Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War soldiers and mustering out

and mustering out

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Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War soldiers and mustering outby Darin Wipperman Sharpshooters were the elite of the Union army. Clad in green uniforms and equipped with the eras latest rifles and scopes, they took up positions out in front of the infantry, where they targeted Confederate officers or skirmished with enemy soldiers. However they were used, sharpshooters formed an important presence on battlefields throughout the Civil War, and yet most accounts have tended to focus on their distinctive uniforms