The solid-frame 1858 Remington Army and Navy revolvers were among the sturdiest and handsomest of Civil War revolvers and easily (if clumsily) transitioned to the cartridge era. The conversion ...

22 Short is the oldest self-contained cartridge in America still in use today having been created by Smith and Wesson in 1856 for use in their new “pocket” revolver (I was able to handle one ...

The .22 Short would become the parent of a long line of large bore rimfire rounds to come, most notably the .44 caliber lever-action Henry Rifle which saw use during the Civil War.

where he stressed the need to follow the Nordic and Baltic countries’ example in bolstering both defence and civil readiness for war. Despite bold rhetoric, the Royal Navy cannot deploy an ...

The mod plays out during the Galactic Civil War era of Star Wars – i.e. the time of the original ... If you don’t have Man the Guns and certain other DLC packs, the mod may also cause some unexpected ...

Below is an abbreviated history of everyday objects purchased during the Civil War Era. It was shared by Historian James Ayers, and taken from a 1939 Catskill Mountain News.

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...

Recipes from a time when Southern infrastructure was a long way from being restored, but families had to keep everyone fed.

The students found remnants of a fire, pottery, glass bottles, and a Civil War-era lead bullet known as a Minié ball. The history of the Battle of Fort Sanders sat under the feet of thousands of ...