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Berdan's United States sharpshooters in the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865

Stevens, C. A. , b. 1835 · 1892 · Scanned text · Free in the US

189,164 words · about 13 h 15 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Stevens, C. A. , b. 1835
Language
English
Published
1892
Length
189,164 words · about 13 h 15 min
Sections
9 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States · PD-US by publication date

 

Contents (9)
  1. Dedication about 2 min
  2. Contents about 24 min
  3. Appendix about 6 h 13 min
  4. II 3023 about 6 h 32 min
  5. III. W;is the nation dull and sodden about 1 min
  6. IV Soldiers, is this the spot? about 2 min
  7. VI under 1 min
  8. VII about 1 min
  9. VIII. O beautiful one, my Country under 1 min

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Dedication

TO THE UNION VOLUNTEERS

OF THE

WAR OF THE REBELLION,

Contents

PREPARATORY.

The Union Volunteers — Sharpshooter Organization— Required Test — Camp of Instruction — Target Practice — Breech-Loader Controversy— Sharps Rifles for Skirmishers — Battles of Lewinsville and Munson's Hill — President Lincoln as a Rifle {shot — Col. Berdan Put to the Test — Prize Shooting— Forged Pass — Camp Duties — Nine Smiths — Sickness and Deaths — Sanitary Reports — Dress Parades and Drills — Fence Destroyers — Open- Air Sports — Band of Brothers — Soldier Tricks — Persistent Church Member — Cussed Volunteer — Martinets — Reviews and Visits — March Comes, and Marching Orders, - - - - - - 1

FIRST CAMPAIGN.

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