By the time Congress got around to awarding the promised rifles to “Aiken’s Volunteers” on May 20, 1826, the U.S. Army had ...

We would therefore only be talking about muskets and flintlocks. Unfortunately, at the present time, instead of the presence of huge, single-fire, once every twenty seconds guns (muskets and ...

"It is a great place for people to come if they've got … an old musket in the closet, or an old newspaper or letter signed by great-great-grandpa. Bring it to the show and let people look at it.