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.

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

Much has been written about the Civil War, but after reading everything from the barrel, James felt he had something important — to his family, yes, but maybe to others, too.

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 ...

CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) — A Mississippi teen who lost his Civil War-reenacting pet chicken Peep outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Alabama was reunited with the bird courtesy of a farmer who ...

Guest Commentary Wonder what every American carrying a gun would be like? Look to Civil War days By Matthew C. Hulbert Special to The Star November 09, 2017 8:30 PM ...

A rifle used in the Battle of New Orleans that went missing from the Confederate Memorial Hall was returned to the museum over 30 years after it was stolen, FBI ...