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At the beginning of the American Revolution, long before there were weapons of mass destruction, American Patriots faced British soldiers with relatively simple agents of personal destruction. When ...

The British made flintlock, .71 caliber smooth bore design. British Short Land Pattern musket Brown Bess is the nickname of the British Short Land Pattern musket. It was the standard arm of the ...

DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. -- In 1776 Gen. George Washington issued an order to select men for his personal guard called the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, arming them with Brown Bess muskets. Today the Army ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — I recently visited Chesapeake to check out a piece of local history at the Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum. "The artifact in question is known as a Brown Bess musket, ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Starting March 19, Colonial Williamsburg guests can get their hands on history in a new and exciting way — firing replicas of two 18th-century firearms. But the experience won’t come ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The British Short Land Pattern Musket ...

Researchers say there's a very good chance that the only documented firearm left from the Battle of San Jacinto was also used in the Battle of the Alamo. James Mitchell of Freedom Documents Fun, Inc.