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Features, Interviews April 5, 2019 April 4, 2019

This Week on Dispatches: Matthew Moss on the Ferguson Breech-Loading Rifle

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In this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews British historian Matthew Moss and the story of Major Patrick Ferguson and the first breech-loading rifle adopted…

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Conflict & War, Military Technology, The War Years (1775-1783) December 13, 2018 December 8, 2018

Patrick Ferguson and His Rifle

by Matthew Moss

Maj. Patrick Ferguson’s rifle is one of the most interesting and significant early attempts at a breech-loading service rifle. Coupling a screw breech plug…

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1. Merv Ahrens Robert Erskine, Surveyor-General of the Continental Army

Bob, I enjoyed your Erskine in depth research article. You noted Erskine hired Capt. William McMurray (later the former assistant to geographer Hutchins & 1st American "professional" cartographer to produce…
2. Charles Yaple Robert Erskine, Surveyor-General of the Continental Army

Great article about Erskine. Readers may also like learning about his replacement, Simeon DeWitt, who served with Washington throughout the remainder of the Revolutionary War and later became the Surveyor…
3. Tony The Engagement at Woodlane: Precursor to the Battle of Iron Works Hill, a Key to the American Victory at Trenton

Great, informative read. Thank you.