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Springfield Model 1861

[ranking: 1]
The most widely produced rifle musket of the Civil War, the Springfield was used by both sides.

Colt 1851 Navy Revolver

[ranking: 2]
Popular naval version of the Colt, used by both the Union and Confederacy, as well as many other countries.

Spencer Rifle

[ranking: 3]
Reliable and quick-firing repeater rifle used by Union forces at the end of the war.

Henry Rifle

[ranking: 4]
An early model rapid-fire carbine that was greatly prized by men on both sides. Was an early version of the famous Winchester 1866 repeating rife.

Gatling Gun

[ranking: 5]
Earliest version of the devastating multi-barreled rifle. Proved extremely effective, but used sparingly because of antiquated fears about wasting ammunition.

Springfield Model 1863

[ranking: 6]
A slightly improved variant of the Model 1861, the 1863 was still made in huge quantities.

Remington Model 1858

[ranking: 7]
Secondary sidearm for Union forces, until Colt's factory burned down in 1864.

Colt Dragoon

[ranking: 8]
Heavy-firing revolver used by Union cavalry.

LeMat Revolver

[ranking: 9]
Large 9-shot revolver with secondary, buckshot-firing barrel underneath. Used in small numbers by the CSA.

Burnside Carbine

[ranking: 10]
Single-shot cavalry rifle invented by Union general Ambrose Burnside - also the inventor of sideburns.

Model 1816 Musket

[ranking: 11]
When the Civil War broke out, the arsenal on both sides was mostly old flintlock muskets, some of which were decades-old. The majority were variants of the Model 1816, the standard US infantry rifle of the time.

Ketchum Grenade

[ranking: 12]
Primitive hand grenade developed by the Union. Was meant to be thrown like a paper airplane, and usually didn't go off, since they had to land on their nose.

Billinghurst-Requa Battery Gun

[ranking: 13]
Another experimental machine gun, the Billinghurst-Requa lined up 25 rifle barrels in a frame, and fed a clip of 25 bullets into them. The Union used one in several battles, but it was unwieldy and soon made obsolete.

Moore Caliber .32 Teat-fire

[ranking: 14]
Small caliber revolver popular with soldiers and civilians during the war.

Tranter Revolver

[ranking: 15]
British double-action pistol popular with Confederate soldiers due to is reliability.

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Guns of the Civil War tend to fall into two categories: mass produced weapons used in huge numbers by both sides, and experimental or small-run weapons made in limited numbers. But weapons manufacturing was much easier for the Union, as virtually every major foundry and factory was north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Those that weren't had trouble getting raw materials due to the Union blockade of the South.

So the Union was able to crank out over 1.5 million of the iconic Springfield 1861 and 1863 model rifle muskets, along with hundreds of thousands of Colt and Remington revolvers, and smaller numbers of more sophisticated weapons like the Henry and Spencer repeating rifles. But the Confederacy had to make do with rifles imported from Europe, converted flintlocks, cheap knockoffs of the Springfield, and small batches of their own designs.

Both sides also experimented with early versions of the weapons that would dominate 20th century battlefields - quick-firing carbine rifles, machine guns, and grenades. All of this added up to massive firepower, and hugely swelling numbers of dead and wounded. Peruse the weapons of the US Civil War on this list and upvote the guns and other devices that were most influential during America's war with itself.

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