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"Our aim was man" : Andrew's Sharpshooters in the American Civil War / edited by Roberta Senechal de la Roche.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2016]
Description
xii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Available Online
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Firestone Library - Stacks
E513.9 .O96 2016
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Subject(s)
Sharpshooting (Military science)
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History
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19th century
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Snipers
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United States
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Biography
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Massachusetts
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History
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Civil War, 1861-1865
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Personal narratives
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United States
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History
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Civil War, 1861-1865
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Personal narratives
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United States
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History
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Civil War, 1861-1865
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Campaigns
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United States Army Massachusetts Sharpshooters Company, 1st (1861-1865)
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Bicknell, Luke Emerson 1839-1888
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Hill, Moses 1823-1862
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Crossman, Ferdinand Joseph Fuller 1834-1864
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Whittemore, George Jr. 1837-1862
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Editor
Senechal de la Roche, Roberta, 1950-
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Personal narratives
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Summary note
One was a father who worried about his fellow soldiers' swearing. Another hoped to enter Harvard College. The third was a farmer whose letters home depict the later stages of the war. The fourth had turned to boot making when he did not inherit land. Based on the letters, diaries, and memoirs of four members of the First Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters, known as Andrew's Sharpshooters, this book provides a rare glimpse into the experiences of Union Army snipers. The company was one of the first units in American military history to be equipped with telescope-sighted rifles to enable long-distance targeting. Despite complaints that snipers violated codes of honorable combat, the members of Andrew's Sharpshooters generally expressed quiet pride in being an elite unit of highly skilled soldiers--"cool blooded sharpshooters," as one of them said. Introduced and edited by Roberta Senechal de la Roche, these primary accounts include new details about the equipment, training, and deployment of snipers in the Army of the Potomac. They also reveal the challenges of covert warfare and include rich detail on the everyday problems of Civil War soldiers, including bad food, disease, punishing marches, and homesickness. The collected documents also convey the trials of those left on the home front. -- Amazon.com.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Before
Camp Benton
Winter quarters
The winter campaign
The Peninsula Campaign
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg and beyond
After.
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ISBN
9781625342485 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
1625342489 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9781625342478 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
1625342470 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2016041706
OCLC
947814254
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