While the term “firing squad” can be found in U.S. newspapers before the Civil War, the phrase was usually used to describe a different custom, akin to a salute, when guns were fired into the ...

"I'm fortunate to have those guns," he said. Earlier in the day ... Markel said he is thoroughly trained in firing the Civil War cannons and has fired them at Fourth of July celebrations, weddings ...

Volunteers and members of the Third Iowa Light Artillery unit of Civil War re-enactors led a unique salute to our nation’s fallen soldiers this memorial day weekend, firing rounds from two of Iowa’s ...

Mark the date of Saturday, June 22 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visitors of all ages will be dazzled by the blank firing of Civil War cannon and rifles, a spectacular performance of Civil War ...

My goal had been to hear what Civil War soldiers heard when several cannons were firing at once ... such as the 1st Pennsylvania Rifles or Duff's 33rd Texas Cavalry Regiment.

It saw a wave of new innovations including modernized warships, the use of aerial observation, more rapid firing small ... the use of machine guns, but it was the Civil War some fifty years ...

Before the matchlock, guns were fired by holding a burning wick to a "touch hole" in the barrel igniting the powder inside. A shooter uses one hand for firing ... of the Civil War, Spencer ...