New Hampshire's contribution to Berdan's U.S. Volunteer Sharpshooters: Historical New Hampshire / Hildreth M. Allison.

Title:

New Hampshire's contribution to Berdan's U.S. Volunteer Sharpshooters: Historical New Hampshire / Hildreth M. Allison.

Author:

Allison, Hildreth M.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1983.

Physical Description:

p. 174 - 183.

Source:

Vol. 38, Nos. 2-3 (Summer-Fall, 1983) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

The article discusses the involvement of New Hampshire soldiers in a sharpshooter corps known as the United States Volunteer Sharpshooters, or the Green Coats, during the U.S. Civil War. It examines the organization of two regiments by General Hiram Berdan and comments on casualties. The author considers the sharpshooters' participation in several battles, including the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland and those at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The use of Sharps breech-loading rifles is also discussed.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Sharps rifle. , Sharpshooting (Miliary science). , Snipers.

Locations:

United States History Participation. Civil War, 1861-1865

People:

Berdan, Hiram, approximately 1823-1893.

Organizations:

United States Sharpshooters, 1st Regiment (1861-1864).
United States Sharpshooters, 2nd Regiment (1862-1865).

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