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 ...

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 ...

Often overlooked, the French "Charleville" infantry musket was one of the most significant longarms of the 18th and 19th ...

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 ...

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, ...

A different kind of firing range is opening at Colonial Williamsburg. The historic attraction is opening an educational musket range on Saturday. Visitors will learn from costumed interpreters about ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This British musket was produced in ...

Conservators at the Bureau of Archaeological Research’s Conservation Laboratory restored three muskets close to their original appearance. Florida Division of Historical Resources photo Two centuries ...

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.