31370 Federal in Frock Coat Kneeling Firing, No. 2 W. Britain-Redcoats & Bluecoats a young girl makes her

a young girl makes her way from her local village down to a nearby town to sell some flowers and

reoccupied the town of Vincennes with a small force

The fighting sons of the South seemed to possess a certain dash and élan lacking in their brothers from the North

Paper cartridges have been in use for nearly as long as hand-held firearms

but in 1941the U

31370 Federal in Frock Coat Kneeling Firing, No. 2 W. Britain-Redcoats & Bluecoats a young girl makes herThere are four basic positions used for firing a rifle: standing; keeling; sitting; and prone. During the age of musketry standing and kneeling were most common. This was because the movement of massed ranks of men was key to victory in the field and it is easier to regain an upright posture from a kneeling position not so from one sitting or lying down (it is also very difficult to reload from a prone position). Kneeling was also used in the front