"Horsemen with rifles" Topic
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| maciek72 | 07 Aug 2015 4:59 a.m. PST |
Colonel's Roman inspection report abour Wheeler's Cavalry Corps shows that majority of CS cavalrymen were armed with rifles (~4000) with only smal number of carbines (~500). Does it mean that they used long infantry guns ?
If yes, how did they carried it when on horseback – attached to saddles or on the back, using sling ? |
| zippyfusenet | 07 Aug 2015 5:09 a.m. PST |
I've seen illustrations of Confederate cavalry, mounted, with full size rifle-muskets slung on their backs. |
| donlowry | 07 Aug 2015 7:57 a.m. PST |
Most likely short Enfield rifles (not rifle-muskets) or Harpers Ferry rifles -- at least those would have been preferred, because not so unwieldy. |
| John the Greater | 07 Aug 2015 1:30 p.m. PST |
There were a number of Confederate cavalry units carrying long arms. And yes, it was clumsy. It helps to think of them as mounted infantry. |
| donlowry | 09 Aug 2015 9:42 a.m. PST |
The problem, of course, was with reloading while mounted -- not at all easy. |
| John the Greater | 10 Aug 2015 8:44 a.m. PST |
The problem, of course, was with reloading while mounted -- not at all easy. They generally fought dismounted. When mounted the favored weapons were pistols and shotguns. |
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adds artillery to his soft-plastic Union forces.