Osprey Men-at-Arms №179. Philip Katcher. American Civil War Armies (3)

Osprey Publishing, 1987. — 49 p. — ISBN: 085045722X.Special sharpshooters were recruited for skirmishing duty; men whose wounds would have led to their discharge in the past now found themselves guarding important posts in the Veteran Reserve Corps; and large numbers of civilians found themselves in uniform as members of the Telegraph or Hospital Corps.