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Definition of Sharpshooters
1. sharpshooter [n] - See also: sharpshooter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharpshooters
Literary usage of Sharpshooters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-1865 by Minnesota, Charles Eugene Flandrau (1890)
"April 18th—Auger's brigade, sharpshooters in advance, captured Falmouth and ...
The First Company of sharpshooters from Minnesota was organized, ..."
2. Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-1865 by Minnesota, Charles Eugene Flandrau (1893)
"Report of Capt. Abraham Wright, First Company Minnesota sharpshooters. HEADQUARTERS
SECOND US sharpshooters, NEAR PETERSBURG, VA., Aug. 3, 1864. Hon. ..."
3. Letter of the Secretary of War, Transmitting Report on the Organization of by George Brinton McClellan, United States Army of the Potomac (1864)
"2, and support the left of General Sumner's line. The bridge being covered by a
fire of artillery and sharpshooters, cavalry skirmishers were thrown out, ..."
4. Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-1865 by Minnesota, Charles Eugene Flandrau (1893)
"May- June, 1864. Report of Capt. Abraham Wright, First Company Minnesota sharpshooters.
HEADQUARTERS SECOND US sharpshooters, NEAR PETERSBURG, VA., Aug. ..."
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