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Although I agree with you about the effects of the minie ball, you also have to keep in mind the numbers of wounded people on both sides and the lack of medical personnel, sometimes they had no choice. It was quicker to cut off limbs than it was to try and save that same limb. They could save the lives of many by cutting limbs off or save the limbs of a few by doing it right.
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Bird Dogs and Hunting
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Larry Miller
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