The Ashton Model 1842 was a single-shot percussion-based pistol. It was one of the older guns in use during the Civil War and not as effective as its counterparts like the revolver.

A Civil War-era revolver that belonged to Pvt. Daniel S. Yohn, a member of the famed First Defenders, is on display at the Berks History Center, 940 Centre Ave.

A Civil War revolver was found by a Walmart employee while changing the trash in the parking lot in Straban Township, Adams County on Tuesday evening. The gun found was identified as a Pietta 1851 ...

IrishCentral Contributor Joseph Connell explores how Ireland's Civil War ignited with the shelling of Ireland's most ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

1861-1865 - American Civil War. Both breech and muzzle loaded guns used. 1862 - The Gatling Gun is invented. 1869 - Center-fire cartridge introduced. 1870-1871- The Franco-German War. Breach ...

Toying with a pair of live hand grenades, the Sudanese militia leader described how the national army’s foreign backers helped turn the tide in the brutal 20-month civil war that’s sparked the ...

Exploring Civil War Furnace that was used to supply Selma with the iron needed for cannon balls, guns and cannons. Tannehill ...

Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday. ... "On the retreat, when strong men threw away their guns, ...

“I'm training people to survive a civil war, to get out of the way, to stay home, stay off the grid,” says Oath Keeper Jim Arroyo, in an interview two days before the US presidential election.

“Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War,” for all its action and expansive re-creations of frontier mischief, presents Earp as not just a hero but a player in a drama that reached far beyond the ...

I predicted the next US civil war would be in 2040 – but l was wrong. It feels closer than that… As the fallout of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump continues, Stephen Marche, author ...