Dugger
Banned
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- Mar 27, 2011
- Location
- Southern Ohio
Who we got here who is an expert on Civil War deaths by the bayonet? I was just reading some stuff on bayonet use in the Civil War and the number of deaths is considerd to be pretty low...which I knew....less than 2% depending on who ya wanna belief. However, one article ( I was surfing) did note that bayonet wounds tended to be fatal pretty quick so docs never really treated a lot of men with this type of wound thus the count is lower than it should be. Since I was a kid I been looking at Civil War pics and bayonets are everywhere. Everywhere! Hell I got 2 of em! Everybody got a fixed bayonet. Another guy claimed the bayonet was more of an intimidation weapon. If you saw a determined bunch of men coming at you in formation with fixed bayonets you instinct was to...run away! People seem to have a healty fear of being run thru with cold steel. The Chamberlain thing at LRT ya know. So, few got stabbed but the weapon served it's purpose. Ok..just trying to get some input on this. I on break now and I need stuff to argue bout or agree with. Time on my hands.
O, Stonewall Jackson had kinda a bayonet fetish as most know. Just thought I would toss that in. "Pitch em over yer head with the bayonet" or something like that.
O, Stonewall Jackson had kinda a bayonet fetish as most know. Just thought I would toss that in. "Pitch em over yer head with the bayonet" or something like that.