Wrong Weapons, Wrong Tactics - Fridays at the Front - Season 4, Episode 9
Look Around You Ventures
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5m 51s
As Union soldiers splashed across the Shenandoah River on July 18, 1864 to establish a beachhead on the Confederate side, one brigade was completely new to the type of fighting they were asked to do. Let’s travel to Thoburn’s right flank and see what happened!
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The Springfield Rifle Musket
Andrew has a discussion on the evolution of the Springfield musket with historian Phil Spaugy. They take a look at how the Springfield evolved from the model 1855 to the 1863 model. The fun does not stop with the history because they take an original and a reproduction Springfield out on the range!
