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Dmitry · 28th December 2009, 02:24 PM

I think you've answered your own question.
Less then 1/10 of 1% of injuries, let along casualties in CW were inflicted by a sword or a bayonet. Artillery did the job on the rest.

Cavalry saber was not a totally useless implement after all, for many a running Indian were cut down in the following decades, more so for the sport of it.

28th December 2009, 02:24 PM	#2
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	I think you've answered your own question. Less then 1/10 of 1% of injuries, let along casualties in CW were inflicted by a sword or a bayonet. Artillery did the job on the rest. Cavalry saber was not a totally useless implement after all, for many a running Indian were cut down in the following decades, more so for the sport of it.