Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War wilderness Just before dawn on June

Just before dawn on June 9

and Reconstruction shape the masculinity of white Confederate veterans

But in the nineteenth century

Thus began the melee that was East Cavalry Field at Gettysburg

a shadowy grandfather he likely never met--is rarely mentioned in Lincoln biographies or in history texts

Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War wilderness Just before dawn on Juneby 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