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Gatling gun: Arguably the most successful Civil War machine gun, the Gatling gun could sustain 150 rounds a minute thanks to its rotating barrel design. Although Chief of Ordnance James Wolfe Ripley was against its adoption, that did not stop individual generals like Benjamin Butler from purchasing them for their own use.
The Rodman gun is any of a series of American Civil War–era columbiads designed by Union artillery officer Thomas Jackson Rodman [1] (1815–1871). The guns were designed to fire both shot and shell .
over 3032 made in 1819, Many converted to percussion Cap for Civil War C. Chapman Nashville, Tennessee.54 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines Less than 100 Cameron & Company Charleston, South Carolina: Rifles Also "Cameron, Taylor, & Johnson" Churchill & Sons Columbiana, Alabama: Artillery Columbus Columbus, Georgia
The company also produced single- and double-barrel shotguns, including both box-locks and external central hammers. Later it manufactured a selection of 20- and 28-bore Maynard-action shotguns of 1865 and 1873 patterns. With civil war looming some Southern states purchased Maynard rifles from the company for their state militias.
Nine-pounders were universally gone well before the Mexican War, and only scant references exist to any Civil War use of the weapons. The 12-pounder field gun appeared in a series of models mirroring the 6-pounder, but in far less numbers. At least one Federal battery, the 13th Indiana, took the 12-pounder field gun into service early in the war.
During the American Civil War, an assortment of small arms found their way onto the battlefield.Though the muzzleloader percussion cap rifled musket was the most numerous weapon, being standard issue for the Union and Confederate armies, many other firearms, ranging from the single-shot breech-loading Sharps and Burnside rifles to the Spencer and the Henry rifles - two of the world's first ...
Winchester Model 1897 Trench Gun with M1917 bayonet Winchester Model 1912 Trench Gun Remington 1100 Tactical Shotgun in 12-gauge—holds eight 2 3 ⁄ 4" rounds in the tube. A combat shotgun is a shotgun issued by militaries for warfare. [1] The earliest shotguns specifically designed for combat were the trench guns or trench shotguns issued in ...
The howitzer was used throughout the American Civil War, but it was outclassed by the 12-pounder Napoleon which combined the functions of both field gun and howitzer. In the U.S. Army, the 12-pounder howitzers were replaced as soon as more modern weapons became available.