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The 66th Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Western Sharpshooters) [1] [2] originally known as Birge's Western Sharpshooters and later as the "Western Sharpshooters-14th Missouri Volunteers", [3] [4] was a specialized regiment of infantry sharpshooters that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 64th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service in December 1861 as a battalion of four companies under Lt Colonel D.E. Williams. Two additional companies were raised on December 31, 1861, under Major Fred W. Matteson.
The 114th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Formed in September 1862, the regiment served in Ulysses S. Grant's Central Mississippi campaign, in the Vicksburg campaign, at Brices Cross Roads, at Tupelo, in the 1864 Missouri campaign, at Nashville, and at Spanish Fort.
The Sharps & Hankins Model 1862 carbine was a sliding breech action carbine made by Sharps & Hankins Co. in the 1860s and designed by Christian Sharps. The gun is a rimfire .52 caliber and was made in Philadelphia in a quantity of about 8,000. [1] This firearm, patented on July 9, 1861 by Christian Sharps.
Wilf Sharp (1907–1981), English footballer with Airdrieonians and Sheffield Wednesday; William Sharp (engraver) (1749–1824), English engraver; William Sharp (writer) (1855–1905), Scottish author and poet, pseudonym Fiona MacLeod; William Graves Sharp (1859-1922), American lawyer, Congressman and diplomat; Willie Sharp (1922–1992 ...
Already, 53 percent of Gen Z professionals are working freelance jobs full time. While a TikTok ban would hurt many workers, policymakers can empower independent workers in the new economy. A ...
Hartford sewing machine company building that housed Sharps Rifle Co. Christian Sharps (1810–1874), patented his rifle in 1848. The first contract for 5,000 rifles was in 1850 and manufacturing started in 1851. The Model 1851 "box-lock" was developed by Christian Sharps, Rollin White, and Richard Lawrence at Robbins & Lawrence of Windsor ...
The Teamsters said the strike will begin early Thursday at several facilities, including in New York City, Atlanta, three locations in Southern California, one in San Francisco and one in Skokie ...