An infantryman on the Unionist side in the American civil war (1861-65) was, on his reckoning, five times as good at hitting his foe as his Mexican, British or Continental European counterpart.

他认为在美国内战中(1861年—1865年)，联合派中的一名美国步兵的射击水平要比墨西哥、英国或是欧陆国家的步兵高出5倍。