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    Geronimo

    Read about him here.
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    F& I

    Article on Jeffery Amherst. Here
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    Fur Trade era stories

    Starts out scary enough, but there's a plausible explanation. Red Ghost
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    American Heritage Magazine articles on the War of 1812

    The Day They Burned our Capitol
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    Historical articles on period before French & Indian War (1755)

    English learn that the Indians don't fight in European manners. Darn! Why not? :rotf: in American Heritage Magazine Article.
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    Article on the Irish who fought for Mexico during the Mexican-American War

    in American Heritage magazine: St. Patrico Battalion
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    Rev War Articles in American Heritage magazine

    von Steuben trains an army
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    N-D-Ns teach Early English Settlers the ways of warfare

    In this article found in American Heritage magazine on the End of Civilised Warfare
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    John the Painter

    Don't let your sons grow up to be painters... The following is quoted from Jessica Warner's "John the Painter." It is the story of a Scottish painter turned highwayman, who, hoping to achieve the recognition he believed he deserved, became an American Agent (terrorist) in England bent on...
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    Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings

    James C. Kelly will walk through the exhibition that reflects upon the 400th Anniversary of Jamestown within the context of the simultaneous introduction of the English, French, and Spanish cultures into North America. Dr. Kelly will explain the dramatic influence of European colonization and...
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    Thoughts on a British dragoon pistol?

    I examined a dragoon pistol today (sorry, no pics) in a public collection in San Francisco. If you look at the upper image on page 184 of Harold Peterson's Arms and Armor in Colonial America, the pistol generally follows those lines. However, there's no crown on the lockplate. Instead, the...
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    Civil War Days in Conner Prairie

    Saturday, May 19 from 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, May 20 from 11 AM to 5 PM, Conner Prairie Living History Museum in Fishers, Indiana (north of Indianapolis) will be hosting Civil War Days. For more info, see Conner Prairie
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    How common were guns in Europe?

    Ignoring the Swiss, how common were firearms to the non-aristocratic and non-military masses? Please cite your authority. Thanks!
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    Web Broadcast from Pritzker Military Library on Thursday, March 15th, 2007

    Free broadcast on the web! Doesn't cost you anything but time. I've listened to most of their archived interviews. Pritzker Military Library Link
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    Making doughnuts with the Zouaves

    If you're into camp cooking and cooking mishaps, here's a story from the past. Thus concludes our story of a misadventure on the Yorktown Peninsula. D*mn Yankees.
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    Talk on Civil War sharpshooters & sharpshooting

    I'm the guest speaker at the June 26 meeting of the (San Francisco) South Bay Civil War Round Table at Holder's Country Inn on De Anza Blvd. in San Jose. I'll repost when I get details about the time and exact location. Buy your tickets now as they expect a sell-out standing room only event...
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    Oregon Gun Makers' Fair

    From a flyer sent by gunsmith Ron Scott, a featured artist in Mark Silver & Wallace Gusler's book, Three Centuries of Tradition. I had an article published a couple of years ago in Muzzle Blasts about the Gunmakers' Fair and will be attending this year. Contact Ron Scott at 541-858-2800 or...
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    Roland Cadle has finally done it!

    ...in conjunction with Lee Larkin. Both instructed me in powder horn construction at Conner Prairie Living History Museum in glorious Fishers, Indiana (right outside of Indianapolis). Roland is the expert on the screw tip powder horn and I've asked him years ago to write something about what...
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    Girandoni Air Rifle video

    Dr. Robert Beeman donated his original Girandoni air rifle to the Carlisle Military History Insitute. Click on the link to see a demonstration of the air rifle. MHI Link
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    Ferguson Rifle article

    Published by the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association. It's by National Park Ranger Bert Dunkerly. Click Here.
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