<li>Action-packed account of the legendary 1st and 2nd U.S. SharpShooters </li>
<li>Based on diaries, letters, and other firsthand sources </li>
<li>Photos of the men as well as their uniforms, equipment, and firearms plus paintings by acclaimed Civil War artist Don Troiani <p>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.</p>
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U.S. Sharpshooters: Berdan's Civil War Elite

History

Marcot, Roy M.

Americas

Stackpole Books

Full-Leather; Fine; Signed by Author; No Dust Jacket; LIMITED EDITION. 316 pp., frontis, index, bibliography, appendix, pictorial end papers, profuse with excellent photographs, illustrations. This is the very scarce full leather, slip cased "Collectors Edition." Limited to 100 copies this being #43. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. The personal copy of and warmly inscribed by the author, in 1984, to invaluable book contributor Irene Lints. A further notation by the author in 2014 explaining the return of the book to him, by the family, after her passing. A fine, full leather, all edges gilt copy with ribbon page locator in a fine slip case with minor soiling as photographed. EXCEPTIONAL AND VERY COLLECTIBLE.

Spencer Repeating Firearms

Military

Northwood Heritage Press

<p>REVISED CORRECTED EDITION W/SPENCER ON THE COVER. Brand new unopened from the publisher. Hard cover with full color dust jacket. Over 300 pages cover every facet of Spencer firearms and the history of the man behind it. This edition includes corrections and revisions as more facts have been gathered. new, from the publisher in the original shrink wrap, not off some remaineder table !</p>

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U.S. Sharpshooters: Berdan's Civil War Elite

Spencer Repeating Firearms

Spencer Repeating Firearms