Sharpshooters (1750-1900)
Subtitle: the men, their guns, their story
By: Gary Yee ; edited by Keith Poulter ; foreword by Roy Chandler ; introduction by William B. Edwards ; afterword by Jim Land
Contributors: Poulter, Keith
Publisher: Sharpshooter Press of Broadmoor, California; Sharpshooter Press, 2009.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Broadmoor, Ca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 836
ISBN-13: 9780982481301
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 773-799) and index.
Table of contents: title: The acceptance of marksmanship; title: Marksmanship during the American Revolution; title: The rifleman comes of age in the Napoleonic era; title: Marksmanship afloat; title: Sharpshooting incidents in the era between the Napoleonic era & the American Civil War; title: An introduction to Civil War technology; title: The Civil War sharpshooter; title: Opening shots & the Peninsula Campaign; title: Dixie ascendent; title: Dixie besieged; title: Defending the coast; title: Sharpshooting in the heartland; title: Mississippi asunder; title: From sharpshooting to sniping; title: Guns of the sharpshooters.