Weapons and Equipment of the Civil War

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

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

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

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

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

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

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? bronze either linen or paper silver cotton