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This well-preserved musket is marked “NEW JERSEY” was produced by Richard Wilson’s London gun-making firm.

This decoratively stitched pocketbook Thomas Noyes III or his son, also named Thomas, who both served in the Massachusetts militia during the Revolutionary War.

This rare American-made military drum dates to 1740. It is believed to be the second oldest dated American drum in existence.

Cash Pallentine, who served in the Continental Army from 1777 through the end of the war, was among hundreds of African Americans who served in Connecticut regiments during the Revolution.

This original copy of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, published in 1773, was written by Phillis Wheatley, the first published African-American author.

This artwork by Italian painter Xavier della Gatta depicts a scene from the Battle of Paoli on September 21, 1777.

Moravian gunsmith John Christian Oerter made this rifle at his workshop in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, about 60 miles north of Philadelphia.

This portrait depicts Pennsylvania-born Stephen "Don Esteban" Minor, who joined the Spanish Army in Louisiana in 1779.

This powder horn was carried by Virginia rifleman William Waller and is etched with the slogan "LIBERTY or DEATH."

General George Washington's original sleeping and office tent from the Revolutionary War.