Shiloh National Military Park is honored to announce a series of events commemorating the 163rd anniversary of the historic ...
It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West. In modern times, some consider it a more humane ...
Imagine: restoring, repairing, maintaining, and operating a 75mm Pack Howitzer cannon; firing off the Howitzer during Michigan ... them to be used in Airborne operations. During World War II, ...
Mark Smith, a history professor at the University of South Carolina, said firing squads were used — not often — by both sides during the Civil War to create a “public spectacle, a vision of ...
Mark Smith, a history professor at the University of South Carolina, said firing squads were used — not often — by both sides during the Civil War to create a “public spectacle, a vision of ...