Author : Gerald L. Earley
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 23,70 MB
Release : 2009-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0786453028
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
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 43,9 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Sharps rifle
ISBN : 0811702715
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 : Charles Augustus Stevens
Publisher :
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 11,97 MB
Release : 1892
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Wyman Silas White
Publisher : Butternut & Blue
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 10,93 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 9780935523263
Author : Philip Katcher
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,59 MB
Release : 2002-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781841764634
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 : Martin Pegler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 20,6 MB
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1472815920
At the outset of the American Civil War, the Union Army's sharpshooters were initially equipped with the M1855 Colt revolving rifle, but it was prone to malfunction. Instead, the North's sharpshooters preferred the Sharps rifle, an innovative breech-loading weapon capable of firing up to ten shots per minute – more than three times the rate of fire offered by the standard-issue Springfield .58-caliber rifled musket. Other Union sharpshooters were equipped with the standard-issue Springfield rifled musket or the .56-56-caliber Spencer Repeating Rifle. Conversely, the Confederacy favoured the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket for its sharpshooters and also imported from Britain the Whitworth Rifle, a .45-caliber, single-shot, muzzle-loading weapon distinguished by its use of a twisted hexagonal barrel. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this is the engrossing story of the innovative rifles that saw combat in the hands of sharpshooters on both sides during the Civil War.
Author : Raymond J. Herek
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 11,77 MB
Release : 2008-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0814338321
The extensive appendices will be of particular use to genealogists, Civil War enthusiasts, and historians, because they list the men in the regiment, and battle and camp casualties.
Author : Lorenzo A. Barker
Publisher :
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 11,31 MB
Release : 2016-11-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781519045461
Though less famous than Hiram Berdan's sharpshooters, Birge's Western Sharpshooters played a significant role in the American Civil War. Here is their history, told by one of their own.At Shiloh, Corinth, Atlanta,and on Sherman's great march, the Western Sharpshooters dispensed fifty caliber death at a thousand yards.
Author : Charles Mattocks
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 26,66 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780870498343
After nine months in different Confederate prisons, Mattocks was exchanged in time to participate in the Battle of Sayler's Creek, in which his bravery earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Author : Sally M. Walker
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 13,19 MB
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 125012526X
"Hits the mark."—Kirkus An engaging middle-grade nonfiction narrative of the American Indian soldiers who bravely fought in the Civil War from Sibert Award-winning author Sally M. Walker. More than 20,000 American Indians served in the Civil War, yet their stories have often been left out of the history books. In Deadly Aim, Sally M. Walker explores the extraordinary lives of Michigan’s Anishinaabe sharpshooters. These brave soldiers served with honor and heroism in the line of duty, despite enduring broken treaties, loss of tribal lands, and racism. Filled with fascinating archival photographs, maps, and diagrams, this book offers gripping firsthand accounts from the frontlines. You’ll learn about Company K, the elite band of sharpshooters, and Daniel Mwakewenah, the chief who killed more than 32 rebels in a single battle despite being gravely wounded. Walker celebrates the lives of the soldiers whose stories have been left in the margins of history for too long with extensive research and consultation with the Repatriation Department for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, the Eyaawing Museum and Cultural Center, and the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinaabe Culture and Lifeways.
