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The most common small arm at Gettysburg was the .58 caliber Springfield rifle musket model 1861. Many Confederates carried the .577 caliber Enfield rifled Musket. Several units carried the .69 caliber smoothbore. Cavalry were armed with .54 caliber Sharps carbines and a few lucky units under George Amstrong Custer were carrying the .52 caliber Spencer repeating carbine.
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Use the word musket in a sentence?
The musket was used by foot soldiers in both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
What weapons were used in the battle of festubert?
musket, cannons
What were the type of bullets used in the Civil War?
Musket balls.
Who used the musket?
If your referring to the "muzzle loading" musket/rifle; the US Army's last offical use of that weapon was the US Civil War. In 1866 the US Army adapted the metallic cartridge 50-70 single shot rifle. Then in 1873, the US Army got rid of the 50-70 and adapted the 45-70 Government cartridge. Both sides used the musket/rifle in the Civil War. A muzzle loading musket could be either smooth bore or rifled. However, generally speaking, whenever a man used the term "musket", it was usually presumed to be a smooth bored weapon.
Which country invented the musket?
The Chinese are credited with the invention of the musket. The musket was a later form of a weapon known as the hand cannon.
What firearm was used during the Elizabethan era?
Musket or Musket or maybe a Musket.:D
Use the word musket in a sentence?
The musket was used by foot soldiers in both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
What are two weapons used in the French Revolutionary Wars?
The musket was the main weapon in the French and Indian War. French Tulle musket, British Brown Bess musket, and an array of frontier Indian weapons were very popular among the Canadian and American Militias, including Tomahawks, knives, and clubs. oh british 12 pdr guns at the Forts and french 16 pdr field guns and mortars. The French and their allies used the Charleville musket. The British and their allies used the Brown Bess musket.
What weapon was used in conjunction to a musket?
A bayonet is a thrusting weapon placed on the muzzle of a musket or rifle which turns the weapon into a spear.
What is the second main musket used in the American Revolution?
While not the proper names, the British "Brown Bess" was used by both sides. In addition the French Charleville musket was used by the Americans.
What gun is used today instead of a musket?
Rifle.
What weapons were used in the battle of festubert?
musket, cannons
When were stone musket balls used?
16th sentury
What arms were used in the Battle of Shiloh?
muskets,shoguns,and calibers
Was a blunderbuss musket used by Americans?
Loise and Clark used them but the British made them.
What weapons was used on the goldfields?
Musket pistols, riffles, Saber's
What were the type of bullets used in the Civil War?
Musket balls.
