President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

A Colt Single Action Army revolver, well-known to collectors as ... factory engraved Henry rifle from the Civil War era that realized the same price.

Not unsurprisingly, the commanding general of the Union Army during the Civil War owned firearms ... The museum has his "1860 Colt Revolver and his 1864 Smith & Wesson Revolver, both of which ...

Younger relatives don’t want our grandmothers’ Haviland teacups, cinnabar bracelets or even the porcelain moose pitchers made in pre-World War II ... as an 1860 Colt Army revolver, standard ...

Will Sullivan Auction Company in Carthage recently acquired a Colt Model 1861 ... smaller-caliber revolver was popular with ranking Army officers and cavalrymen. “The standard issue sidearm for ...

Much faster reloads were possible with the Spencer lever action repeating rifles and carbines), which was also introduced in 1860. During the Civil War ... Although the Colt revolver was patented ...

“The Searchers” tells the story of Civil War veteran Ethan Edwards ... including a Colt Walker 1847 and a Colt Army Model 1860 revolver. The .44 caliber Walker revolver, widely used in ...

Part of the fort’s grounds are still in use by the Army Corps of Engineers ... house Confederate officer prisoners of war. Several Rodman guns – Civil War-era cannons – remain on site ...

Since 2017, US military service branches have been rolling out new M17 and M18 handguns. The new guns are only the latest in a history of sidearms that stretches back to the first Continental ...