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Sharps-The
sharps carbine was developed primarily for cavalry because of their shorter
barrel they were much easier to handle on horseback than their longer brethren.
Breech-loaders were preferred because they could be loaded on a moving
horse.--something vitually impossible with a mussle-loader. Also, breech-loading
carbines which fired moisture proof metallic cartidges, were more reliable
than rifles that fired paper cartidges.
At the beginning of the war Southern cavalry was armed as well if not better
than its Norhtern conterpart. Carbines were in short supply in both armies.
Teh rebels favorite weapon was a sawed off shotgun loaded with buckshot,
a farmidale weapon.
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Sabre-Only
the cavalry and generally at the beginning of the war, weres swords used
reguraly and to their full extent Sabres became marks of rank in later
years and were abandened in favor of more eficient weapons.
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