Wanna see a lethal "bullet hole"?

[1srelluc]

The breastplate of cuirassier 23 years old Antoine Fraveau, struck and killed by a canonball. June, 1815, serving Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo

'Tis but a flesh wound!


Blew the lungs clean out!

 

[strollingbones]

impressive

 

[whitehall]

If he was a foot soldier it would have gone over his head. An old Civil War saying was "I never saw a dead cavalry soldier". I guess it didnt apply in Napoliens day

 

[1srelluc]

If he was a foot soldier it would have gone over his head. An old Civil War saying was "I never saw a dead cavalry soldier". I guess it didnt apply in Napoliens day

Didn't apply in the CW either. JEB Stuart was killed on horseback by a dismounted Yankee trooper.

JEB Stuart lurched forward in his saddle, his black plumed hat dropping to the ground. Seeing the blood on his general's coat, Captain Gustavus Dorsey, one of Stuart's closest staff members, extended his arm towards Stuart, asking desperately if the general was shot. "I'm afraid I am," Stuart said as he was carefully removed from his horse and rested against a nearby tree.

The Fall of the Rebel Cavalier

"The Fall of the Rebel Cavalier" is the Civil War Trust's history article about the death of JEB Stuart at Yellow Tavern. It is written by Elisa de Togni.

www.battlefields.org

In fact many officers were mortally wounded on horseback during the war.....The most famous "oh shit" line going to Union General John Sedgwick......

They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance. He was hit by a confederate sharpshooter a few minutes later at the battle of Spotsylvania while his men were ducking for cover, on May 9, 1864.

 

[JGalt]

Looks like a 12-pounder (121mm).That ain't gonna buff out.

Twelve-pound cannon - Wikipedia

 

[whitehall]

Didn't apply in the CW either. JEB Stuart was killed on horseback by a dismounted Yankee trooper.

JEB Stuart lurched forward in his saddle, his black plumed hat dropping to the ground. Seeing the blood on his general's coat, Captain Gustavus Dorsey, one of Stuart's closest staff members, extended his arm towards Stuart, asking desperately if the general was shot. "I'm afraid I am," Stuart said as he was carefully removed from his horse and rested against a nearby tree.

The Fall of the Rebel Cavalier

"The Fall of the Rebel Cavalier" is the Civil War Trust's history article about the death of JEB Stuart at Yellow Tavern. It is written by Elisa de Togni.

www.battlefields.org

In fact many officers were mortally wounded on horseback during the war.....The most famous "oh shit" line going to Union General John Sedgwick......

They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance. He was hit by a confederate sharpshooter a few minutes later at the battle of Spotsylvania while his men were ducking for cover, on May 9, 1864.

Actually the old saying is attributed to Yankee infantry soldiers. There are period photos of wheel barrows of infantry corpses hauled away for burial. Is Jeb Stuart all ya got to make a case about cavalry?

 

[1srelluc]

Actually the old saying is attributed to Yankee infantry soldiers. There are period photos of wheel barrows of infantry corpses hauled away for burial. Is Jeb Stuart all ya got to make a case about cavalry?

Is around 600 casualties (killed/wounded) enough for ya?

Battle of Brandy Station - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[strollingbones]

overmountain battle...i do believe major ferguson was on horseback when killed....

 

[whitehall]

I'm no expert but it seems that the impact of a large piece of iron on a body would do more damage than a clean hole in and out.

 

[Paul White]

Hollllly sh1t, exactly 100 years before I was born

 

[1srelluc]

LOL....I was at a gun/militaria shop this week and I asked if the brass helmet that was on consignment there was a Cuirassier's helmet....The shop owner said yeas and that all he needed was that breastplate with the cannonball hole in it!

Come to find out it's a very famous item.