>Union Sharpshooters

The 1st sharpshooter regiment in the Union was created in order to kill enemies of importances, like officers, artillery crews. The 1st regiment was called "Berdan's rifles", because of its founder. Those Sharpshooters used Sharps rifle. Berdan later manufactured his own Berdan rifle in 1868.

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