continued… At this point, the museum focused on the three branches of the Army — calvary, artillery and infantry — and the logistics involved in moving the army for battles.

The infantry’s job was to take and hold ground — essentially to run into the enemy lines for direct combat to physically push them backwards and thus win that ground. The two sides fired on one another at point blank range and often engaged in hand to hand combat. The artillery units supported the infantry units in attack and defense and tried to destroy the enemy’s artillery — they were the ones who manned the cannons, which were fired from a distance. The calvary were on horses and primarily acted as scouts and screeners, finding the enemy, reporting their locations, and preventing the other side’s Calvary from doing the same. Infrequently, the calvary raided supply lines, cut communications, burned bridges and railroads, and charged full tilt into the enemy’s calvary.