Union Soldier's 1861 Springfield Rifle Finds A Home At New England Civil War Museum

The family of a Civil War soldier has entrusted the New England Civil War Meseum with a cherished heirloom.
Southeast Missourian

Casualties of Civil War battle laid to rest at Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- No one knows their names, nor even their precise number. But this much was certain to those who gathered at Springfield National Cemetery: These fallen Union soldiers deserved a ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Civil War buffs will compare smoothbore and rifled muskets

The main military infantry weapon through the time of Napoleon was the smoothbore musket, It was quick to load, not very accurate, with an effective range of about 100 yards. Hunting rifles of the ...