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Minie Ball

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MINIÉ BALL

BY VJ LEUTA
Photo by Keith M Avery

WHAT IS IT?

  • Commonly referred to as a "ball"
  • Extensively used
  • Made of soft lead,smaller than the intended gun bore
  • Easier to load in combat
  • Is the reason for the high number in casualties
Photo by Leo Reynolds

HISTORY

  • 1830, Captain John Norton
  • 1832, Idea came from the native's blowguns
  • 1836, improved by William Greene
Photo by Scott*

CLAUDE-E'TIENNE MINIÉ

  • 1849, Henri-Gustave Delvigne
  • Finalized the bullet
  • Created a gun to go with it
  • 20,00 pounds royalty
  • "King of all Weapons"

MINNIE BALL IN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

  • Improved on by James Burton
  • Cheaply mass produced
  • Adopted by Secratary Jefferson Davis
  • Mass production skills by Eli Whitney

RIFLED MUSKET VS. SMOOTHEBORES

  • Half mile vs. 200 yards
  • soft ball vs solid ball
  • No more close range combat
  • Guns with bayonet= 🏆🏆
Photo by arbyreed

WOUNDS CAUSED

  • Shattered bones/ ripped tissue
  • Had to amputate limbs
  • Soldier notched their bullets
  • 1870, doctors tried to put international ban
Photo by Neil T

Historynet.com
War Weapons and Equipment by Ross A. Pritchard

Photo by Tc Morgan