The History of Christian Sharps
https://upclosed.com/people/christian-sharps/
https://westerntrips.blogspot.com/2011/11/sharps-rifle-and-christian-sharps.html
http://www.tankerhoosen.info/history/sharps.htm
The History of Hiram Berdan
https://owlcation.com/humanities/Civil-War-Sharpshooters-Col-Hiram-Berdans-Creation
www.historynet.com/killers-in-green-coats.htm
www.civilwarhome.com/berdanbio.html
The History of the Sharps Rifle
https://www.uberti-usa.com/1874-sharps-rifle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharps_Rifle_Manufacturing_Company
https://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=646
Why the green wool uniforms?
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1356264
https://historyandancestry.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/the-berdans-sharpshooter-uniform/
https://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=771
Picture credit to Susan Kriesch, Liz Tingley, Marie Krouse, Linda Campbell, Angela Tingley, Nathan Tingley, Heather Anderson, Phil Odren, and Melodie Adams
https://upclosed.com/people/christian-sharps/
https://westerntrips.blogspot.com/2011/11/sharps-rifle-and-christian-sharps.html
http://www.tankerhoosen.info/history/sharps.htm
The History of Hiram Berdan
https://owlcation.com/humanities/Civil-War-Sharpshooters-Col-Hiram-Berdans-Creation
www.historynet.com/killers-in-green-coats.htm
www.civilwarhome.com/berdanbio.html
The History of the Sharps Rifle
https://www.uberti-usa.com/1874-sharps-rifle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharps_Rifle_Manufacturing_Company
https://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=646
Why the green wool uniforms?
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1356264
https://historyandancestry.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/the-berdans-sharpshooter-uniform/
https://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=771
Picture credit to Susan Kriesch, Liz Tingley, Marie Krouse, Linda Campbell, Angela Tingley, Nathan Tingley, Heather Anderson, Phil Odren, and Melodie Adams