1. 1. RifledMusket and Minnie Ball
   • Techniques and Workings
2. 2. Need
   • Soldiers wanted a combination of weaponry
   • Could fire:
   • • Far
   • • Accurately
   • • Be able to load fast enough to be effective in war combat
   • Rifle could fire accurate, musket could fire fast.
   Battle with Muskets
3. 3. Advantages and Disadvantages
   • Fast firing rate
   • Not accurate enough forwar
   • Maximum shot: 400yd, effective shot >100yd
   Musket rifle
   • Slow firing rate .6 as fast as musket
   • Much buildup in muzzle
   • Accurate up to 400yd
   • • Rifled muskets were able to do damage from farther away, canister fire not effective
   Napoleonic style
4. 6. New Technique
   • Offense tried to attack from behind army, but this did not work in Battle of Gettysburg
   • Cover technique: attack in small groups, some cover, some shoot; fight in more covered territories and make cover from earth
   • Battle worked much better with new cover style
   Battle with rifled Rifled Muskets