Im new to reenacting, just recently got involved in a local light artillery unit, and we are beginning to expand to have some of the members carry small arms.(The unit we impersonate was never deployed to the battlefield, and was issued mainly surplus second-hand pieces, with even a few flint-locks recorded in the unit's armory.) I've skimmed through the internet, but have found only a few options on what kind of pieces Union cannoneers were likely to have carried, most notably the 1860 Enfield musketoon, or a carbine of sorts. However, repro carbines are too expensive, so Im gravitating towards the musketoon. Ive read that it was popular among Confederate cavalry and artillery, but how about Union? Is any piece really fair game? What other pieces were issued, or may have been used/popular with Union artillery?
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