Author Darin Wipperman provides a tantalizing glimpse into the world of Berdan’s sharpshooters during the American Civil War.

Click here to see 22 guns that helped fight the Civil War. The guns of the Civil War were a major part of the evolution in American warfare, they set the tone and technology for future generations ...

Civil War rifles were accurate for hundreds of yards, with some being deadly at up to 1,000 yards. ( These are the 14 guns that helped fight the Revolutionary War .) ...

1861-1865 - American Civil War. Both breech and muzzle loaded guns used. 1862 - The Gatling Gun is invented. 1869 - Center-fire cartridge introduced. 1870-1871- The Franco-German War. Breach ...

Before the Civil War, most Americans saw guns as primarily tools for hunting and pest control, not something to keep households safe. Op-Ed: Why former slave states became the base of U.S. gun ...

“I’m no expert in antique weaponry or Civil War history, but I do know a good story when I hear it.” Representatives of 16 museums and historical societies attend a repatriation ceremony at the Museum ...

Just as guns were used to re-create strength in the post-antebellum South, they were also sold as a tool that helped owners reclaim their masculinity and manhood after the loss of the Civil War.

Black men weren’t allowed guns in the early Civil War. He fired one anyway. Lewis A. Bell, who fired a gun at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff in Virginia in 1861, is believed to be the Union Army ...