pullingyourblindersoff:  While some did have those (bayonets),  most of the better equipped had black powder rifles which are far different than muskets.  I actually have a black-powder rifle from that era, which was restored and tested out by a professional gunsmith, that I now use for hunting (to relive the history of that gun).  At 150 yards it shoots a better group than my lever-action Winchester 1873 (The Gun That Won the West).  I can just get off much faster shots with the '1873' - LOL.