Every Weapon Used In American Civil War 1861–1865

One rifle fired sixteen rounds before anyone nearby could reload once. The Civil War wasn't just North versus South, it was a million Union Springfields against Confederate improvisation, desperation, and blockade runners. We break down every weapon that defined the conflict: the repeating rifles that broke Confederate nerve, the Whitworth that killed generals at 1,800 meters, the LeMat revolver with nine chambers and a secret shotgun barrel, and the Gatling gun nobody knew how to use yet. Same war, wildly different arsenals. Which weapon actually decided the American Civil War?