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Batteries can be confusing as a battery in the Civil War usually meant a team of 4 to six cannon manned by 100 men, utilising some 30 to 50 horses or mules, and commanded by a captain. However electrical batteries were also used during the Civil War to power telegraph communication and for electric detenation of sea mines. (known as torpedos in the 1860's)
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What anesthesia was used in the Civil War?
Chloroform was used to as an anesthesia during the Civil War.
What is an invention that was made for the Civil War?
pretty sure the telegraph was invented during the civil war- and if not, than it was definitely used during the war
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.
Why did they use weapons during the civil war?
the weapons used during the civil war were not only for killing people but to get the union back together and win the war.
What were ironclads used for during the civil war?
Naval battle
