revolutionary+war+battle+tactoics+and+wepponalogy

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Flintlock muskit or brown bess [] bayonett cannon []
 * 13 steps to firing a musket. In short, a soldier had to get a cartridge, tear it open with his teeth, put a little bit of powder in the firing mechanism, put the rest of the powder and a gun ball down the barrel, ram the ball and powder home, cock the musket and fire.
 * fire off a shot every 20 seconds.
 * fired a lead ball that measured a whopping 3/4ths of an inch (1.9 cm) in diameter!
 * 1) Tear cartridge with teeth and prime the pan directly from the cartridge;
 * 2) Stand the musket and pour the bulk of the powder down the barrel;
 * 3) Reverse the cartridge and use the ramrod to seat the ball and paper envelop onto the powder charge.
 * The bayonet transformed a musket into a terrifyingly effective spear. And it was smart to have a spear during the Revolutionary War, when soldiers were relying on flintlock weapons that could become unreliable in the rain.
 * close or hand-to-hand combat,
 * Each cannon had a crew of between seven to 14 men. Each soldier had his own special job and the tools he needed to perform the job
 * Tasks ranged from calculating the proper elevation for the cannon to lighting the fuse when ready to fire.
 * a cannon’s range was hundreds of yards, and if it was loaded with grape shot (a canvas bag filled with small projectiles), it could take out dozens of enemy soldiers at once.