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The Civil War's single-shot, muzzle-loading musket revolutionized warfare - or so we've been told for years. Historian Earl J. Hess forcefully challenges that claim, offering a new, clear-eyed, and convincing assessment of the rifle musket's actual performance on the battlefield and its impact on the course of the Civil War.

The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat Reality and

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      Publisher: University Press of Kansas
      Publication Date: 11/07/2016
      ISBN13: 9780700623839, 978-0700623839
      ISBN10: 0700623833
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      Book Synopsis
      The Civil War's single-shot, muzzle-loading musket revolutionized warfare - or so we've been told for years. Historian Earl J. Hess forcefully challenges that claim, offering a new, clear-eyed, and convincing assessment of the rifle musket's actual performance on the battlefield and its impact on the course of the Civil War.

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