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Historical Gun up for sale
Sam06
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The musket that fired the first shot at the Battle of Bunker Hill is being sold by the family of the man who pulled the trigger.
John Simpson's .79 Dutch flintlock musket is expected to fetch up to $300,000.
The soldier ignored an order by Colonel William Prescott to only fire when 'you see the whites of their eyes'.
Instead, Simpson shot his weapon far too early at the Redcoats and was hauled before a court martial after the 1775 battle in Boston in the Revolutionary War.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7584247/Musket-fired-shot-Battle-Bunker-Hill-auction-block.html
This is cool. I had never heard that story.
The musket that fired the first shot at the Battle of Bunker Hill is being sold by the family of the man who pulled the trigger.
John Simpson's .79 Dutch flintlock musket is expected to fetch up to $300,000.
The soldier ignored an order by Colonel William Prescott to only fire when 'you see the whites of their eyes'.
Instead, Simpson shot his weapon far too early at the Redcoats and was hauled before a court martial after the 1775 battle in Boston in the Revolutionary War.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7584247/Musket-fired-shot-Battle-Bunker-Hill-auction-block.html
This is cool. I had never heard that story.
RLTW
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I agree
It should be in a museum.
This is part of our American History and should be preserved................... Maybe after someone shoots it
Also the genealogy of the soldier has not been connected to U.S. Grant. It will be interesting to see how this all works out.
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
I found that strange also.
Me 3
When I read it I thought it must be switched around.