This lecture was presented at the Spring 2025 meeting of the American Society of Arms Collectors. It was given by Joel Bohy, coauthor of a new book of the same name, published by Mowbray. You can find his book here:
https://gunandswordcollector.com/product/bullet-strikes-american-revolution/
or
https://amzn.to/43PoaF6
Joel Bohy and Douglas Scott have written three research reports as part of this project, and they are available for free from the ASAC library here:
https://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/research-reports-by-asac-members/
00:00 – Introduction
00:53 – How the project started
02:55 – Ballistics of Revolutionary War muskets
07:55 – Understanding the different arms involved
18:59 – The research project grows…
20:30 – The Elisha Jones House
23:28 – James Hayward’s powder horn
28:40 – The Market Munroe House
31:41 – Buckman Tavern
33:10 – Monroe Tavern
35:30 – The Jason Russell House
45:19 – Relics of Captain William Adams’ House
48:48 – Recreating John Robbin’s terrible wound from Lexington Green
55:15 – Question: Petitions for compensation
56:39 – Question: Muzzle energy of these muskets