Soldiers carrying newly-developed breechloading Ferguson rifles, like this one, fought alongside the British light infantry at Paoli. Compared to muskets, which could be fired four times per minute, Ferguson rifles could be fired up to six times per minute with better accuracy.

Ferguson Rifle
Made by William Newton
ca. 1776
Iron, Wood, Steel, Brass
Museum of the American Revolution (Benninghoff Collection)

Soldiers carrying newly-developed breechloading Ferguson rifles, like this one, fought alongside the British light infantry at Paoli. Compared to muskets, which could be fired four times per minute, Ferguson rifles could be fired up to six times per minute with better accuracy.

Ferguson Rifle
Made by William Newton
ca. 1776
Iron, Wood, Steel, Brass
Museum of the American Revolution (Benninghoff Collection)

Soldiers carrying newly-developed breechloading Ferguson rifles, like this one, fought alongside the British light infantry at Paoli. Compared to muskets, which could be fired four times per minute, Ferguson rifles could be fired up to six times per minute with better accuracy.

Ferguson Rifle
Made by William Newton
ca. 1776
Iron, Wood, Steel, Brass
Museum of the American Revolution (Benninghoff Collection)

Soldiers carrying newly-developed breechloading Ferguson rifles, like this one, fought alongside the British light infantry at Paoli. Compared to muskets, which could be fired four times per minute, Ferguson rifles could be fired up to six times per minute with better accuracy.

Ferguson Rifle
Made by William Newton
ca. 1776
Iron, Wood, Steel, Brass
Museum of the American Revolution (Benninghoff Collection)

Soldiers carrying newly-developed breechloading Ferguson rifles, like this one, fought alongside the British light infantry at Paoli. Compared to muskets, which could be fired four times per minute, Ferguson rifles could be fired up to six times per minute with better accuracy.

Ferguson Rifle
Made by William Newton
ca. 1776
Iron, Wood, Steel, Brass
Museum of the American Revolution (Benninghoff Collection)

Soldiers carrying newly-developed breechloading Ferguson rifles, like this one, fought alongside the British light infantry at Paoli. Compared to muskets, which could be fired four times per minute, Ferguson rifles could be fired up to six times per minute with better accuracy.

Ferguson Rifle
Made by William Newton
ca. 1776
Iron, Wood, Steel, Brass
Museum of the American Revolution (Benninghoff Collection)

Soldiers carrying newly-developed breechloading Ferguson rifles, like this one, fought alongside the British light infantry at Paoli. Compared to muskets, which could be fired four times per minute, Ferguson rifles could be fired up to six times per minute with better accuracy.

Ferguson Rifle
Made by William Newton
ca. 1776
Iron, Wood, Steel, Brass
Museum of the American Revolution (Benninghoff Collection)

Soldiers carrying newly-developed breechloading Ferguson rifles, like this one, fought alongside the British light infantry at Paoli. Compared to muskets, which could be fired four times per minute, Ferguson rifles could be fired up to six times per minute with better accuracy.

Ferguson Rifle
Made by William Newton
ca. 1776
Iron, Wood, Steel, Brass
Museum of the American Revolution (Benninghoff Collection)

Soldiers carrying newly-developed breechloading Ferguson rifles, like this one, fought alongside the British light infantry at Paoli. Compared to muskets, which could be fired four times per minute, Ferguson rifles could be fired up to six times per minute with better accuracy.

Ferguson Rifle
Made by William Newton
ca. 1776
Iron, Wood, Steel, Brass
Museum of the American Revolution (Benninghoff Collection)

Wearing green coats, a group of British Captain Patrick Ferguson’s riflemen is visible here in Xavier della Gatta’s painting of the Battle of Paoli.

Detail from Battle of Paoli
Painted by Xavier della Gatta
1782
Gouache on Paper
Museum of the American Revolution