The Minie Ball

Invented in France, the minie ball bullet became a weapon of mass destruction... that every soldier was equipped with. This soft lead bullet killed, caused horrifying wounds, irreversible damage at an incredible rate. Gangrene was the number one problem caused by these bullet wounds. When a solider was hit, but the wound was on a limb, usually the open wound got infected due to the lack of cleanliness and treatment. Gangrene soon set in, the amputation is the only way to get rid of this killer sickness. Gives me the shivers just to think of getting a limb sawed off, all because of a small lump of seemingly harmless metal! Of course, when this lump of metal was inserted into the barrel of a gun, THEN it became dangerous. What made it worse, was that these weapons were a lot quicker to load and fire. So basically it was a competition to see who could load their gun faster and shoot. Think you could win such a competition? Only thing at stake here is your life. No biggie.