Since there was no standard firearm, each soldier required bullets specially suited to his weapon.

The men melted lead and cast it in their own bullet-molds.

It is an instance of the minor ironies of war that the great equestrian statue of George III, which had been erected in New York in days more peaceful, was melted into bullets for killing that monarch's soldiers.

Another necessity was paper for cartridges and wads.

The cartridge of that day was a paper envelope containing the charge of ball and powder.