A wall of timber, often with loopholes for musket fire. Same as palisade.

A wooden or earthen platform inside a fortification, on which the cannon were placed in order to allow them to shoot over the rampart. Often, the same as a terreplein. Barrel:

A strongpoint in the curtain wall of a fortress, usually V-shaped, angled out beyond the main line of the walls of a fortress. From it, attackers along the curtain could be cross-fired upon. With a fi [..]

A body of foot soldiers, subdivided into companies ( but sometimes identical with 'regiment'). Also a designation indicating a soldier belongs to the main body of soldiers (hatt companies) r [..]

Pointed blade that can be readily affixed to the muzzle end of a bayonet, for use in defense or attack. In the first years of the Revolutionary War, this was an item that the Rebels did not usually ha [..]

A thick-walled defensive building constructed of masonry or logs, with loopholes for muskets. Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts has such a log blockhouse. Bomb or Shell:

Menswear for the lower torso, with the legs ending just below the knee. The garment was later replaced in the army by trousers. In the First Foot Guards mustered for duty on service in America in 1776 [..]

The metal plate affixed to the end of the stock of a musket, in order to protect the wood, and possibly to enhance the butt itself as a weapon. Made of brass in the Brown Bess.

A canvas or cloth bag filled with small round lead or iron pellets and crammed into a cannon on top of a charge of gunpowder. It would not carry as far as solid shot, but it was deadly at close range. [..]

The leathern container for cartridges. In the British army, well-constructed with an inner flap to protect the contents from rain. In the Guards and other regiments, the outer flap carried a cast regi [..]