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Strategies, Advantages, And Pros Of The Civil War

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Jasmine Stawarski Mrs. Trahan English 8 16 March 2017 Comparing and Contrasting Civil War Weapons, Strategies, and Advantages of the North and South The Civil War is one of the most remembered wars in United States history. This war did a lot to change our country. Weapons, strategies, and advantages were a large reason for the result of this war. Many advantages in the Civil War were on the Union’s side. The Union had the manufacturing advantages. Most of the factories were in the North. This helped the North to more easily produce supplies and weapons. When the war began, the factories helped to make bullets, boots, guns, cannons, uniforms, and any other supplies that were needed. (Davidson and Stoff 488). The North had more miles of …show more content…

There were guns, cannons, knives, landmines, and many other effective weapons. The most popular kind of gun was the repeating rifle. These were the first kinds of rifles that allowed you to fire more than one bullet without having to reload the gun. This was much safer and quicker than shooting one bullet then having to reload the gun. The most popular repeating rifle was the Spencer Carbine. The Spencer Carbine was only available to the Union troops. The South lacked the technological and industrial abilities to manufacture any of these guns. The Spencer Carbine could fire up to seven shots in thirty seconds. (“Civil War Technology”). The invention of a new kind of bullet, the Minie Ball, helped many soldiers in the war. The Minie ball was hollow-based and could easily be loaded into a gun. This bullet was used in both sides of the war. (“Weapons”). The Confederacy used landmines as a defense. These worked very well to the South’s advantage. The Union troops were outraged by these. They declared this as unethical fighting. The landmines killed many Union troops. The Confederacy suspended the use of landmines. The Confederacy also had great success with underwater land mines. Confederate torpedoes destroyed dozens of Union ships and did great damage to a couple of others. The Union had less success with underwater land mines, only sinking six Confederate ships. Calcium floodlights were another successful weapon for

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