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Old July 14th, 2008, 01:57 PM
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Re: Civil War Weaponry
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Originally Posted by Commander Waffle View Post
Wasn't the mini ball from the French?
Yes it was invented by two french army Captain but Wikipedia says that neither of them were Claude Minie who it was named for. I think he was the producer of the bullet.
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