Secretary of War Simon Cameron authorized the formation of an Irish Brigade in September 1861
In an era when many other rifles and pistols were fussy and unreliable the ’73 was the weapon that would never let you down
was used primarily as a two-handed chopping weapon
Scott was commissioned as a captain in the light artillery shortly before his 22nd birthday but began his military career as corporal of cavalry in the Virginia Militia
firing six rounds per man
13076 - U.S.Marine Standing Firing Trench Shot Gun, Belleau Wood, 1918 WWII K&C WH Secretary of War Simon CameronNEW ARRIVAL! U. S. Marine Standing Firing Trench Shot Gun, Belleau Wood, 1918 In June 1918, the United States Marine Corps earned one of its most legendary battle honors in the forests of Belleau Wood, France. As German forces threatened Paris during a major Spring Offensive, the Marines of the 4th Brigade were ordered to hold the line and then attack. Facing entrenched German machine guns, barbed wire, and poison gas, the Marines launched wave after