Territorial Enquirer | 1887-01-04 | Page 8 | Sounds of Bullets and Cannon Balls

of belh t and csan cannon there were those who pretended to tell by its sound what sort of cannon or small arm projectile project ilo was passing them h a tho the air air certainly there was waa ft a great difference in in tile tho sounds when a musket ball was at full speed it maile made a whiz like some huge huga and rapidly flying in act beet to advance under a firo fire of in in fantry often boomed like attacking a swarm iw arm of bees or hornets tho the air was so constantly cut by the little messengers of death hut but na as the force of a musket ball diminished it gave gaie it melancholy long drawn wail nail almost exactly like tho the meorl meow of a cat that Is scolding its op oil patient between the tha or ilia ial of a musket ball and the ilia fear tul tot hubbub made mada by the griest of df projectiles there was waa in n intine nse variety vanity of soul harrowing han owing sounds there thera was waa a projectile used by some of the confederate artillery in in the tha camp