I have to admit this is my first reading of one of your novels (Sharps Waterloo) though you reputation for accurate research is legendary. My query or comment is you talk about the sensitively inaccuracy of the Brown Bess type muskets which I know to be accurate.  My query is, if they are firing into a relatively dense  group of the enemy,  would it matter if their musket ball did not hit the enemy aimed at but another? Indeed knowing the inaccuracy did they aim at all.

Regards

Tim Tilbrook