Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War porcelain Grant was no exception

Grant was no exception

Through a reexamination of archival materials including antislavery newspapers

Dan Butterfield played a pivotal role during the Civil War

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Abraham Lincoln's Political Faith

Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War porcelain Grant was no exceptionby Darin Wipperman Sharpshooters were the elite of the Union army. Clad in green uniforms and equipped with the eras latest rifles and scopes, they took up positions out in front of the infantry, where they targeted Confederate officers or skirmished with enemy soldiers. However they were used, sharpshooters formed an important presence on battlefields throughout the Civil War, and yet most accounts have tended to focus on their distinctive uniforms