By the time Congress got around to awarding the promised rifles to “Aiken’s Volunteers” on May 20, 1826, the U.S. Army had updated its hardware.
Historical timeline of the development of modern weapons starting at 1364 ... Introduced at the start of the Civil War, Spencer repeating guns were technically advanced, used cartridges (a recent ...
Several new exhibits have recently opened at the Hagen History Center in Erie with more on the way, museum officials ...