[Chainmail]

An interesting effort but a bit hokey: the main force in the Christmas Eve battle for Trenton were Continentals, not militia, the .75 caliber Brown Bess musket weighs 10.5 pounds, not 12 (and was not usually used by militia) and no, the Hessian mercenaries were not "super soldiers" that could fire a smoothbore musket "four or five times a minute" (well-trained men could load and fire one 3 times a minute max).

Whoever wrote this rather breathy piece of fiction needs to be better informed.

P.S., The term "sniper" is from far into the future.

[RArtfulogerDodger]

THIS IS JUST A SMALLISH PART of what you **don’t** know; i can’t bother with ALL the rest of it, vato. :)

RevolutionaryWarJournal.Com:

“The preferred choice of musket, (also labeled as flintlock, firelock, or smoothbore) in the British Army and subsequently in the American Army during the American Revolution was the Brown Bess. “Rugged, simple, sturdy, and terrible at close quarters”, when fired (if it fired), this smooth bore (grove bored were ‘rifled muskets’, later simply called rifles), hurtled a round ball weighing about fourteen to the pound. For all the legends and discussion on the musket’s firing power, it was basically a handle for a bayonet – its’ most destructive and fearful advantage on the battlefield...”

[RArtfulogerDodger]

WOW, EVERYTHING YOU APPARENTLY **DON’T** KNOW IS JUST, LIKE, WELL, ALL DEPRESSING AND STUFF.... :(

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOCKET BAYONET:

http://www.collegehillarsenal.com

“WEIGHT: 2 LBS.”