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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".
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 .
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 .
2nd United States Sharpshooters; 2nd Brigade Col Thomas R. Tannatt 4th Maine; 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery; 3rd Michigan [43] 5th Michigan; 93rd New York;
Massachusetts Sharpshooters, 2nd Company: Cpt Lewis E. Wentworth; 18th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph Hayes; 22nd Massachusetts: Ltc William S. Tilton; 1st Michigan: Ltc Ira C. Abbott (w) 13th New York: Col Elisha Marshall (w), Ltc Francis A. Schoeffel; 25th New York: Cpt Patrick Connelly; 118th Pennsylvania: Ltc James Gwyn; 2nd Brigade Col Jacob B ...
The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) was fought on October 27–28, 1864, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
By the morning of July 2, six of the seven corps of the Army of the Potomac had arrived on the battlefield. The I Corps (Maj. Gen. John Newton, replacing Abner Doubleday) and the XI Corps (Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard) had fought hard on the first day, and they were joined that evening by the yet-unengaged troops of the XII Corps (Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum), III Corps (Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickles ...