Tag: joseph bilby
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Bilby’s Small Arms at Gettysburg Review
Joseph Bilby’s Small Arms at Gettysburg is much more than just a look at the hardware used in America’s greatest battle. Bilby is unusual in having not only the hands-on skills as a long-time black powder shooter (as well as being a columnist for Civil War News) but the eye of a tactical historian as […]
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Rifles and Sharpshooters
I wanted to follow up on something Brett mentioned in his last post on my book – that armies often times spur innovations by their opponents. One example I mention early on is the formation of rifle units in the British Army, which did so in large part because of its experiences in America. Now […]