In Part 1 of this series, we were introduced to the Special Artist whose job it was to sketch the scenes of battle and camp life as history unfolded before their eyes during the American Civil War. Once these [...]

The U.S. Model 1863 Double Rifle Musket made by J.P. Lindsay has to be one of the strangest muskets made during the Civil War. When a Lindsay is amongst other more common rifle muskets they don’t really stand out [...]

Welcome back everyone! I am running out of fun and witty intros, so this is the best we can do this time around, but fear not, I am still on top of it! June 15th is a pretty neat [...]

Any native Rhode Islander (of a certain age) remembers Rocky Point Park in Warwick, Rhode Island. Although it closed the year I was born, my parents used to talk about the amusement park by the water where they went [...]

Hey everyone and welcome back! As you may have guessed, I have another super fun day that just happens to be this month on June 8th: World Ocean’s Day! What better time to segue into something I’ve always wanted [...]

Not many know the U.S Army’s birthday is coming up on June 14th, so I thought I give a brief history about how our army came to be… The United States Army was officially formed by a resolution of [...]

In 1861 when the Civil War broke out, the country was filled with excitement and fear. As great armies were formed and the soldiers marched off to distant battlefields and unknown adventures, the latest news from the front became [...]

If you follow Bruneau and Co on social media, you may remember in December Kev and I took a quick day trip to North Carolina to pick up an epic collection. We didn’t spoil the surprise then, but I [...]