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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.
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What was used in place of gun powder during the Civil War?
Nothing was used in place of gunpowder during the Civil War. Gunpowder was made and used extensively by both sides. During the Civil War the guns used black powder for propellant. Modern guns use smokeless powder, which has a completely different chemical composition.
How were weapons used during the US Civil War?
Weapons were used in battle during the civil war, at many battlefields in both North and South territory. The early forms of machine guns were used for the first time in the Civil War.
What kind of tools did Clara barton use during the civil war?
bombs guns and pistols
How guns changed the Civil War?
The civil war was more deadly.
How did the civil war change warfare?
Technology took made many improvements during the Civil War. The guns went from smoothbore muskets to rifles that used minie balls. The Civil War also saw torpedoes, submarines and Gatling guns.
Who had more guns during the civil war?
North had better guns, but South had more rifles
Who made the guns during the civil war?
The gun makers duhhh!
What was fired out of the Quaker guns during the civil war?
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.
What was used in place of gun powder during the Civil War?
Nothing was used in place of gunpowder during the Civil War. Gunpowder was made and used extensively by both sides. During the Civil War the guns used black powder for propellant. Modern guns use smokeless powder, which has a completely different chemical composition.
How many guns did the union produce in a month during the civil war?
Roughly about 50
How were weapons used during the US Civil War?
Weapons were used in battle during the civil war, at many battlefields in both North and South territory. The early forms of machine guns were used for the first time in the Civil War.
What were weapons used during the civil war?
They used small arms, and rifles, basically guns.
What kind of tools did Clara barton use during the civil war?
bombs guns and pistols
How guns changed the Civil War?
The civil war was more deadly.
How did the civil war change warfare?
Technology took made many improvements during the Civil War. The guns went from smoothbore muskets to rifles that used minie balls. The Civil War also saw torpedoes, submarines and Gatling guns.
How heavy were civil war guns?
15- 20 lbs was the common weight of civil war guns not artillery just guns rifles and muskets included
What inventions was created during the civil war that we still use today?
Wagons, Barrels, guns, gaterade.
