A large machine that fired explosive projectiles at enemy units.
What is a cannon.
100
A weapon that fires a projectile at an incredible rate of speed using gunpowder.
What is a musket?
100
The beginning of military transportation.
What is a horse and buggy?
100
The White House telegraph office enabled this man to monitor battlefield reports.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
An attempt to create a multi-shot pistol by adding a horizontal magazine—some variations held up to 10 percussion cap or pinfire cartridges.
What is harmonica gun?
200
Originally developed by General Gabriel J. Rains, these antipersonnel explosives were typically iron containers rigged with gunpowder, a fuse and a brass detonation cap.
What is a landmine.
200
A blade that could be attached to the end of a rifle to impale a victim. It also doubles as a knife.
What is a bayonet?
200
A vehicle used to transport people and supplies on railroads.
What is a locomotive?
200
This is a method of transmitting text information as a series of "dash and dot" tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment.
What is Morse Code.
200
a long dagger that was usually the size of a human's forearm
What is a Bowie Knife
300
A British-designed explosive that had previously seen action in the War of 1812. These weapons resembled large bottle rockets and were so inaccurate that they never saw widespread use.
What is a rocket launcher?
300
This is a long arm firearm but with a shorter barrel than a rifle or musket. Many of these rifles are shortened counterparts of their full length rifles, shooting the same ammunition.
What is a carbine?
300
An air unit used during battles that was fueled with fire and hot air.
What is an air balloon?
300
The year the Union Army establish the U.S. Military Telegraph Corp.
What is 1861?
300
In this gun, rounds of .48 caliber ammunition were placed in a wheel-shaped 9-round magazine, and as each shot was fired, the wheel rotated to place the next round into position.
What is a Porter Turret Rifle?
400
Civil War soldiers were known to make jury-rigged explosives using assortments of fuses and gunpowder, but the Civil War also saw advances in the design and manufacturing of these special types of hand throw explosives.
What is a hand grenade?
400
A sword that usually has a curved, single-edged blade and a large hand guard.
What is a sabre?
400
Used to inspect railroads.
What is a handcar?
400
Who sent more than a million messages to and from the battlefield.
What is USMTC?
400
Colt revolvers and Springfield muskets were the Civil War’s most popular firearms, but the era also gave rise to some of the earliest machine guns. Of these, perhaps none is more infamous than this one, it was six-barreled, and was capable of firing up to 350 rounds a minute.
What is a Gatling gun?
500
These types of artillery were short-barreled guns that were optimized for firing explosive shells in a high trajectory.
What is a howitzer?
500
This is a type of muzzle-loading spin-stabilized rifle bullet.
What is mini ball?
500
A wagon used to shop by soldiers.
What is a sutler wagon?
500
What does the USMTC stand for?
What is United States Manufacturing Technology Consumption?
500
Built by Ohio inventors William Joslin and Charles Dickinson, this massive automatic weapon sat on an armored train and used steam to fire projectiles—supposedly at a rate of 200 a minute.