American Civil War Armies (3): Specialist Troops

A concise illustrated study of the uniforms and organization of the specialist troops on both sides of the US Civil War.

At the time of the American Civil War, with two million men under arms, a US Army that in pre-war days had depended upon a minute number of technical troops now required virtually an army of specialists alone.

Special sharpshooters were recruited for skirmishing duty; men whose wounds would have led to their discharge in the past now found themselves guarding important pos...