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Show We Sharpshooter in the Civil War r, JK .'vvafI2K IU claa of eoldlrra fyi jT known ae of Ihe eharii-vi eharii-vi r'M ly "hiwti're. At bret Ihelre tikyfiy 'lenperalo work. A.YvCacx Th,'y w,', ,,,,"'', OkQirt iSfur'j often to flxht from their ri'Kliiioiita, without any chanro of aKHlHinuro, porhnpe lllorully Mir-rounded Mir-rounded hy tho enemy. And when the end mine for one of them he mux die alone, and In lime he would ho murke.l "ihIihIiik" on tho hooka and every triieo of him would he hmt. ('. II. tliilnund, a fumuue ehol In hie dny, a piiHt romiminder of tho ll.r.ti.n HhurpehiMitoia. waa Ihe hero nf inuiiv mlrrlnn inlveiiiurea of tho lUlitlng tie-foro tie-foro Kreilerlekvluirii. "Kow I'lNllluna or oldleri ellher. for Hint matter, run reallte wluit it iiieiiut 10 ho a ehnrpuhooter In eurh a hiiltlx ne Fred, rlekuburn." euld Mr. Iliilmuid, In reeullliiK hie ei,Tlen,e I never know what It waa to fltihl he aide any eno. I hud to follow my do. tail prai'tlially alone. "liurliiK Iho buttle of Frederick, hurx I will) two other nharimhoniera wim ,1, lull., I lo plek nit a iieKni nhurii-nhootor, nhurii-nhootor, a t'nnlederuip, who had been workliiK havor amonu nur men. We lint a Kllm'i of hi in now and then, hut nothliiK moro. lie wiie a rrark hhol and hud broiiKht down many of llcem mid prlvotee. In order to koI w II hlu rutiKo of hint wu hud to ko fur hoi. mil our pliket llnea and hoiund any I'hiiiieo of BeHletuilt'e. Thlk xoit eial reKlon win. well n hln riiiie of tho en. my. a nmlllun miiih tiui dun iseroue for the ri'Klmeiil lo venture on "The ihreo nf ua waited for nlthl 1111. 1 then ireit with tho KreiiteKl euu tlou toward tho eliemy'a 1 1 11 . iy mornliiK wo hud hidden nurxelvea In treee well aiuirl. where wo niuilt.d ,li telopmenlii We wore well eniMi,;h hl.l, I. 'ii. but tho hullol wIiim' 1 ihrnuKh tho tree mid urn drnpi'i d hhnwiTM of leavoH t tluit win to bo expei le '1 took ue nil iluv In , 1. ',. we a1 1 him fliuiiiy ' n luu' " 'i' nn "' 1 :.l:h 1 . I n . ' , j would .1.. Hud III.. ',.:.;l,i tho brh'ki, I and our bullele would nhinoo off. Dur I luf that lung wait both my com I panlona were elloncod by the croea j lire. II waa two Uvea for one. hut we never hcIUU'd when iuch a rail j came." |