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The Confederate Whitworth Sharpshooters
John A. Morrow

First appearing in 1989, this book was rapidly a much sought after favorite among Civil War historians, collectors, and even military snipers.  The book was required reading for sniper candidates of the Chattanooga, Tennessee S.W.A.T. police department.  Limited to 1000 copies, the book quickly became a collector's item.

Now, the second edition is available and again, is limited to only 1000 copies.  Revised and with additional photographs and text, the book will certainly become a rarity much like the first edition.

Here are what a few historians and reviewers have said about the book:

• Steve W. Sylvia, North-South Trader's Civil War

"There are a number of sharp close-up photographs of Whitworth rifles, scopes, bullets, molds, gun tools, etc.  A series of sketches completes the visual aids.  The text is heavy with quoted material from a wide variety of sources, providing the reader with a rich and exciting narrative."

• Wiley Sword, author of Sharpshooter: Hiram Berdan: His Famous Sharpshooters; Embrace an Angry Wind: The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, & Nashville; Shiloh: Bloody April; Southern Invincibility: A History of the Confederate Heart

"Based upon his personal experience with the 101st Airborne and Special Forces, Morrow provides a rare insight involving the activities of the most elite of Confederate soldiers, those few individuals selected from various units who were the best shots and most courageous, to be given the special honor and responsibility of carrying the deadliest rifle in the army.  These few deadly sharpshooters were a key component in altering the very nature of the war and foreshadowed the modern combat so familiar to today's riflemen."  

• Steve Wright, "The Courier"

"Although most students of the Civil War have heard of the activities of the Confederate Whitworth sharpshooters, little has been written of these men or the remarkable weapon they carried.  This vacuum of history has finally been filled with the publication of The Confederate Whitworth Sharpshooters by John A. Morrow.  His book stands to be the definitive work on this fascinating piece of Confederate history." 

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since January 27, 2004

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