Guns and the History of Fort Bragg: The Revolutionary War Edition
Taking a look at the short-ranged weapons used by the Revolutionary War soldiers and compare them to what the soldiers of today work with.
Even though Fort Bragg is nearly 100 years old, it has seen its fair share of action and so have the millions of soldiers that have passed through its gates. Now imagine the countless numbers of weaponry that have been handled by those soldiers through the years and how they have evolved over the decades. In fact, wars have been fought in the area around Fort Bragg since the Revolutionary War so let us take a stroll down memory lane to see what was used and how things have changed since then. Revolutionary War: There were actually a few battles fought in the area that is now Fort Bragg and the weapons of choice for that time period were the muzzle-loading flintlock musket that actually had a bayonet that could be attached and detached to…
