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Gen. Hooker unconcerned at being a target From the report of Col. Jacob Higgins Commanding 125th PA Volunteers after action near Sharpsburg 17 Sept 1862

Account of a sharpshooting "target" The following is an account by Maj. Henry Kyd Douglas who was directing the placement of Confederate troops at the base of Culp’s Hill during the battle of Gettysburg: “I was riding in front of the line on “Ashby” and officers and men cried to me to...

I found this nugget in a book called "One Night Stands With American History" by Richard Shenkman and Kurt Reiger. Several days before the Battle of Brandywine Creek, in September 1777, George Washington and a French officer reconnoitered the area of land and water that stretched between...

In his book, "Our Rifles", written in 1920, Charles Winthrop Sawyer describes nearly every long and short arm used by and against our armies from the time of the American Revolution through "The Great War". He insists on calling rifles used for killing at long range as snipper rifles, saying...