The Role Of Soldiers In The Revolutionary War

Soldiers of the Revolutionary War used their strength but they also had some help from a variety of different weapons. A few of the weapons that were used during the war were muskets, pistols, rifles, long rifles, knives, bayonets, tomahawks, axes, swords, sabers, pole arms and cannon. Muskets were the most common weapons used. Fire arms of the Revolutionary war only used blackpowder. To reload the firearms it took atleast 5 minutescompared the short amount of time it take reload a gun now. A soilder would have to open his cartridge box, grabbed a cartridge, bite off the end to expose the powder, and pour a small amount into the pan of the lock, close the pan, drop the cartridge into the barrel, remove the rammer, ram it home, return his rammer,