Myths of the Civil War Martyn Whittingham Regents Professor University of Minnesota

Regents Professor University of Minnesota

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Myths of the Civil War Martyn Whittingham Regents Professor University of MinnesotaIn the spirit of Robert Adairs cult classic The Physics of Baseball, here is a book that tackles the long cherished myths of Civil War history and ultimately shatters them, based on physics and mathematics. At what range was a Civil War sniper lethal? Did bullets ever "rain like hail"? Could one ever step across a battlefield by stepping only on bodies and never hard ground? How effective were Civil War muskets and rifles? How accurate are photographs