Weapons from the civil war were not as well as today all they had were swords, pistolls, and muskcets. People in the civil war were willing thier lives to save slaves in the south.All those weapons were able to get sharp shooters to shoot from up to 800 yards away.  

Bul run was one of the blodiest wars of all there were lots of guns and lots of deaths in this batttle of bul run.

Bul Run

For example you can see lots of guns fireing because of all of the smoke floteing around.One cool suggnifigent thing about bull run was that it was one of the most blodiest battles in the civil war.