2nd United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment

2nd United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 2nd United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment


dates= September 1861 to December 31, 1864
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment= Sharps Rifle
battles= First Battle of Bull Run
Peninsular Campaign
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg

The 2nd United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment was an infantry 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 know as the "Iron Brigade of the East".

ervice

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.
*Company "G" in New Hampshire on December 10, 1861.
*Company "H" in Vermont on December 31, 1861.

The 2nd and the 1st U.S. Sharpshooters were consolidated on December 31, 1864 and the regiment was broken up on February 20, 1865 and the remaining companies distributed as follows:
*Company "A" transferred to the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
*Company "B" transferred to the 5th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
*Company "C" transferred to the 105th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
*Company "D" transferred to the 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
*Company "F" transferred to the 5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
*Company "G" transferred to the 5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
*Company "H" transferred to the 4th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 8 officers and 110 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 123 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 250fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unusvol.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]

Commanders

*Colonel Hiram Berdan from 1861 until 1864

ee also

*List of United States Volunteer Civil War Units

Notes

References

* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unusvol.htm The Civil War Archive]


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