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Weapons of Antietam: Impact on Morale and Strategy

Explore the weaponry used at Antietam battle, its casualties, and the effects on morale in the North and South. Discover the moral complexities and strategic considerations of utilizing different weapons in combat.

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Weapons of Antietam: Impact on Morale and Strategy

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  1. Table of Contents • Antietam & Weapons

  2. Antietam: A Bloody Affair • Read the first page of your handout • Use the charts to answer the following in your notebook: • What percentage of the TOTAL number of troops at Antietam were casualties? • If that percentage of our class were casualties, how many students would that be? • How do you think the battle affected morale in the North? In the South?

  3. Focus Question Discussion • What is the right weapon for winning in a fight? • How is “morale-lowering” a weapon? What is the right way to use it?

  4. New Weapons…New Tactics? • New weapons: • Napoleon cannon • Rifled muskets, using Minie Ball • At first, still marched in formation • New rifles made soldiers into ducks in a shooting gallery • Tactics then changed • Soldiers took cover • Bayonets used for digging or opening cans

  5. Revolutionary War Musket: fired lead or pewter “balls” Napoleon Cannon (designed for Louis Napoleon, Napoleon’s nephew, president/emperor of France) Rifled musket Minie ball, named after Claude Minié, a French officer/inventor

  6. Discuss • Why do you think military strategy did NOT change after the new weapons came along? • How does the right weapon change when strategy changes? • Who wins when there is a mismatch between weapon and strategy?

  7. Morality and Weapons • Listen to the radio clip • Write your responses to the following in your notebook: • Why do you think people are willing to pull a lever to kill someone else (if it saves other lives) but not willing to push someone off a bridge for the same result? • How do you think morals played a role in combat in the Civil War? How does the lever vs. push scenario compare to long-range vs. hand-to-hand combat? • Overall, what is the right weapon for winning in a fight?

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