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Edward Payson Chapin (850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wounded in the knee early in the contest, received a mortal wound from a Minié ball in the head within a few yards of the Rebel breastworks. After being wounded

Henry Eugene Davies (1,938 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Battle of Haw's Shop on May 28, 1864, Davies's saber was cut in half by a Minié ball and his horse's tail was shot off. The brigade was involved in several

Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (3,514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

powder, and the ball was typically a 530-grain Pritchett or a Burton-Minié ball. Many sepoys believed that the cartridges that were standard issue with

North-South Skirmish Association (2,669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was the rifle-musket. These arms were muzzle-loading rifles firing the Minié ball. Major types of musket used by combatants during the Civil War were the

Henry Martyn Tremlett (2,964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

casualties, the regiment fell back. Sometime early during the battle a minié ball struck Tremlett in the leg. As Adjutant General Schouler noted in his

Armies in the American Civil War (21,230 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

percent of Civil War wounds occurred in the extremities, and the soft lead Minié ball shattered any bones it hit. Amputation was the best technique then available

50th New York Engineer Regiment (10,661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rebel fire increased at the engineers. The bullets the engineers, and a minié ball instantly killed CAPT. Augustus Perkins of the 50th. Wounded soldiers