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Sharpshooting by Gary Yee
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Hey Fred check this link out. It might be him. It is a profile of a fella by that name on the Berdans sharpshooting forum.
Gary Yee Profile.
It has an email address you might see if its him. Good luck! :hatsoff:
LOL Musketmans post was not there while I was typing this earlier. Do his first! :thumbsup:
Gary Yee Profile.
It has an email address you might see if its him. Good luck! :hatsoff:
LOL Musketmans post was not there while I was typing this earlier. Do his first! :thumbsup:
Sent him a PM see if I can get it, thank you both after reading parts of it on the internet it sounds like a really good read on the long shots of long ago. ( Id really like to hear more about G Washingtons in Clines book haveing 2 oz ball sniper rifles made) Fred :hatsoff:
Might as well make this public.
Fred, I believe I found a surviving gun. It'll be in Chapter 15 - the one chapter I didn't want to write but a mentor told me that it had to be included. So, there's a 30 page chapter on the guns alone.
The book was written with the shooting community in mind (snipers, the flintlock & percussion cap community and lastly, the Civil War community).
BTW, in case you didn't know:
Chapter 1 is on the French & Indian wars.
Ch 2 on the American Revolution.
Ch 3 covers the Napoleonic era including the War of 1812
Ch 4 covers the interwar years (1815-1860) rather sparsely
Ch 5 covers The War at Sea
The above is about 150 pages (single space, 12 font)
Ch 6 is an introduction to Civil War technology
CH 7-13 Civil War with the most important chapter discussing the various aspects of sharpshooting (units, selection, training, tactics, counter measure). 3 chapters discuss the Army of the Potomac v. The Army of Northern Virginia, 1 on the Midwest, 1 on the Mississippi region, 1 on the Siege of Battery Wagner (the most difficult chapter to write).
The Civil War chapters comprise of over 450 pages of snippets and sometimes useful history.
CH 14 Post Civil War to WW I (did you know black powder cartridge rifles were used up to WW I?)
So far there are three appendices and a bibliography that is 26 pages long (10 font, single space). I'm also working on a photo spread where I've found the gun and the man who carried it and their service & pension (if applicable) records from the National Archives. It'll be one of those "if a gun could speak" genre.
It'll be close to 700 pages when the photos, drawings and maps are included. The editor is geting chapter 1 back to me this week.
Gary
Fred, I believe I found a surviving gun. It'll be in Chapter 15 - the one chapter I didn't want to write but a mentor told me that it had to be included. So, there's a 30 page chapter on the guns alone.
The book was written with the shooting community in mind (snipers, the flintlock & percussion cap community and lastly, the Civil War community).
BTW, in case you didn't know:
Chapter 1 is on the French & Indian wars.
Ch 2 on the American Revolution.
Ch 3 covers the Napoleonic era including the War of 1812
Ch 4 covers the interwar years (1815-1860) rather sparsely
Ch 5 covers The War at Sea
The above is about 150 pages (single space, 12 font)
Ch 6 is an introduction to Civil War technology
CH 7-13 Civil War with the most important chapter discussing the various aspects of sharpshooting (units, selection, training, tactics, counter measure). 3 chapters discuss the Army of the Potomac v. The Army of Northern Virginia, 1 on the Midwest, 1 on the Mississippi region, 1 on the Siege of Battery Wagner (the most difficult chapter to write).
The Civil War chapters comprise of over 450 pages of snippets and sometimes useful history.
CH 14 Post Civil War to WW I (did you know black powder cartridge rifles were used up to WW I?)
So far there are three appendices and a bibliography that is 26 pages long (10 font, single space). I'm also working on a photo spread where I've found the gun and the man who carried it and their service & pension (if applicable) records from the National Archives. It'll be one of those "if a gun could speak" genre.
It'll be close to 700 pages when the photos, drawings and maps are included. The editor is geting chapter 1 back to me this week.
Gary
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