1st U.S. Sharpshooters
(Berdan's)
(Front):1st. U.S. Sharpshooters
(Berdan's)
2d. Brig. 1st Div. 3d Corps
(Left):This Monument
is dedicated to
the brave men
of this command
who fell at
Gettysburg
(Right):One hundred Sharp Shooters
reconnoitered to this spot
about 12. M. July 2d. 1863,
losing here nineteen men.
They first developed
the enemy's threatened attack
upon our left and rear.
July 3d. the regiment supported
batteries along Cemetery Ridge
on the 4th it picketed
and skirmished near the
Peach Orchard
Killed 6, Wounded 37,
Captured 6, Total 49.
(Back):This Regiment
was recruited in 1861,
from
five northern states
and had
four New York Companies,
("A", "B", "D", and "H".).
Served in 3rd, 5th, and 2nd Corps,
participating in
forty-three battles
and skirmishes,
from Yorktown (1862)
to Appomattox (1865).
Marker is at the intersection of Berdan Avenue and West Confederate Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Berdan Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
