Sharpshooters in the Civil War

FIC008   Sharpshooter   
David Madden
A fictional Civil War memoir written in the final years of life.  Willis Carr is thirteen when he leaves the mountains of eastern Tennessee with his father and brothers on a Union raid against Confederate territory. Captured, he chooses to enlist in the Rebel army.     His sharpshooter skill with a rifle serves him well for four years and his final brush with death is surviving the explosion and sinking of the Sultana.  176 pp. $21.95  

Berry Benson's Civil War Book: Memoirs of a Confederate Scout and Sharpshooter
Confederate scout and sharpshooter Berry Greenwood Benson witnessed the first shot fired on Fort Sumter, retreated with Lee's Army to its surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, and missed little action in between. This memoir of his service is a remarkable narrative by a natural writer which captures the dark absurdities of war. 2 illustrations.  $15.95

The Second Georgia Infantry Regiment: As Told Through the Unit History of Company D: Burke Sharpshooters
The Second Georgia Infantry Regiment fought in all of the most famous and important campaigns of the Eastern theater of the American Civil War. This written and pictorial history is told by or on behalf of the men who comprised the unit.