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Wounds:
Soft lead musket balls flattened on impact. They tore gaping wounds and shattered bones. Bouncing iron cannonballs caught limbs, tearing them from sockets. Bayonets, twisted as they were pulled from abdomens, destroyed vital organs. Most of the wounded were bandaged to staunch their bleeding and left to hope for the best. Those with shattered limbs underwent surgery that was little more than meat cutting, losing arms and legs to amputation. |