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Sharpshooting in the Civil War
Major John L. Plaster
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Sharpshooting in the Civil War

by Major John L. Plaster

Format
Book
Pages
166
ISBN
978-1-58160-703-1
Item no.
SCW
Topics
Sniping

An archived title from the original Paladin Press catalog. Listed for reference; it is not sold on this site.

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Here is the single greatest volume ever published about Civil War sharpshooting, from the expert perspective of world-renowned sniping and shooting authority John L. Plaster.

Comprehensive in scope, this book details how sharpshooters were recruited, trained, and organized. Plaster fully explores their armaments, their tactics and techniques, and how they operated (sometimes decisively) in battle. Discover dozens of accomplished and colorful but forgotten sharpshooters who, until now, had faded into the past.

Exhaustively researched and profusely illustrated, these pages contain more than 160 rare photos, along with original artwork.

Excerpted from Plaster's epic The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting, this book is a must-have for historians, reenactors, and students of the American Civil War.

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