Project Gutenberg 2008-07-07 Public domain in the USA. 244 Hayden, Horace Edwin 1837 1917 02011281 A Refutation of the Charges Made against the Confederate States of America of Having Authorized the Use of Explosive and Poisoned Musket and Rifle Balls during the Late Civil War of 1861-65 Produced by Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Refutation of the Charges Made against the Confederate States of America of…”, written by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, is a historical account produced in the late 19th century. The book aims to address and refute allegations that the Confederate States authorized the use of explosive and poisoned bullets during the American Civil War of 1861-65. Rev. Hayden, a member of several historical societies, presents evidence to support his claims and seeks to clarify misconceptions about the Confederacy's wartime conduct. In this work, Hayden meticulously critiques assertions made, particularly those by Benson J. Lossing, who claimed that Confederate forces used inhumane weapons during battles such as Gettysburg. He provides a comprehensive investigation into various claims, denouncing them as unfounded and emphasizing that similar explosive projectiles were actually utilized by Union forces. Hayden supports his arguments with testimonials from prominent figures of the time, including former Confederate officials, and offers a thorough examination of military records and patents, ultimately aiming to clear the Confederacy's name from what he perceives as slanderous accusations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 52.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Confederate States of America E456 Text US Civil War Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 56681 2025-06-10T15:33:02.555945 text/html 52593 2008-07-07T10:22:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 18834 2008-07-07T10:22:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 142497 2025-06-10T15:33:09.596923 application/epub+zip 140879 2025-06-10T15:33:06.709909 application/epub+zip 82130 2025-06-10T15:33:05.305934 application/epub+zip 363981 2025-06-10T15:33:11.468942 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357303 2025-06-10T15:33:08.522949 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 90381 2022-09-12T07:20:58.649698 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 49734 2025-06-10T15:33:02.265963 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49490 2008-07-07T10:22:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17813 2008-07-07T10:22:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18572 2025-06-10T15:33:11.611881 application/rdf+xml 27693 2025-06-10T15:33:05.884910 image/jpeg 4929 2025-06-10T15:33:05.587918 image/jpeg 141462 2025-06-10T15:33:02.564950 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog