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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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1IGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUS. CO. TO DO AND DARK. AND DIE AT NEED These sharpshooters, prone beside the mossy boulders and scrub trees of Devils Den are among the mosldaring of those who fought at Gettysburg. They have paid the penalty so often attending such duty.At the beginning of the war it was argued that individual and unattached riflemen should be regarded asmurderers and shot if captured; but this was never done, since sharpshooters came to play an importantpart on both sides. In the Confederate ranks they were men from Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas—menwhose outdoor life made them experts with the rifle. Seeing the value of such a force, the Federals earlyorganized a regiment of sharpshooters, enlisting men from each of the Federal Stabs. These broughttheir own rifles, and most of them could snuff out a candle at a hundred yards. Often far in advance ofthe line, the sharpshooters chose their own positions, sometimes climbing into trees and lashing themselvesto the branches to

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