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The Pike was one of the most commonly used weapons on the Civil War battlefield. The pike was a long wooden shaft with a steel point on the end. They were cheap to make, soldiers required very little training to use them and they could be very effective especially when used in a group. Pikes were supposed to be sixteen feet in length but often soldiers sawed a few feet off the ends to make them easier to carry.
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Many Civil War sites are produced by re-enactment groups and enthusiastic individuals. Not all are of similar value. The ones included on casahistoria are most likely to be of value and supplement your academic studies. These are largely the work of:
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The cannons used in the Civil War were very heavy and difficult to move. The largest needed a team of 16 horses to move them. More commonly, smaller cannon were used but even these required at least 4 men to move them. For this reason they had to be put into position before a battle began. The missiles fired from the cannon were usually balls of iron, but sometimes stones were used. After the cannon had been fired the soldiers operating it had to go through a strict procedure of cleaning, loading the weapon and loading the gunpowder before it could be fired again. Aiming was difficult and the cannon were more effective as a means of instilling fear into the enemy than actually causing damage.
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The Onderon Civil War was a dynastic conflict during the First Jedi Purge that struck the planet Onderon in 3,951 BBY. The war occurred when General Vaklu organized a confederation known as the Onderon Separatists in Iziz that resisted Galactic Republic rule in the sector. The Separatists were intent on overthrowing Queen Talia, loyal to the Republic, and seceding Onderon.
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John designed the civil war drummer statue way back in 1993 and at the time tried to interest Worcester City Council in the artwork. The artwork was liked , see Worcester Evening News cutting below. At the time the Worcester City councillors were enthusiastic about the proposed statue and sought to consider it further but Council funds were not available then and the project could not be financed. This time with enough public support and financial donations the sculpture might be realized as a full size bronze to grace the city of Worcester and mark the areas significant history as a civil war site.
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The old status quo began a retrenchment after the end of the main civil war in 1646, and more especially after the restoration of monarchy in 1660. But some gains were long-term. The democratic element introduced in the watermen's company in 1642, for example, survived, with vicissitudes, until 1827.
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