Myths of the Civil War: The Fact, Fiction, and Science Behind the Civil War's Most-Told Stories

by Scott Hippensteel

In the spirit of Robert Adair's cult classic The Physics of Baseball, here is a book that tackles the long-cherished myths of Civil War history--and ultimately shatters them, based on physics and mathematics. At what range was a Civil War sniper lethal? Did bullets ever "rain like hail"? Could one ever step across a battlefield by stepping only on bodies and never hard ground? How effective were Civil War muskets and rifles? How accurate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081173997X
• ISBN13: 9780811739979
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"