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In the Civil War, they had just discovered bullets made by soft lead. When the lead made contact it would swell in size, leaving a larger hole on the way out than it made on the way in. Otherwise they used just plane rifle bullets-often with bayonets. The Civil War was not civil at all-in fact it was the most bloody war in American History. People were brutal and they wanted to make sure that the South/ North (depending on their respective sides) did not win. They were out for blood and they sure got it.

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