Like previous wars, Civil War artillery could fire multiple types of ammunition.

Officers used a variety of weapons during the Civil War, but the damage is largely dependent on the ammunition that was used with those weapons. The physical harm and devastation also vary depending on the type of bullet.

The following are the main categories of Civil War weapons: People frequently refer to solid bullets, a type of long-range ammunition, as "cannonballs." This would be circular and possibly referred to as a "ball" in smoothbore guns, whereas it would be more "bullet" or cone-shaped in rifle weapons and would frequently be referred to as a "pin." The shell, another type of long-range ammunition, is simply a hollow ball (for smoothbore rifles) or "bullet" (for rifles) that contains some sort of explosive (in the Civil War, it was gunpowder).

A flying bomb with the ability to detonate, spew shrapnel, and blast out in all directions was the concept. The enemy's guns and ammunition are particularly at risk from this. Another kind is a hollow bullet called a shot case, which is very similar to a cartridge case and contains little iron or lead balls in addition to gunpowder. This is the relative of Shell's anti-personnel. The housing is also subject to the same information on fuse kinds and their functions that I discussed regarding the housing.