[LeoWindhorse]

Atlanta .... the Yankees created a Sharp (Sharps rifles?) shooter Corp early on , and one of their objectives was to target and kill CSA officers , who were conveniently marked
by beautiful gold braid on sleeve and cap . Had the CSA not been such wonderful gentlemen , and except for the rare occasion when the shot was just too good to pass up , they did not specifically target Union officers. Had they , there may have been no Sherman , no Grant and a host of others , and the South would have won. I suggest that Southern honor and chivalry may have been a large part of their own undoing.

[Non-Sequitur]

Had the CSA not been such wonderful gentlemen , and except for the rare occasion when the shot was just too good to pass up , they did not specifically target Union officers.

Except for generals like McPherson or Sykes or Reynolds you mean. But you may be correct, the confederates usually shot their own generals.

[CurlyBill]

You're referring to the Berdan Brigade.

[orionblamblam]

> one of their objectives was to target and kill CSA officers

Good for them. What the hell are officers? Special? Are their lives sacred while those of the grunts not? If the battle can be won by taking out a dozen officers, that's preferable to taking out a hundred foot soldiers.

> they did not specifically target Union officers.

As memory serves, at least one Southron sharpshooter tried to take out Lincoln during the war.

> Southern honor and chivalry

Slavery.