When Confederate forces opened fire April 12, 1861, on Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., it signaled the start of the Civil War. “President Abraham Lincoln recognized Washington, D.C., lay vulnerable ...

"Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution". Stanford University Press, 2019. Miller, H. T. “Small Arms Procurement in the Civil War.” The Military Engineer 25, no. 139 (1933).

Pennsylvania state police are investigating after a Walmart employee discovered a Civil War revolver while changing the trash in the parking lot Tuesday evening. Police in Gettysburg said they ...

A Civil War revolver was found by a Walmart employee while changing the trash in the parking lot in Straban Township, Adams County on Tuesday evening. The gun found was identified as a Pietta 1851 ...