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Berdan also developed the first commercial gold amalgamation machine to separate gold from ore. Berdan was also known for being an amateur champion marksman in the United States. Berdan's interest in rifles and shooting led him to the idea of creating a regiment full of men who all had notable shooting skills: the Sharpshooters.
Company G, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters was an infantry company that served in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. The unit is sometimes unofficially referred to as the 1st Wisconsin Sharpshooters.
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. One of 18 companies of sharpshooters placed under the command of Colonel Hiram Berdan ; the companies would eventually form two regiments who shared the nickname of “Berdan’s Sharpshooters.”
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Hiram Berdan (September 6, 1824 – March 31, 1893) was an American engineer, inventor, military officer, marksman, and guiding force behind and commanding colonel of the United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiments during the American Civil War. He was the inventor of the Berdan rifle, the Berdan centerfire primer and other weapons and ...
The 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters was organized in Lynn, Massachusetts and mustered in for three years service on September 2, 1861. [1] The company was originally recruited for Colonel Hiram Berdan's sharpshooter regiments.
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