weapons

Published: 5/5/25

Smoothbore vs. Rifled Muskets

By: Phil Spaugy

Category: Commentary

A look at the military philosophy of Colonel George Willard, whose advocacy for the use of the smoothbore (not rifled) musket in battle flew in the face of contemporary thinking.

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Published: 3/18/25

Union and Confederate Small Arms

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: Articles

A look at a cross section of Union and Confederate small arms hints at their great variety over the Civil War years.

Published: 1/6/25

A Firearm Transformed

By: Phil Spaugy

Category: Artifacts

Follow a Union soldier's journey with the M1816/22 rifled musket, a prominent firearm that served on the frontlines of the Civil War.

Published: 4/15/24

The Myth of the Civil War Sniper

By: Scott Hippensteel

Category: Soldiers

How deadly were Civil War snipers? A scientist-historian argues they weren't nearly as deadly as popular histories have made them out to be.