When Confederate forces opened fire April 12, 1861, on Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., it signaled the start of the Civil War. “President Abraham Lincoln recognized Washington, D.C., lay vulnerable ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a civil forfeiture action against a rare Civil War-era firearm believed to have been unlawfully removed from the Springfield Armory. The ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Federal prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture action to reclaim a historic firearm believed to have been stolen from the Springfield Armory several decades ago.