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Domestic News August 31, 1862

The Nashville Daily Union

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

What is this article about?

Wm T. Marks, recently from the Army of the Potomac, showed a rebel-invented exploding bullet: a conical ball with a chamber containing a percussion cap and powder, triggered by a needle upon impact with hard substances like bone. Similar musket balls were recently discovered locally.

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An Internal Rebel Bullet. - We were shown, by Wm T. Marks, a gentleman just from the army of the Potomac, a bullet invented by the rebels. It is a conical ball, screwed on to a chamber, at the bottom of which a percussion cap is fixed, surrounded with powder. A slender bolt or needle runs through the solid ball. This needle has a flat head on the outside of the bullet, and the needle works loose, so that when it strikes any hard substance, like the bone, it is driven against the cap and explodes it. -Phila. Inquirer. We learn that a quantity of musket balls, of a similar pattern, were discovered in this place recently.

What sub-type of article is it?

Military

What keywords are associated?

Rebel Bullet Exploding Ammunition Army Of The Potomac Musket Balls Discovery

What entities or persons were involved?

Wm T. Marks

Domestic News Details

Key Persons

Wm T. Marks

Outcome

a quantity of similar musket balls discovered in this place recently.

Event Details

Wm T. Marks showed a bullet invented by the rebels: a conical ball screwed onto a chamber with a percussion cap and powder at the bottom; a slender needle runs through the ball with a flat head outside, working loose to explode the cap upon striking hard substances like bone.

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