotgun's bore. A rifle has rifling inside the bore (grooves).
Around $12 which was a lot of money in those days!
It replaced the smoothbore musket.
Nothing different from a rifle.
The rifles had superior range and accuracy compared to the smoothbore musket.
bayonet
Rifle.
There were several types of weapons used in the civil war. The top ten weapons were the cannon, Minnie ball, pistols, sabers, swords, knives, Springfield rifle, Lorenz rifle, Colt rifle, and repeating weapons.