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Infantry Soldiers
U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA

The foot soldiers represented the majority of a Civil War army. These soldiers traveled on foot, fought on foot, and were equipped with small arms, like the rifled musket. Infantry regiments were in most of the fighting that took place at Petersburg.

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