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Battledress Evolution: Combat Uniforms of the US Army

@media (max-width:576px) { .read-more-content { height: 230em; } } REVOLUTIONARY WAR Today’s Army Service Uniform (ASU), which is the military uniform worn by United States Army personnel in situations...

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Spec Ops History: Early Hot Air Balloons in the Civil War

@media (max-width:576px) { .read-more-content { height: 230em; } } With the Civil War about to erupt in April 1861, Thaddeus S.C. Lowe decided to fly his hot air balloon from Cincinnati to Washington,...

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Porter Turret Rifle: The Most Interesting, Flawed Civil War Gun

@media (max-width:576px) { .read-more-content { height: 230em; } } The first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy, the USS Monitor, proved the effectiveness of a rotating turret. The...

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Billinghurst-Requa Battery Gun: The First Machine Gun

@media (max-width:576px) { .read-more-content { height: 230em; } } The Billinghurst-Requa battery gun is an unusual piece of armament that resulted from an equally unusual partnership between two men...

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New Militaria & Firearms Auction: John Wayne’s Revolvers, Hitler’s Desk

@media (max-width:576px) { .read-more-content { height: 230em; } } Have you ever wanted to own John Wayne’s revolvers? The revolvers and much, much more can be yours when Ohio-based Milestone Auctions...

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Civil War Revolvers: The British Wheelguns Used in America’s Fight

@media (max-width:576px) { .read-more-content { height: 230em; } } Great Britain’s role in America’s early history has been one of both adversary and ally. From the fight for our nation’s independence...

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A Confederate Sniper Had More Than 100 Union Kills – All For Revenge

@media (max-width:576px) { .read-more-content { height: 230em; } } When we think of snipers today, chances are good we’re thinking of either Tom Berenger or some burly special operator with a...

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The Gifted Psychopath: Civil War’s “Bloody Bill” Anderson

@media (max-width:576px) { .read-more-content { height: 410em; } } William T. “Bloody Bill” Anderson was quite the gifted psychopath. The deadliest Confederate guerilla leader of the American Civil...

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Colt’s Old-School Revolving Rifles | Revolver Rewind

@media (max-width:576px) { .read-more-content { height: 230em; } } The very first firearm ever manufactured by Samuel Colt was a rifle! Although Colt is known the world over for its legendary handguns,...

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