. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . RIOT PUB. CO. TO DO AND DARE, AND DIE AT NEED These sharpshooters, prone beside the mossy boulders and scrub trees of Devils Den are among the mostdaring of those who fought at Gettysburg. They have paid the penalty so often attending such 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, a
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . RIOT PUB. CO. TO DO AND DARE, AND DIE AT NEED These sharpshooters, prone beside the mossy boulders and scrub trees of Devils Den are among the mostdaring of those who fought at Gettysburg. They have paid the penalty so often attending such 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 States. These broughttheir own rifles, and most of them coidd 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 avoid a fall in
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