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When fired, the 1861 Springfield rifle-musket and the 1873 Trapdoor Springfield rifle both make a sharp clap. The 1841 Mountain Howitzer, a cannon, provides a louder, bigger boom. All three weapons — ...

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At a time when the term "military-style assault weapon" has become seared into the American lexicon, it is sometimes hard to imagine the deadliest weapon used in the Civil War was not a cannon or some ...

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