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The Napoleon, along with the 10-pounder Parrott rifle, the 20-pounder Parrott rifle, and the 3-inch ordnance rifle, came to constitute the vast majority of Union field artillery during the Civil War. The Confederates meanwhile had to make do with a wider variety of field artillery and went so far as to melt down outdated pieces so they could be ...
Between 1861 and 1865, American Civil War prison camps were operated by the Union and the Confederacy to detain over 400,000 captured soldiers. From the start of the Civil War through to 1863 a parole exchange system saw most prisoners of war swapped relatively quickly.
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 ...
This is a list of Confederate arms manufacturers. The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by thirteen Southern states that had declared their secession from the United States. The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil ...
The 1st Battalion, Mississippi Mounted Rifles was a unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War, [1] and was the only Union Mississippi unit created during the Civil War other than regiments of the United States Colored Troops [2]
The prisoners of the 1st Regiment were exchanged and reorganized in October, 1862 and then sent to Port Hudson, Louisiana. Colonel Simonton was reassigned during the Siege of Port Hudson from May - July 1863, with Major Thomas H. Johnston taking command of the regiment. [ 1 ]
The American Civil War was the first 'railroad war' in history, due in no small part to the fact that in 1860 the United States had over 30,000 miles of tracks, more than any other country. The typical American freight train was composed of a 4-4-0 steam locomotive pulling 17 boxcars , each capable of carrying 5 to 10 tons of freight.
This is a list of units from Mississippi that served in the Union during the American Civil War. Only a single unit of white Union troops was raised within the state, along with several regiments of African-American volunteers, eventually becoming part of the United States Colored Troops. The list of Confederate Mississippi units is shown ...