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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 .
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 ...
Sharpshooters; Pioneers; 8th Connecticut: Col John E. Ward; Second Division BG Charles A. Heckman. First Brigade [not engaged] Second Brigade Col Edward H. Ripley 8th Maine; 9th Vermont; Third Brigade Col Harrison S. Fairchild. 89th New York; 148th New York; 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Company G; 19th Wisconsin; Third Division First Brigade
Surrender of General Burgoyne Col. Morgan, having led his Riflemen in this victory, is shown in white, right of center. Morgan's Riflemen or Morgan's Rifles, previously Morgan's Sharpshooters, and the one named Provisional Rifle Corps, were an elite light infantry unit commanded by General Daniel Morgan in the American Revolutionary War, which served a vital role executing his tasks because ...
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 .
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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.