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History Matters: Saunders Museum boasts extensive firearms collection

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published January 19, 2016 at 8:45 AM EST
The Saunders Museum collection includes about 400 pieces, mostly firearms collected by Col. Charles Burton "Buck" Saunders.
Saunders Museum
The Saunders Museum collection includes about 400 pieces, mostly firearms collected by Col. Charles Burton "Buck" Saunders.

Commentator Gary Joiner visited the Saunders Museum in Berryville, Arkansas as a 4-year-old and it made a powerful impression on him. Revisiting the museum as an adult unlocked childhood memories.

The Saunders Museum collection includes about 400 pieces, mostly firearms collected by Col. Charles Burton "Buck" Saunders.
Credit Saunders Museum
The Saunders Museum collection includes about 400 pieces, mostly firearms collected by Col. Charles Burton "Buck" Saunders.

History Matters #445 - Saunders Museum commentary

History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine. 

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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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