Warfare in the Civil War

1. Warfare in the Civil War Why so many casualties?

2. Civil War 49 980,336 620,000

3. The obvious answer! • Every time anyone was killed in the Civil War, it was an American. • There is another answer • Weapon technology.

4. Basic Barrel Types Smooth Bore

5. Smooth Bore is inaccurate. • It is like an airsoft gun. • The bullet tends to move farther away from center the farther it travels.

6. 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.

9. Surgery during the Civil War

10. Surgeons Tent

11. Reinactor Surgeon

12. Ambulance

13. Hospital

14. Hospital

15. Surgeons Instruments

16. Operating Table

17. Chloroform Anesthetic

18. Wounds

19. Wrist Wounds

20. Leg Wound

21. Amputation Kit

22. Saw

23. Mannequin Surgery

24. Feet

25. CampLife

26. Union Soldier

27. Confederate Soldier

31. Camp & Drill

32. Troops at Easy

33. Tents

34. Personal Items

35. Clothing

37. Sewing Kit

38. Shaving

39. Tooth Brush

40. Cutlery

41. Passing the Time

42. Writing Clay Ink Pot

47. Prayer