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What are some pieces of artillery used in the civil war?

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Union Repeating Gun ----Lincoln called it the "coffee mill gun"

Gatling machine gun

flame throwers

new steam vessels for blockade running

railroad artillery

sub

naval torpedoes

revolving gun turrets

electrically exploded bombs

long range rifles

land mines

antiaircraft fire

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