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Sharpshooting in the Civil War by John L. Plaster (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPaladin Press
ISBN-101581607032
ISBN-139781581607031
eBay Product ID (ePID)84385706
Product Key Features
Book TitleSharpshooting in the Civil War
Number of Pages166 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Weapons, Military / General, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorJohn L. Plaster
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Length11.1 in
Item Width7.9 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal973.73
SynopsisHere 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 History of Sniping and Sharpshooting , this book is a must-have for historians, reenactors, and students of the American Civil War., 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 History of Sniping and Sharpshooting, this book is a must-have for historians, reenactors, and students of the American Civil War. AUTHOR: Major John L. Plaster served three tours in the top-secret unconventional warfare group, Studies and Observations Group, in Vietnam. As a long-range reconnaissance leader, he led tiny intelligence-gathering teams behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia before leaving SOG in late 1971. He was decorated for heroism four times and retired from the U.S. Army as a major. ILLUSTRATIONS Illustrated throughout *
LC Classification NumberE470
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