About three days ago, a person asked in the Military board of this Mitbbs.
com how mortal swords and axes were in ancient battles. Quickly the
discussion became how mortal was a battle in the nineteenth century.
I illustrated by citing "Civil War Medicine" in http://www.sonofthesouth.net
As an aid to my statements, I offered a description about smoothbore musket"
that was mentioned in the above reference.
"Musket" in http://www.nps.gov
("The model 1842 was the standard arm of the U.S.infantry pr
