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Thunderbolt to the rebels : the United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War
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"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. Sharpshoote...
"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 Antietam to Gettysburg and beyond"--
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- Creator
- Darin Wipperman
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Essex, CT : Stackpole Books, an imprint of the Global Pequot Publishing Group, Inc., [2025]
- ©2025
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- xiii, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780811775687, 0811775682, 9780811775694
- OCLC
- on1474249528
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: Recruitment and the camp of instruction -- "We have no reason to think him alive," March 1862-April 1863 -- "The full measure of the penalty," May 1863-April 1864 -- "The many brave boys we have lost," May 1864-February 1865 -- Conclusion: The Fate of Heroes
Subjects
- United States. Army. Sharpshooters Regiment, 1st (1861-1864)
- United States. Army. Sharpshooters Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865)
- United States. Army. Sharpshooters Regiment, 1st (1861-1864) -- Registers.
- United States. Army. Sharpshooters Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) -- Registers.
- Berdan, Hiram, approximately 1823-1893.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
- Sharps rifle -- History.
- Shooters of firearms -- United States -- History -- 19th century.