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These .58 caliber bullets were capable of shooting the majority of their shots into a 3-foot square at 400 yards, and could be used to kill artillery crews out to greater distances than that! Yet, most commanders still insisted in using the linear, massed-formation close-range tactics of the Napolionic era, causing horrendous casualties given the increased range and accuracy of the rifled musket vs a smoothbore.
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You have to wonder just what they were thinking, being a general in the war. It is clear, that then as now, old habits are sometimes hard to break.
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