Minié ball

These principles were later incorporated in the design of the Minié ball.

Despite its name, the Minié ball was not a round ball at all.

The Minié ball produced terrible wounds on those struck in battle.

Lincoln actually went to the front in his war, with Minié balls whizzing by.

He was hit by a Minié ball that damaged his throat, windpipe, and shoulder.

First, a Minié ball passed through his calf.

In 1849 he designed the Minié ball, a cylindrical bullet with a conical point.

Thus, a spin was placed on the Minié ball in flight on its way to the target.

The Minié ball destroyed his left eye, and inflicted, it was believed, a fatal wound.

The lead Minié ball was greased and inserted into the barrel directly on top of the black powder.

The Minié ball contained a number of innovations.

A Minié ball struck his right hand.

Roughly 90% of the battlefield casualties in this war were caused by Minié balls fired from rifles.

George R. Smith was hit in the knee, wounded by a Minié ball.

He was struck in the abdomen by a Minié ball, inflicting a mortal wound.

The invention of the Minié ball solved both major problems of muzzle-loading rifles.

A Minié ball struck Anderson near his ankle, injuring it badly.

But fresh angles on this conflict are as scarce as Minié balls in Iraq.

The Minié Ball was slightly smaller than the barrel and had a divot in the end of the bullet.

A charge of black powder was placed inside a hollow at the back of a specially shaped Minié ball.

The small Minié ball first saw widespread use in the American Civil War.

Gibson also recalled finding minié balls along the creeks near the old Shiloh battlefield.

A Minié ball pierced his spinal cord.

In 1855, the British adopted the Minié ball for their Enfield rifles.

The newer soft lead bullet was made with a large hollow base, like Civil War Minié balls.