According to the National Park Service, early analysis of the 18th-century musket balls indicates they were fired by colonial militia members at British forces during the North Bridge fight.

The musket was found in a field after the explosion in 1852 A musket that was found in a field following a catastrophic explosion on a ship wrecked off the island's coast 172 years ago has been ...

CONCORD, Mass. - Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls toward retreating British troops, marking the first ...