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2nd United States Sharpshooters

Union unit of marksmen during the US Civil War

Field	Value
unit_name	2nd United States Sharpshooters
image	Unidentified soldier of the 2nd United States Sharpshooters.png
image_size	300px
caption	Unidentified soldier of the 2nd United States Sharpshooters in Union uniform with sniper's target rifle, bowie knife, and Colt '49 pocket revolver
dates	September 1861 to December 31, 1864
country	United States (Union)
branch	Infantry
equipment	Sharps Rifle
battles	Peninsular CampaignSecond Battle of Bull RunBattle of AntietamBattle of FredericksburgBattle of ChancellorsvilleBattle of GettysburgBattle of the WildernessBattle of Spotsylvania Court HouseBattle of Cold HarborSiege of Petersburg

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 they were members of the "First Iron Brigade" also known as the "Iron Brigade of the East".

Service

The 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters was raised as follows:

Company "A" in Minnesota on October 5, 1861.
Company "B" in Michigan on October 4, 1861.
Company "C" in Pennsylvania on October 4, 1861
Company "D" in Maine on November 2, 1861.
Company "E" in Vermont on November 9, 1861.
Company "F" in New Hampshire on November 28, 1861.
Company "G" in New Hampshire on December 10, 1861.
Company "H" in Vermont on December 31, 1861.

The 2nd and the 1st United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment were consolidated on December 31, 1864, and the regiment was broken up on February 20, 1865, and the remaining companies distributed as follows:

Company "A" transferred to the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Company "B" transferred to the 5th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Company "C" transferred to the 105th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Company "D" transferred to the 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Company "F" transferred to the 5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry.
Company "G" transferred to the 5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry.
Company "H" transferred to the 4th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 8 officers and 117 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 123 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 250 fatalities.

Commanders

Colonel Hiram Berdan in 1861
Colonel Henry A.V. Post from January 1, 1862, to November 16, 1862
Colonel Hiram Berdan from November 16, 1862, until 1864
Colonel Homer R. Stoughton Jan 19, 1864.

Notes

References

Thomas Yoseloff. (1959). "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion". The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry.

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