Warfare in the Civil War

Why so many casualties?

Civil War 49 980,336 620,000

• The obvious answer!

• Every time anyone was killed in the Civil War, it was an American.

• There is another answer– Weapon technology.

Basic Barrel Types

Smooth Bore

• Smooth Bore is inaccurate.

• It is like an airsoft gun.

• The bullet tends to move farther away from center the farther it travels.

• How do you throw a football?

• Why do you throw it that way?

• For the same reason gun barrels are rifled.

• The spiral motion helps the bullet fly straighter and farther.

• This makes the guns much more accurate.

• It also means that shooting can kill people at a longer range.

Surgery during the Civil War

Surgeons Tent

Reinactor Surgeon

Ambulance

Hospital

Hospital

Surgeons Instruments

Operating Table

Chloroform Anesthetic

Wounds

Wrist Wounds

Leg Wound

Amputation Kit

Saw

Mannequin Surgery

Feet

Camp Life

Union Soldier

Confederate Soldier

Camp & Drill

Troops at Easy

Tents

Personal Items

Clothing

Sewing Kit

Shaving

Tooth Brush

Cutlery

Passing the Time

Writing

Clay Ink Pot

Prayer

Games

Cards

Poker Chips

Whitling