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George Wood Wingate

1840 - 1928
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About George Wood Wingate

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George Wood Wingate (July 1, 1840 – March 22, 1928) was an American lawyer, soldier, civil servant and organizer of rifle practice. During the Civil War he served in the New York National Guard which later encouraged him to promote marksmanship skills for American citizens. He was the co-founder, and later president, of the National Rifle Association of America.

Books by George Wood Wingate

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Cover of The Last Campaign of the Twenty-Second Regiment, N.G., S.N.Y. June and July, 1863

The Last Campaign of the Twenty-Second Regiment, N.G., S.N.Y. June and July, 1863

United States

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Cover of A report on the feasibility and advisability of some policy to inaugurate a system of rifle practice throughout the public schools of the country

A report on the feasibility and advisability of some policy to inaugurate a system of rifle practice throughout the public schools of the country

Rifle practice

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