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Dollar Weekly Mirror And New Hampshire Journal Of Agriculture
Manchester, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire
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General Rosecrans' report on the Battle of Murfreesboro' details Union artillery and musketry statistics: 728 of 20,000 cannon shots and 13,832 of 2,000,000 musket rounds hit the enemy, requiring significant ammunition per hit and greater musket effectiveness.
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General Rosecrans, in his report of the battle of Murfreesboro', estimates that of 20,000 rounds of artillery fired by the Unionists, 728 hit the enemy; and of 2,000,000 rounds of musketry, 13,832 were effectual. This would show that twenty-seven cannon shots, or one hundred and fifty-five musket shots, were required to hit one man. Averaging the latter at one ounce each, the weight of metal required in bringing down an enemy would be 9 lbs.; while of the former it would require about 225 lbs., or one and a half the weight of the human body. As, however, the proportion killed or dying from wounds would be only about one-fourth of the number put hors du combat, the figures given above must be increased to the same degree. It will readily be seen how much more destruction is dealt by the musket than the loud-mouthed cannon, when firing either round shot or shell.
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Murfreesboro'
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of 20,000 artillery rounds, 728 hit the enemy; of 2,000,000 musket rounds, 13,832 were effectual. twenty-seven cannon shots or 155 musket shots required to hit one man. adjusted for one-fourth killed or dying from wounds.
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General Rosecrans' report estimates Union artillery and musketry effectiveness in the battle, calculating ammunition and metal weight needed per enemy hit, noting muskets more destructive than cannon.