Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War wilderness and Reconstruction shape the masculinity

and Reconstruction shape the masculinity of white Confederate veterans

Just before dawn on June 9

Thousands more have faded into historical obscurity

Release date: February 7

But in the nineteenth century

Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War wilderness and Reconstruction shape the masculinityby 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