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1 A Soldiers Life J.A.SACCO

2 Army Organization 2nd Squad 3rd Brigade 20th NJ Regiment 2nd Platoon
Army of the Potomac st Division 1st Company th Corps

3 Army Organization Company- 100 men usually smaller/Captain
Regiment-5-8 Companies- (800 men full strength)- Colonel-larger regiments divided into battalions. Brigade-2-5 regiments-2600 men-Brigadier General. Division- 2-4 Brigades-8,000 men-Major General. Corps-2-3 Divisions-20,000 men- Major General (Union) or Lt. General (Confederate). Confederate Corps were larger. Army- Composed of any number of Corps. Major General (North), Full General (South). Confederates at Gettysburg

4 Artillery of the Civil War
Napoleon Parrot Cannon

5 Artillery of the Civil War

6 The Rifled Musket Springfield Rifled Musket- .58 caliber- Single shot- 400 yards effective range. South used the Enfield Rifled Musket-(British import) Percussion cap Minie Ball

7 Pistols of the Civil War

8 Carbines Carbine- quick breach loader/used by cavalry because of light weight– single shot Sharps- .52 caliber/3ft long/used a paper cartridge that was combustible S Sharps paper cartridge

9 Carbines Designed by union General Ambrose Burnsides. .54caliber/40 inches long/7 pounds. Used a metal cartridge. Burnside cartridge

10 Repeaters 39 inches/8.25 pounds/.52 caliber/7 cartridges in magazine/21 rounds min. Spencer cartridge

11 Repeaters 15 shot magazine/.44 caliber/lever action mechanism to refire


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