Letters from a Sharpshooter
Author: William B. Greene
Publisher: Historic Publications (WI)
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 348
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William B. Greene
Publisher: Historic Publications (WI)
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 348
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Eugene Blackford
Publisher:
Published: 2015
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ISBN-13: 9780988243514
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lewis Nordan
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781565121829
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The identity of the Sharpshooter becomes a central theme in a story that introduces such prospective characters as the owner of the local funeral parlor, an avid comic-book reader, a man who shoots refrigerators, and a boy who never grew up
Author: Gerald L. Earley
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009-04-22
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 0786453028
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Second United States Sharpshooters was a hodgepodge regiment, composed of companies raised in several New England states. The regiment was trained for a specific mission and armed with specially ordered breech-loading target rifles. This book covers the origin, recruitment, training, and battle record of the regiment and features 32 photographs, four battlefield maps, and a regimental roster.
Author: Roy Martin Marcot
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 0811702715
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Action-packed account of the legendary 1st and 2nd U.S. SharpShooters Based on diaries, letters, and other firsthand sources Photos of the men as well as their uniforms, equipment, and firearms plus paintings by acclaimed Civil War artist Don Troiani This detailed and beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Col. Hiram Berdan's brilliant conception: the U.S. SharpShooters, a specialized 2-regiment unit of marksmen recruited from the farming and backwoods communities of the North. Known for their distinctive green uniforms, Sharps breech-loading rifles, and risky tactics, the SharpShooters fought at battles such as the Peninsula, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness. The book covers their training, tactics, and weapons and is a must-have for Civil War enthusiasts and anyone interested in the history of special forces.
Author: William Rhadamanthus Montgomery
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780865545724
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →William Rhadamanthus Montgomery (1839-1906) was present at some of the most memorable battles of the Civil War. Among them were Chickahominy, Seven Pines, Malvern Hill, Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredricksburg, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and Cold Harbor. Wounded seven or eight times, Montgomery remained in service throughout the entire war. After the war, he returned to Marietta where he lived out the rest of his days. The diary and the letters contained herein is a testament to his time as a soldier during the Civil War. But as the diary and letters indicate, the war was not the end all of his life. His loyalty for the South was surpassed only by his loyalty for and to his family.
Author: James M. McPherson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 1995-03-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0385476345
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom—an impressive scholarly tour de force and a lively, highly accessible account of the sentiments of both Northern and Southern soldiers during the national trauma of the Civil War. In Battle Cry Of Freedom, James M. McPherson presented a fascinating, concise general history of the defining American conflict. With What They Fought For, he focuses his considerable talents on what motivated the individual soldier to fight. In an exceptional and highly original Civil War analysis, McPherson draws on the letters and diaries of nearly one thousand Union and Confederate soldiers, giving voice to the very men who risked their lives in the conflict. His conclusion that most of them felt a keen sense of patriotic and ideological commitment counters the prevailing belief that Civil War soldiers had little or no idea of what they were fighting for. In their letters home and their diaries--neither of which were subject to censorship—these men were able to comment, in writing, on a wide variety of issues connected with their war experience. Their insights show how deeply felt and strongly held their convictions were and reveal far more careful thought on the ideological issues of the war than has previously been thought to be true. Living only eighty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Civil War soldiers felt the legacy and responsibility entrusted to them by the Founding Fathers to preserve fragile democracy—be it through secession or union—as something worth dying for. In What They Fought For, McPherson takes individual voices and places them in the great and terrible choir of a country divided against itself.
Author: Philip Katcher
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 2002-10-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781841764634
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When the American Civil War (1861-1865) broke out, both Confederate and Union experts decided that specialized sharpshooter units should be formed. These highly trained marksmen served in a front-line role and, due to the technological developments of the 1850s, were equipped with weapons that could guarantee greater accuracy over increased range than traditional muskets. This title examines the recruitment, training, tactics and deployment of sharpshooters from both sides of the conflict. It also takes a close look at the specialized personal weaponry of the sharpshooter, the rifle and its accoutrements, as well as the sharpshooters' unique insignia and identification patches.
Author: Bob Blaisdell
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0486484505
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Wartime letters include correspondence of Union and Confederate sympathizers and soldiers of all ranks. Authentic illustrations accompany insightful missives by Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Whitman, Davis, and many of their contemporaries.
Author: Joseph P. Byrd (IV)
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780881465686
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In recent years there has been a renewed interest in Civil War sharpshooters. Now there is a new perspective on the subject in the story of Major William E. Simmons (1839-1931). The book traces his family heritage and his footsteps from childhood to Emory College, through many challenging war encounters, his capture and imprisonment at Fort Delaware, and a lifetime of service.