Card, Identification

Archive

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Museum of History Benicia

Bayonet

Bayonet

Name/Title

Card, Identification

Entry/Object ID

2018.012.0110

Scope and Content

Informational Card Bayonet: Tent Stakes and Candle Holders Back of card has a summary of the uses of a Bayonet. Mentions the Civil war. Fascinating Fact: Bayonets accounted for less than four percent of battlefield wounds; artillery fire caused 5 percent. Bullets, on the other hand, caused more than 90 percent of the wounds.

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection