The Daily Dispatch: November 22, 1860., [Electronic resource], Colors most Liable to be hit.

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Colors most Liable to be hit.

--It would appear, from numerous observations, that soldiers are hit during battle according to the color of their dress, in the following order:--Red is the most fatal color; the least fatal, Austrian grey. The proportions are red 12, rifle green 7, brown 6, Austrian bluish-grey 5.

The Daily Dispatch: November 22, 1860. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. November 22, 1860. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Colors most Liable to be hit.