On the grounds of the present-day Alexandria, Va., courthouse, an interesting Model 1816 Springfield musket was found, muzzle-down, in an abandoned privy during archaeological studies prior to the ...

Archaeologists working at Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Massachusetts, unearthed a piece of American history tied to the “shot heard round the world.” Five musket balls were ...

Until the 1850s, the British military still used a large-caliber, smoothbore musket as its main infantry arm. That all changed with the introduction of the Pattern 1851 Minié Rifle.

Archaeologists in Concord, Massachusetts found five musket balls they say were fired during the event famously known as "The Shot Heard Round the World." ...

A team of experts put an 18th-century musket to the test — revealing how deadly it really was. At Fort Ticonderoga, a centuries-old weapon is put through a modern test. Using ballistic gel, a ...

Archaeologists believe the five musket balls unearthed in Concord's Minute Man National Historical Park were fired by colonial militia during the battle that sparked the Revolutionary War.

Archaeologists recently discovered five musket balls at Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts and traced them back to the event marked in history as “the Shot Heard ’Round the ...

Five musket balls were recently discovered by archeologists at Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts, and traced back to the event marked in history as “The Shot Heard Round the ...

The musket balls were discovered by archaeologists who were working in prepartions for the park’s Great American Outdoors Act project. “The Shot Heard Round the World” The National Park ...