As 18th century military reenactors at Fort Ligonier were preparing Sunday to fire six- and 12-pound cannons packed with explosive cartridges meant to imitate the sound of cannonballs, David Evans of ...

Dr. Jonathan Burns has been attempting for around six years to uncover archaeological evidence of an artillery battery and line of communication supposedly buried near the back door of Fort Ligonier — ...

The building apparently burned down around 1760, after the bulk of the British army had advanced on French-held Canada. Starbuck has spent most of the past 15 years conducting digs at 18th-century ...

The blacksmith, his hands and clothes already covered in soot, held the metal rod tight against an anvil as he hammered its still glowing end into a point. Army officers, headed by General George ...