This is every rifle the Marine Corps has issued to Marines in the service's 250-year history, from muskets to M4s.

The rifle carried by the US Marine Corps has evolved significantly, and it has come a long way from the Brown Bess and Charleville muskets used 250 years ago, but the role of those carrying it hasn’t ...

CONCORD, Mass. - Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls toward retreating British troops, marking the first ...

The bullet holes in the bedrooms and stairs at the Jason Russell House are a testament to a past that isn’t fully recognized ...

The adjutant general of Virginia sent 200 flintlock muskets, like the one shown here, from Richmond to Alexandria in early May 1861. This is the same type and make as the musket found in the privy.

After that first shot rang out, she said, it was chaos. “His father gets shot and killed. His cousin, who’s right next to him, Ebenezer, gets shot and injured. He watched Jonas Parker, who was a ...

Museum curator Nikki Walsh holds up two Revolutionary War musket balls, which are believed to be fired at the British by colonial militia men during one of the war’s first battles, at Minute Man ...

The musket balls have attracted intense interest from history buffs and tourists, with about 800 journeying to the park's visitor center over the weekend to get a first glimpse.

Archeologists with the National Park Service say they have found musket balls that date back nearly 250 years and were fired during one of the first battles in the Revolutionary War.

The musket balls have attracted intense interest from history buffs and tourists, with about 800 journeying to the park's visitor center over the weekend to get a first glimpse.