Civil War Field Service 1861-1862 In May 1861, a company of the 8th Massachusetts Infantry was issued Colt revolving rifles while serving in and around Washington, D.C.

The Browning M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun, Heavy barrel is an automatic, recoil operated, air-cooled machine gun with adjustable headspace and is crew transportable with limited amounts of ...

Summary: The Civil War, the deadliest conflict in American history, witnessed unprecedented carnage partly due to the innovative weaponry of the era. Despite the absence of modern warfare’s ...

A revolutionary lever-action firearm that let a Civil War soldier fire 15 fast shots without reloading was donated to Wilson's Creek National Battlefield on Tuesday.

Even though he was prohibited from carrying a handgun because of his assault conviction, Cantafi could legally own a rifle. But by modifying the rifle barrel, he created a handgun, they said.

It’s a way, he said, to really connect with history as they reenact wars from the late Colonial time up to World War II. Most of the reenactments he participates in, though, are from the Civil War.

He cut across school property while carrying the weapon. Cleary pawned the Civil War era rifle at a nearby pawn shop and the rifle has been recovered by police.

The Civil War was by far the most deadly war in American history. The bloody four-year conflict between the northern and southern states of the America would end up consuming the lives of an ...

A new type of sniper rifle that deals a lot of damage to structures has arrived in Epic's popular battle royale game on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch, and mobile.

GUEST: I brought a Sharps & Hankins, an old Civil War rifle. This old rifle has got a 32-and-three-quarter-inch barrel, and it's got hexagon bore, and where the serial number is located is, is a ...

The first USS Nantucket naval vessel was commissioned for the Union Army during the Civil War, heroically attacking Confederate forts in South Carolina in 1863 while trading heavy fire with the ...