Weapons and Equipment of the Civil War

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1. What were "shoddies?" nickname the Union Army gave the shoes issued to them poorly made uniforms produced by Northern clothing contractors rifles were so poorly made that they often misfired blankets issued to the Union Army

2. What was the largest cannon used during the Civil War? Armstrong cannon Coehorn smoothbore gun Columbiad cannon 20-inch smoothbore gun designed by Thomas Rodman

3. What was the color of JEB Stuart's capes lining and what kind of feather did he wear in his hat? red-lined cape and ostrich plume gray-lined cape with a black raven feather brillant purple-lined cape and peacock plume gold-lined cape and turkey plume

4. What Civil War weapon was called the "Old Wristbreaker?" 1860 Colt revolver Spencer repeating carbine 1840 cavalry saber 1855 Colt repeating rifle

5. What was a soldier's "housewife?" army cooks daily food rations small sewing kit small pouch where they kept their small belongings

6. What was the Stonewall Jackson Medal? nickname for the lemon peels Jackson discarded bullet wound from Jackson's troops a demerit given at the Virginia Military Institute 2-inch medal bearing the image of Jackson

7. What Union general invented a breech-loading carbine before the Civil War? George Stoneman George McClellen Ambrose E. Burnside Oliver O. Howard

8. Instant coffee was first used during the Civil War. True False

9. What did it mean to "worm a bullet?" to load a firearm to unload a firearm to borrow a bullet form another soldier to practice firing into a target

10. What kind of cartridges were used in the Sharp carbines? either linen or paper silver bronze cotton