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What are smooth-bores?
Smooth-bore refers to a firearm or cannon which does not have a rifled barrel (a rifled barrel is one with ridges that corkscrew down the barrel to impart a spin to the bullet)
What was the most powerful cannon in the civil war?
In portable cannon, possibly the Parrot rifled cannon. In cannon mounted in fixed positions, such as forts, possibly the Dahlgren cannons. There was also a very large bore mortar known as the Dictator that fired a 13 inch shell.
What was the importance of advancments in weapon technology?
The rifled musket with the minie ball and percussion cap, the rifled cannon; breech loading, cartridge firing rifles and carbines like the Sharps, Spencer, and Henry; armored, steam powered gunboats; all made the battlefield more deadly.
A list of new inventions that were used in the American Civil War?
Observation balloons, submarine, rifled cannon and muskets, telegraph, railroads, and a VERY important item- canned food.
How did new technologies effect the civil war?
First rifled cannon. First submarine. First widely-photographed war. First time that whole armies were moved to the battlefield by train. First time that orders were given by telegraph.
