Civil War Repeating Rifles & Carbines - 1861 to 1865 - A Short History

Very interesting! However Chamberlain was only a colonel when he led the 20th Main at Gettysburg.

At Gettysburg, union soldiers detailed to bury the dead after the battle would heat extra bayonets taken off the field in campfires and bend them into hooks. Then they’d take pairs of hooks and loop them under the armpits of the dead to move them.

I was attached to the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry (NY-ARNG) for the Iraq war in early 2004. Their armory is on Lexington Avenue, in Manhattan, New York City. Shortly thereafter I was informed that I would attend the U.S. Army Sniper School. That put me in something of a situation, as I was a competitive NRA shooter, but had zero access to arms nor a range at the time. I bought a 10x fixed rifle scope, a decent laser rangefinder, and a spotting scope. I took them to the south end of Central Park where I practiced the skills of range estimation, target detection, and the making of both range cards, and range sketches. I drew more than a few spectators and interested folks, several of whom I invited to try their hand at the skills. I then attended and graduated U.S. Army Sniper School and went on to serve as a sniper with the battalion in Iraq. I like to think Colonel Berdan would have approved. SSG. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours

The Sharp's is not a "repeating rifle". It is a breechloading single shot. The Spencer cartridge was called a .56-56...NOT 56 "by" 56. The term "by" was used with European metric cartridges to indicate bullet diameter and case length. Such as 7x57mm which indicates a bullet diameter of 7mm (.284") and a case length of 57mm. The Spencer cartridge had a bullet diameter of .56" and the case shoulder was .56" in diameter. The bullet was a "heeled" design that had a reduce diameter base to fit inside the case, the majority of the bullet being .56 caliber, the same as the case. Modern .22 rimfire cartridges are made along the same lines. Another Spencer cartridge used a bullet of .50" in a "bottlenecked case" with a shoulder diameter of .56" and was called the .56-50. Both used approximately 45 grains of blackpowder.

Great production LionHeart -- LIKED the video our group uses sharps, henry, spencer, and of course muzzle loading Springfields and Enfields our our channel - lot of fun at the range pards.

Great job keep up the good work

Good video, however it forgot to mention the Colt revolving rifle which is a repeater not the Sharps or the bayonet.

Chamberlain was not a brigadier general at the Battle of Little round top. He was the colonel commanding for the 20th Maine. He did not receive the brevet rank of brigadier general until Petersburg

For me as a union soldier I go for the Henry rifle and a Colt 1860 Army revolver is the way to go for me

@5:07 The Henry was not a breech loader. The rounds were loaded at the muzzle end of the magazine tube... once the follower was pulled up and out of the way.

finally a video without any ww2 or ww1 rifles

I wonder if sharpshooters get that name from the marksmen who shot Sharps in the Civil War?

chamberlain was made a bg in 1864 while at ptersburg

The Colt revolving rifle were used as well. At Pea Ridge Pike's Indians were thrown back by a unit armed with the Colt

I've wondered-even if the Confederates were able to capture a Henry or Spencer rifle how did they keep a supply of metallic cartridges for them? It was something the South simply couldn't do in manufacturing metallic cartridges. Bayonets were also used as handy ramrod holders in trenches, as shown at Petersburg. With so many wrecked rifles laying around during the siege of Petersburg, bored soldiers took to firing ramrods taking great delight in the bizarre whirring noises and completely unpredictable flight.

The U.S. Veteran Volunteer Infantry was formed from men from State units and trained in the use of Henry Rifles. It was not formed until late '64 or early '65, and by the time they finished training, the war was over.

Don't forget about the Evens rifle and Colt's root.

Changes your mind on how the war was fought

I'd want Winchester or henry and a a12 with bayonet lugg colt army revolver if I had to fight. Ofcourse a Bowie knife taken off a southern soldier.

Love your all videos but the pop-up ad in the middle of the video is absolutely annoying and unneeded