- Joined
- May 12, 2010
- Location
- Now Florida but always a Kentuckian
"It takes a man's weight in lead for every soldier killed in battle." A well known saying during the war, meaning that much ammunition had to be produced for each of the enemy killed. It reflected the belief that most shots hit trees, horses or nothing.
From "The Language of the Civil War" by John D. Wright page 159-160.
From "The Language of the Civil War" by John D. Wright page 159-160.