Of Muskets, Men And Cannon Flashcards
Where did the “regulars” mainly come from and why did they join the army?
The regulars came mainly from the poorer classes of Irelamd, Scotland and England they joined the army to get away from the poor economics conditions at home.
Canada was a ______ colony?
British
How did you get a position as an officer?
Usually men of wealth would buy their commission to become an officer.
How the redcoats trained to fight?
What was the traditional way of war?
They were trained to march shoulder to shoulder carrying their muskets in hand. Then, the first rank would shoot a volley and duck while the second rank would shoot the first rank would be reloading their muskets, after the second rank was done shooting their volley the third rank would then shoot their musket while the second rank would be reloading and hopefully by that time the first rank would be done reloading their muskets and could shoot again.
What happened and what was used in hand to hand combat?
When there was hand to hand combat there would be a long sharp blade also known as a bayonette which the opposing side could use to hit them with along with swords, butts of muskets and fists.
The main weapon used on both sides was and what did it fire?
The musket and it fired a 30gram led ball with a distance of about 100 meters.
What was the process of reloading a musket?
- A paper cartridge that held the gunpowder and musket Val was ripped open.
- A little gunpowder was poured into the firing pan.
- The rest of the gunpowder was poured into the barrel.
- A piece of wadding was stuffed into the muzzle of the musket and packed in with a ramrod.
- The musket ball was put into the barrel.
How were men taught to aim their musket as it wasn’t very accurate?
Men were taught to aim but not carefully aim at their target as the musket was not very accurate.
What were the range of sizes that cannons varied from?
Cannons varied from four and six pounders pulled by horses all the way up to 24 pounders.
What were cannons important for?
Cannons were important onboard ships and for defending forts.
Men of Canada rushed to sign up to be what?
Part of the Canadian Militia.
We the militia as equipped as the regular army? Why?
The militias were not as equipped because sometimes had defected weapons and were usually without uniforms.
What were the defaults of these men bring enlisted?
They were not as well trained, disciplined and usually ran when shot at.
What kind of soldiers were they? What were those defaults?
They were only part time soldiers and had to leave at certain times of the year to seed or harvest their crops to feed their families.
Why did soldiers surrender when they had to fight the Indians?
The Indians were known for their fierceness in battle, they were armed with muskets, tomahawks, close hand to hand combat was their strength and scalping.
