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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.
Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—the companion to the adjacent, taller hill named Big Round Top.It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, during the American Civil War.
The monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place on July 1-3, 1863, during the American Civil War. Most are located within Gettysburg National Military Park ; others are on private land at battle sites in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania .
On July 2, Confederate sharpshooters in Gettysburg were "picking off" Federals on the hill. [12] 1863-07-04: 8,900 dead soldiers were on the battlefield, [13] and townspeople and farmers buried some of them at battlefield sites (e.g., along fences and stone walls). [14] 1863-07-07
The 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters was a company of sharpshooters that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as the 2nd Andrew's Sharpshooters after the governor of Massachusetts , John Albion Andrew .
More details on each book are available at WorldCat. For an overall national view, see Bibliography of the American Civil War. For histories of the Union, see Bibliography of American Civil War Union military unit histories. For a guide to web sources see: Carter, Alice E.; Jensen, Richard.
It was the first time in the war that a Confederate cavalry regiment (the 2nd Virginia) had fled in the face of a Union charge. [4] Lee's men advanced with the five regiments in line abreast. The 3rd and 5th Virginia Cavalry regiments, led by sharpshooters, ran along the stone fence with the expectation they would find a gap in it somewhere ...
2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion; 16th South Carolina: Maj B. Burgh Smith; 24th South Carolina: Col Ellison Capers (w), Cpt William C. Griffith; Maney's Brigade BG John C. Carter (mw) Col Hume R. Field 1st-27th Tennessee: Col Hume R. Field; 4th (34th) Tennessee (provisional) 6th-9th Tennessee; 8th Tennessee; 16th Tennessee; 28th Tennessee ...