One shot was only the beginning
The soldier reaches for another cartridge after firing. It is a small movement, but an important one in a battle fought with muzzle-loading arms. His weapon cannot simply deliver another shot from a modern magazine.
Paper cartridges combined the materials needed for loading into a package a soldier could carry and handle. This figure begins that repeated process, while other men in the range show its later stages. Together they reveal the time and physical work between shots, something a painting of a firing line can make easy to overlook.
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