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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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, ...
How did a ragtag army defeat the most powerful army in the world to win American independence? Discover the key military technologies that helped propel the colonies to victory, from the Brown Bess ...
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 Brown Bess Flintlock Musket came in 3 sizes - Long Land pattern 1720 - 1760, Short land 1760 - 1790 and India Pattern 1790 - 1815. The barrel lengths were 46" 42" and 39" respectively. They were ...