Thunderbolt to the rebels : the United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War /

"During the first year of the Civil War, engineer and inventor Hiram Berdan proposed the creation of a unit of marksmen armed with Sharps rifles, and thus were born the 1st and 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters. Sharpshooters Forward tells the story of these Civil War deadeyes on battlefields from Antieta...

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Main Author:	Wipperman, Darin (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Essex, CT : Stackpole Books, an imprint of the Global Pequot Publishing Group, Inc., [2025]
Subjects:	United States. > Army. > Sharpshooters Regiment, 1st (1861-1865) United States. > Army. > Sharpshooters Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories. Sharps rifle > History. Shooters of firearms > United States > History > 19th century. United States. > Army. > Sharpshooters Regiment, 1st (1861-1865) > Registers. United States. > Army. > Sharpshooters Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) > Registers. Berdan, Hiram, > approximately 1823-1893. États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Histoire des unités. Tireurs (Armes) > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.

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