In most key aspects of the American Civil War – from money and manpower to guns and supplies – the ... Like modern-day snipers, Civil War sharpshooters typically concealed themselves in ...

Some amazing feats of marksmanship were reported during the American Civil War with ... The M1903/W&S sniper rifles remained in use through the end of the war, and most were withdrawn from service ...

The introduction of smokeless powder with the French Model 1886 Lebel rifle ... a German sniper armed with a scope-equipped Mauser Model 98. Although the end of the American Civil War resulted ...

"I always seemed more vulnerable at home," wrote Chris Kyle in his 2012 book, American Sniper: The Autobiography ... Shooters were formed during the Civil War, by Colonel Hiram Berdan.

Weapon #56, written by Martin Pegler, covers Sharpshooting Rifles of the Civil War: Colt, Spencer, and Whitworth. Pegler is the Senior Curator of Firearms at the Roral Armories Museum in Leeds ...

American military culture is inherently linked to the firearms that defined different historical periods. In the Revolutionary War era muskets were instrumental in asserting American independence.

The problem arising from this closed American mindset ... caused by the widening civil-military gap detailed in James Fallow’s article. The “Western Way of War” does not center on the ...