Southern sharpshooters targeted Yankees with a long-range killer from England. For Union troops besieging Charleston, South Carolina, the summer of 1863 was a miserable time. Blistering heat and sand fleas were inescapable annoyances to be sure, but the nasty bite of a British-made weapon was what they feared the most. “The least exposure above the …
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