My old boss at Nashville’s Green Hills Theatre had a steel plate in his cheek bone area and false teeth from being hit with part of an exploding cannon during the Civil War Centenial reenactments.
That certainly was a dreadful occurrence. The poor widow and daughter who must’ve witnessed this.
“An amiable widow and little daughter, and numerous connections”??
“Amiable”? Er... Ummm, I guess only rich people could afford to wear black for seven years?
The early stages of media driven gun grabbing.
I am guessing he should have used a large charge of powder and a small quantity of brick.