29erUK (sj@c1944.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 20:58:13 +0000
In message <0.22c0399f.257d3406@aol.com>, COB9KY@aol.com writes
>The statement that the Spencer, Henry, six-shooters etc etc had a
'profound' effect on the Civil War's outcome is complete baloney. The
Civil War was fought by Infantry and Artillery...
For four long years. It was finished by cavalry and mounted infantrymen
fighting afoot with repeating weapons. It was the Union cavalry (moving
faster than Lee's infantry) that enabled Grant to cut off the ANV's
retreat at Appomattox and so bring about the capitulation in that
theatre.
And a lead slug does exactly the same damage to human tissue, regardless
of whether it comes from a single tube or a belt of 250. If you had
ever seen the results of a paramilitary 'kneecapping' you would not be
so blase about the shotgun.
-- Stuart K Jarman 29th US infantry Division WWII reenactors (UK)
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