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[belletraveler]

A shot was a solid artillery projectile while a shell was a hollow one loaded with powder, which was ignited by a fuse to cause the shell to explode in fragments.

Belle

 

[raggedrebel]

Shot is solid and shells are hollow and filled with objects like grapeshot, metal fragments, just about anything. In VietNam we used a thing called a "flechette" which is a nail bomb. It was filled with hundreds of nails! How's that for a "shell"?

RR

 

[chamberlain20me]

Shot:Cast iron with no explosive. Used against cavalry, troops in a column, buildings and other solid objects. More accurate than shell or spherical case with a longer range.

Shell:Round, hollow projectile with a powder-filled cavity. Fused; exploded into 5-12 large pieces. Loud air burst terrorized troops and horses.

 

[snoopy]

"Artillery shot" is usually thought of as "Solid Shot"; namely a steel cannonball or a steel bolt. Other types include "case shot" and "grape shot".
A "Shell" is a hollow projectile containing bursting powder that is set off by a timing fuse. Shrapnel is often considered a type of shelled projectile.

 

[hoosier]

An artillery shell would be designed to explode, while a shot would not.

 

[aggie80]

Solid shot (a bolt if from a rifled gun) was used to batter fortifications, against wagons, buildings, or troops. In the latter use, the smoothbore was superior because the ball could be skipped across a battlefield, inflicting casualties over a large area of the field. Shells were hollow projectiles filled with gunpowder, and exploded by a fuse. Case shot was a hybrid, a hollow projectile with thinner walls than the common shell, having a bursting charge and filled with smaller balls (the Union usually used lead balls, the South iron, in a pinch minie balls were used).

 

[lorrierivette]

A "Shot" is a solid ammunition or a "cannon ball".
A "Shell" is hollow and is
filled with things that fly out of it and hit other things, like a giant
shotgun.

 

[rienzi]

A shell is a projectile that explodes and a shot is one that does not explode.

 

[CivilWarTalk]

FYI: the latest scores have been posted, so go check them out, see if I made any mistakes. Also Lorrie has earned three bonus points for bringing a new player to the game, but I still haven't decided how to post that in the scores.

Yesterday's Question: What is the difference between an artillery shot and an artillery shell? An Artillery Shot is a solid cast projectile, designed mostly for the purpose of knocking holes in walls, and against columns of troops. An Artillery Shell is a hollow projectile filled with explosives and set to detonate by time fuse or impact fuse, sending deadly shrapnel into enemy forces.

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[skirmish]

he Cincinatti Black Brigade was established in September 1862. However I believe teh first Black outfit to officially be mustered in to the Union Army was the Louisiana Native Guards.

 

[ivan]

Colonel Stafford's First Louisiana Native Guards, September 27, 1862.

 

[connyankee]

The 1st Louisiana Native Guards (Corps d'Afrique) were organized and put into federal service by Ben Butler on September 27, 1862.

 

[belletraveler]

The answer is the 1st Louisiana National Guard which was organized under Benjamin Butler. (Note: the 1st South Carolina was organized a few months earlier, but the 1st Louisiana was the first MUSTERED).

Belle

 

[aggie80]

The 1st Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards was sworn into service on September 27, 1862. The 2nd and 3rd Regiments were organized during October and November, respectively.

 

[rebrick]

the Native Guards were the first black soldiers to be officially mustared into the Union Army during the Civil War.
The 1st Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards was sworn into service on September 27, 1862. The 2nd and 3rd Regiments were organized during October and November, respectively.

Actually, the Native Guards were not the first black soldiers to volunteer. Major General David Hunter had raised a regiment of black men at Hilton Head, South Carolina, during the spring of 1862, but it was not formally recognized as part of the Union Army. Hunter disbanded the unit on August 9, two weeks prior to Benjamin F. Butler's call for black recruits in New Orleans. Although Secretary of War Edwin Stanton finally authorized Hunter's enlistment of black troops, the 1st South Carolina Volunteers did not complete their reorganization until January 31, 1863. Consequently, the Native Guards were the first black soldiers to be officially mustered into the Union Army during the Civil War.

It should also be noted that Senator Jim Lane began recruiting the 1st Regiment of Kansas Colored Volunteers in August 1862. Although this unit engaged in combat as early as October, it was not mustered into federal service until January 13, 1863, making it the fourth black regiment to enter the United States Army. The famous 54th Massachusetts Infantry did not complete its organization until May 13, 1863, almost eight months after the 1st Regiment of the Native Guards was sworn into service. Finally, a "Black Brigade" was organized in September 1862 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to construct fortifications. However, the three regiments in this brigade were not armed, nor were they given uniforms, and when the threat of a Confederate invasion ended, they were disbanded.

 

[snoopy]

The first Black Regiment to be officially mustered in was, "1st Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards." It was September 27, 1862. Others had served before but were not officially mustered in until later.

 

[chamberlain20me]

73rd U. S. C. T

 

[raggedrebel]

1st Louisiana National Guard, under Ben "Spoons", "Beast", "Frogface" Butler. LOL!

RR

 

[hoosier]

The First Louisiana Native Guard

 

[terchris]

The first Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards