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<blockquote data-quote="GandalfMithrandir" data-source="post: 5444926" data-attributes="member: 82765"><p>define sniper? advanced (highly accurate) sights or telescopic sights</p><p></p><p>and yes, if you think of snipers as highly patient people that hide until a mark comes along who they then shoot, yes, the south was good at that, dishonorable mumblemumbmemumble <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>The Union did have sharpshooters, one company/regiment.</p><p></p><p>I will now tell another story.</p><p></p><p>So, Michigan was recruiting its extra regiment (26th Michigan, I think) and a native american man came to join up, he was turned down so some legal thing happened I think, so he then joined, along with, I think, all the men in his villiage. Now, to join the sharpshooters you had to be able to consistently hit a small target at 500 yards, defenitely not an easy thing to do. of the 30 or so people that joined from that villiage, only one of them was unable to do that, also they were some of the first Native Americans to serve in th US Army, and they fought bravely at the Battle of the Crater (if anyone is unfamiliar with this battle pipe up, its the one in cold mountain where they blow a hole under the confederate line.) In any case, all the union soldiers got stuck in this crater that was blown in the confederate line, and the confederates were doing things like saying "shoot the n-word take the white man" and essentially shooting fish in a barrel, now, as the union soldiers were retreating, two men from this unit guarded the way up, one of these was from the native american village and the other was from somewhere else and white. The native american was shot and killed and the other guy survived and was awarded the medal of honor, the native american probably would have been awarded it but they did not award it posthumously.</p><p></p><p>Also the chief of the village was offered a position of an officer but he decided to be a private just like the others from his unit.</p><p></p><p>Michigan Valor! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GandalfMithrandir, post: 5444926, member: 82765"] define sniper? advanced (highly accurate) sights or telescopic sights and yes, if you think of snipers as highly patient people that hide until a mark comes along who they then shoot, yes, the south was good at that, dishonorable mumblemumbmemumble :D The Union did have sharpshooters, one company/regiment. I will now tell another story. So, Michigan was recruiting its extra regiment (26th Michigan, I think) and a native american man came to join up, he was turned down so some legal thing happened I think, so he then joined, along with, I think, all the men in his villiage. Now, to join the sharpshooters you had to be able to consistently hit a small target at 500 yards, defenitely not an easy thing to do. of the 30 or so people that joined from that villiage, only one of them was unable to do that, also they were some of the first Native Americans to serve in th US Army, and they fought bravely at the Battle of the Crater (if anyone is unfamiliar with this battle pipe up, its the one in cold mountain where they blow a hole under the confederate line.) In any case, all the union soldiers got stuck in this crater that was blown in the confederate line, and the confederates were doing things like saying "shoot the n-word take the white man" and essentially shooting fish in a barrel, now, as the union soldiers were retreating, two men from this unit guarded the way up, one of these was from the native american village and the other was from somewhere else and white. The native american was shot and killed and the other guy survived and was awarded the medal of honor, the native american probably would have been awarded it but they did not award it posthumously. Also the chief of the village was offered a position of an officer but he decided to be a private just like the others from his unit. Michigan Valor! :) [/QUOTE]
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