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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 they were members of the " First Iron Brigade " also known as the "Iron Brigade of the East".
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 .
Units raised in Massachusetts during the American Civil War consisted of 62 regiments of infantry, six regiments of cavalry, 16 batteries of light artillery, four regiments of heavy artillery, two companies of sharpshooters, a handful of unattached battalions and 26 unattached companies. [1] The following is a List of Massachusetts Civil War Units.
2nd Brigade Col Daniel Leasure [8] Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson 3rd Maryland: Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson; 21st Massachusetts; 100th Pennsylvania; Artillery Maine Light, 2nd Battery (B) Massachusetts Light, 14th Battery; Second Division BG Robert B. Potter. 1st Brigade Col Zenas Bliss [9] Col John I. Curtin 36th Massachusetts; 58th Massachusetts
An expert sharpshooter with the 82nd Infantry Division who used an M1917 Enfield rifle during the Meuse–Argonne offensive near Chatel-Chéhéry, France, 1918 in World War I. Medal of Honor recipient for leading an assault on machine gun positions. [citation needed] 28 [citation needed] United States: Vasily Zaytsev: 1915–1991 1937–1945
2nd Brigade Col David M. Gregg [8] Col Thomas Devin. 6th New York Cavalry: Col Thomas C. Devin, Ltc Duncan McVicar; 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Amos E. Griffiths; 6th United States Cavalry: Cpt George C. Cram; Horse Artillery: Battery M, 2nd United States: Lt Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr.
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 ...
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 2 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887. Hennessy, John J., Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1993. ISBN 978-0-8061-3187-0; Manassas National Battlefield Park - Battle of Second Manassas