The Fletcher Historical Society welcomes you to attend this special presentation from the
Vermont Humanities Council:

Vermont's Remarkable
Civil War Sharpshooters
with Howard Coffin

Wednesday - August 17 - 6 pm
Fletcher Historical Society 122 Cambridge Road Fletcher
Free and open to the public

Vermont's Remarkable Sharpshooters is a Vermont Humanities Council program hosted by Fletcher Historical Society.

Vermont sent far more sharpshooters to the Union armies than any other state, on a per capita basis. By the hundreds, Vermont marksmen passed the rigorous marksmanship test to join one of three Vermont companies. And sharpshooters from this state played a little-known but major role at Gettysburg, the great Union victory that changed the Civil War's course.

Historian Howard Coffin will discuss his recent research into this little-recognized group and consider the reasons why Vermont may have been so well-represented in this elite group of marksmen.

This talk is free, open to the public, and accessible to those with disabilities. For more information contact Sharon Tinker at 802-849-6847