USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN

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Reason for such a high death count during the Civil War?

(A) Mustard Gas

(B) Nuclear Bomb

(C) ** Old Tactics/New Weapons

(D) New Tactics/Old Weapons like rocks and sticks

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -One reason why the Civil War was so lethal was the introduction of improved weaponry. Cone-shaped bullets replaced musket balls, and beginning in 1862, smooth-bore muskets were replaced with rifles with grooved barrels, which imparted spin on a bullet and allowed a soldier to hit a target a quarter of a mile away.