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    Siege artillery is heavy artillery primarily used in military attacks on fortified positions. At the time of the American Civil War, the U.S. Army classified...
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    Field artillery in the American Civil War refers to the artillery weapons, equipment, and practices used by the artillery branch to support infantry and...
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    (Union Army) Field artillery in the American Civil War Siege artillery in the American Civil War Bibliography of the American Civil War Bibliography of Abraham...
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  • Thumbnail for List of weapons in the American Civil War
    were a wide variety of weapons used during the American Civil War, especially in the early days as both the Union and Confederate armies struggled to arm...
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  • Infantry in the American Civil War Zouaves of the American Civil War Cavalry in the American Civil War Field artillery in the American Civil War Siege artillery...
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    Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida...
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  • During the American Civil War, an assortment of small arms found their way onto the battlefield. Though the muzzleloader percussion cap rifled musket was...
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    nodes. Mississippian troops fought in every major theater of the American Civil War, although most were concentrated in the Western Theater. Confederate president...
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    during the American Civil War. He was the Union commander in the first battle of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter in April 1861 when the Confederates...
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  • a type of Siege artillery in the American Civil War, specifically a mortar HMS Dictator (1783), a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy...
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    Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War from May 8, 1861, before that date the capital had been...
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    field artillery weapons Siege artillery in the American Civil War United States Army branch insignia US Field artillery team U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade...
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    During the American Civil War, Arkansas was a Confederate state, though it had initially voted to remain in the Union. Following the capture of Fort Sumter...
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    The siege of Port Hudson (May 22 – July 9, 1863) was the final engagement in the Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River in the American Civil...
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    Siege artillery in the American Civil War From the 1860 US Federal Census for the District of Columbia. NHRP, Civil War Fort Sites (1974). American Trails...
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    participated in the American Civil War as a member of the Confederate States of America. It had been admitted to the United States as a slave state in 1845. In January...
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    during the American Civil War. Although it is more popularly known as the siege of Petersburg, it was not a classic military siege, in which a city...
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    James rifle (category American Civil War artillery)
    a generic term to describe any artillery gun rifled to the James pattern for use in the American Civil War, as used in some period documentation. Charles...
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    The siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of...
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    During the American Civil War (1861–1865), Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, was the center of the Union war effort, which rapidly...
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  • The bibliography of the American Civil War comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war...
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    including many coast artillery weapons United States Army Corps of Engineers Disappearing gun Siege artillery in the American Civil War Wade, p. 185 Wade...
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    text of the following three sections has been moved to List of American Civil War Generals (Acting Confederate). The names of the officers in each section...
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    The western theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military operations in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina...
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    The siege of Corinth (also known as the first battle of Corinth) was an American Civil War engagement lasting from April 29 to May 30, 1862, in Corinth...
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    The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...
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  • Thumbnail for Missouri in the American Civil War
    During the American Civil War, Missouri was a hotly contested border state populated by both Union and Confederate sympathizers. It sent armies, generals...
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    with attempts to reduce the fortifications by means of siege engines, artillery bombardment, mining (also known as sapping), or the use of deception or treachery...
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    Parrott rifle (category American Civil War artillery)
    The Parrott rifle was a type of muzzle-loading rifled artillery weapon used extensively in the American Civil War. The gun was invented by Captain Robert...
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    The eastern theater of the American Civil War consisted of the major military and naval operations in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland...
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