Nearly four decades ago, Hedgecock got started reenacting 15th century medieval history and began crafting replica arms and ...

Napoleon proved to be a capable military commander from a young age. From his actions during the Siege of Toulon to his ...

Several dozen history buffs from across the state and as far as Albuquerque are getting ready to make some history in Julian this weekend. They’re cleaning their muskets and battle gear and polishing ...

Just after dawn on the Lexington Battle Green, militiamen, muskets in hand, took on a much larger contingent of British regulars. The battle ended with eight Americans killed and 10 wounded -- the ...

Earlier in the morning, a dawn salute was held where muskets and cannons were fired. Saturday's ceremony took part midway through a parade, marking the 250 years since the battle. The Concord ...

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Notably, fowling pieces were smoothbore guns, much like the military muskets of the time, and were often fired with shot or a single, round projectile that was considerably smaller than the bore ...

facing down professional European soldiers at the Lexington town green and at Concord’s Old North Bridge who didn’t know that their muskets’ volley would be what Emerson called the “shot ...

John Pitcairn is pictured riding a white horse near the center of the image, next to a line of British light infantrymen with blackpowder smoke erupting from the barrels of their muskets.

British Regulars fire on New England colonial militia, also known as a Minutemen, during a reenactment celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and start of the American ...

which at the time of writing would have topped out at smoothbore muskets and flintlock pistols. He added: "These things are terrible but the gun doesn't do the shooting, the people do." ...