Dear sir, I am a great fan of all your books and I spend much of my time dreaming of long dead battles and I have always wondered just how destructive volleys of muskets were as i cant seem to find accurate statistics anywhere. So to phrase it in a way I hope you find relatively easy to answer, How many dead or wounded (at a rough estimate of course) would one volley, from a well trained line battalion of 600 men (another number if its easier) in the Napoleonic wars (British) firing at 50 yards, cause to a column of say three French Battalions (or different number if its easier). Also were we to skip forwards 50 years and enacted two battalions firing at say 80 yards at each other in line across flat ground equally well trained with rifles( in the Yank civil war) how much (roughly) damage would they cause? Sorry its a bit long winded and if the questions are a bit tricky to answer. Thanks again for the books. James Duffy