• The 1st United States Sharpshooters were an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. During battle, the mission...
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    K of the 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters. This regiment saw intense battle during the Battle of the Crater. The sharpshooters were recognized...
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    The 2nd United States Sharpshooters was a sharpshooter regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. From 1861 to January 1863...
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  • sometimes unofficially referred to as the 1st Wisconsin Sharpshooters. At the onset of the war, the United States Department of War charged Colonel Hiram...
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  • camps. 1st United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment Company G, 1st United States Sharpshooters 2nd United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment...
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    Sharpshooters Regiment Company "B" 2nd United States Sharpshooters Regiment Company "D" Western Sharpshooters Regiment 1st Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment...
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    the 1st United States Sharpshooters. Major William S. Rowland received authority from the War Department to recruit a regiment of sharpshooters in the...
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    Joe" (1809 – November 24, 1875) was a famous member of the 1st United States Sharpshooters during the American Civil War. He served under inventor Colonel...
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  • The 2nd Minnesota Sharpshooters Company or Company L of the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War...
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    In the United States (U.S.), a marksmanship badge is a U.S. military badge or a civilian badge which is awarded to personnel upon successful completion...
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    The 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters was a sharpshooter unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters...
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  • "A" of the 2nd United States Sharpshooters. When their service to the 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters was completed they were transferred to the 1st Minnesota Infantry...
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    commissioned into Field & Staff MI 1st SharpShooters as Colonel and charged with mustering the First Michigan Sharpshooters. He fought in many of the great...
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    through having longer range and better ammunition. The Union 1st United States Sharpshooters took up positions along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and harassed...
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    Military Park) New Hampshire Sharpshooters, (sculpture) Michigan Monuments Commission, Michigan at Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd and 3rd1863 Detroit, 1889...
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  • 1861 as a private in Company G of the 1st United States Sharpshooters (better known as Berdan's U. S Sharpshooters}. He participated in several battles...
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  • pages 709 and 711) 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters attached Brady's Company Michigan Sharpshooters attached Robinson was wounded on May 8, 1864...
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  • 1st Maine Sharpshooters Battalion was a sharpshooter battalion in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 1st Battalion Maine Sharpshooters...
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  • May 5–6, 1864, page 395) 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters attached Brady's Company Sharpshooters attached Assigned May 6, 1864 Small detachment of...
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  • Army of the Potomac's 1st and 2nd United States Volunteer Sharpshooters ("Berdan's Sharpshooters"). "Birge's Western Sharpshooters" was a multi-state, Federal...
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    liberty". During the siege of Yorktown, The United States Army's elite sniper unit, the 1st United States Sharpshooters, was devastatingly effective at shooting...
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  • 1st Ohio Sharpshooters Battalion was an irregular sharpshooter battalion in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 1st Ohio Sharpshooters Battalion...
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  • Assumed command May 31, 1864 1st and 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached 9th and 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached The two Horse Artillery...
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    McFarlane was too inexperienced to lead the regiment. 2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters attached arrested by Hancock on July 2; restored on July 4 served as...
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  • Brooks 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, Stirman's, 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, Stirman's Sharpshooter Regiment, 1st Regiment Arkansas Sharpshooters, and...
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    1st Vermont who later received the Medal of Honor for heroism at the Battle of Malvern Hill while fighting with the 1st United States Sharpshooters,...
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  • Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached The Second Brigade remained in the trenches 1st and 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached 9th and 10th...
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    Ewell's division. The Confederates were initially engaged solely by Union sharpshooters, but the latter quickly fell back to give their own artillery a clear...
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    Berdan's United States Sharpshooters in the Army of the Potomac, 1861–1865. ISBN 978-1333632236, OCLC 980196047 History of U.S. Sharpshooters Brief biography...
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    The United States Army Rangers are U.S. Army personnel who have served in any unit which has held the official designation of "Ranger". The term is commonly...
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