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