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CIVIL WAR :1861- 1865_

picture of the battle of Gettysburg

• BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG • WEAPONS • ABRAHAM LINCOLNS ASSASSINATION

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NOAH PIERS C BLOCK

Civil War Weapons

picture of many different types of civil war weapons.

CIVIL WAR WEAPONS There were many types of rifles, pistols and swords in the civil war. Some of the most commonly used were rifle muskets such as the Enfield

weapons that are called bayonets that actually attach to the gun so you can charge at the enemy in battle.

1853 and the Austrian gun. But not all the weapons used in the civil war were guns. They also used many different types of weapons for hand to hand combat such as swords and

this is a picture of some weapon that were used in the civil war.

sabers. Some close range

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BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

Battle of Gettysburg

first General Lee sent them and

The battle of Gettysburg was Pickett directly into the Union’s the largest and deadliest battle fortified area. Because of this in the civil war. This defeat of mistake General Lee lost a third general Lee’s confederate army of his army in just two days and that the south would win the had to retreat to Virginia. During war. General Lee was over the Battle of Gettysburg 35,000 confident and attacked a large, well protected union army that was dug in on little round top, cemetary and culps hill. Even though second in command

men died.

The battle of Gettysburg killed more people in two hours than all the previous American wars combined.

Ewell and Longstreet refused at

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april 15, 1865

Assasination of Abraham Lincoln

This is Fords theatre where Lincoln was

Abraham Lincoln knew that slavery was wrong. But, he also knew that the north and south had very dierent beliefs and that this would result in the civil war. he proclaimed that all men

people lead by Johns Wilkes Booth assassinated him at the Fords theatre on April 15, 1865.

Even though the country was on it’s way of being united again President Lincoln was lost. He

would be free and fought hard was considered the last great to end the war. When the war casualty in the civil war. was over he tried to unite his country again and did, but there were still many people who hated him and a band of seven

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This is Abraham Lincoln the last great casualty in the civil war.

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1. ambush

noun

To lie in wait for an unexpected attack.

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2.artillery

noun

large-­caliber guns used in warfare on land.

92. the reb artillery was massed it was a word in the and firing heavily. book that means heavy guns from the time period.

3.bayonet

noun

a sword like stabbing blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle for use in hand-­to-­hand fighting.

34. “fix bayonets!”

it was used on the end of muskets.

4.blockade

noun

The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.

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they used it to stay protected from bullets in the time period.

5.buggies

noun

a light, four-­wheeled, horse-­drawn

35. come out from washington in buggies to picnic and watch the battle.

they were a form of transportation in the time period.

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6.cannon

noun

a large, heavy piece 76. and the din of the cannon of artillery, typically and rifle fire was constant and mounted on wheels, deafening. formerly used in warfare.

they were use more in war in the time period.

7.carbines

noun

a light automatic rifle.

78. he saw the glint of sun on cavalry sabers and carbines.

it was an old rifle mostly used in the time period.

8.cartridge boxes

noun

a usually leather case attached to a belt or strap and used to carry cartridges​.

30. refill your cartridge boxes and

they were used during the time period.

9.Charley Goddard

noun

a soldier that fought in the civil war.

1. he heard it all, charley did;;

10.confederate

adjective

joined by an 81. and he thought of going to agreement or treaty. the shattered confederate charge

the term was used a lot more during the time period.

11. confederate revolvers

noun

it was a type of gun made by the confederate army.

they were a really good quality gun in the time period.

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get more caps.

100/101. those confederate revolvers back home they wanted them.

it was a soldier who fought in the civil war.

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12.grapeshot

noun

ammunition 93. chain and grapeshot consisting of a number of small iron balls fired together from a cannon.

it was a bunch of little bullets that were shot out of a cannon which is from the time period.

13.muskets

noun

an infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-­bored, muzzleloading, and fired from the shoulder.

4. would sign up as a man and get him a musket

they were the guns used most in the time period.

14. muzzle

noun

the open end of the barrel of a firearm.

83. with his bayonet locked on to his muzzle, he loaded one last time just as the Rebels hit the Union line

it was a part of the guns used back during the time period.

15.nipple

noun

is the part of a percussion muzzleloader​ or firearm on which the percussion cap is placed.

34. pinched a cap so it would it was used on most stay wedged on the nipple and guns during the time eased the hammer down to half period. cock.

16.ram rod

noun

a rod for ramming

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it was used most on the

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down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm.

gun in the time period.

17. rebels “rebs”

noun

a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler.

35. all those petticoats flying and the carriages rocking along as they found that rebel shells did not care if you were a soldier or a civilian.

they were what people called the bad guys during the time period.

18.saber

noun

a heavy cavalry sword with a curved blade and a single cutting edge.

77. an officer in front of them walked back and forth with a saber.

it was a sword mostly used in the time period.

19. secessionists

noun

is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, military alliance or especially a political entity.

44. (for “secessionists”)

there were lots of them in this time period.

20. slavery

noun

the state of being a slave.

16. never did they speak of slavery.

it was going on in the time period.

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