Companies E and H, Second U.S. Sharpshooters

Second Brigade

(Front):Companies E and H

Second United States

Sharpshooters.

Second Brigade.

First Division, Third Corps.

——————————Arrived on the field July 1. At 6 p.m. July 2 met the onset of Longstreet's Corps near this point and helped to check its advance upon Round Top. July ...

Company D, 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters

Maine Volunteers

Company D

Maine Volunteers

2nd U.S. Sharpshooters

July 2, 1863

Killed 1

Wounded 5

Missing 5

Marker is on Slyder Lane, on the right when traveling east.

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Michigan Sharpshooters

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps

(At Top of Monument):Michigan

Sharpshooters

(At Base):2d Brig. 1st Div. 3d Corps(Front):Company C,

1st Regiment U.S. Sharpshooters.

Mustered into U.S. service

at Detroit Mich. Aug. 26, 1861

Served until war ended

Fought upon this ...

The Deadly Sharpshooters

July 2, 1863 - Second Day

"The sharpshooters also began their deadly work, and the sharp zip - p-i-n-g-g-g - of the spiteful rifle ball, more dangerous than its larger brother, added to our perils."

Capt. G. Carter, U.S.A.

22nd Massachusetts Infantry

Little Round ...

1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters

Andrew's Sharpshooters

1st. Andrew

Sharp-shooters.

Unattached Mass. Vol.

in action

July 3rd. 4th. & 5th. 1863.

in different positions.

In God we put our trust.

But kept our powder dry.

Marker is on Hancock Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

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First Massachusetts Sharpshooters

First

Massachusetts

Sharp Shooters

Unattached

July 2nd. 1863

Marker is on Hancock Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

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Confederate Sharpshooter?

“…some mother may yet be patiently waiting for the return of her boy, whose bones lie bleaching, unrecognized and alone, between the rocks at Gettysburg.”

Alexander Gardner

Civil War photographer

In front of you is the setting of one of Gettysburg’s most famous ...

Sharpshooters at the Skirmish Line

The sharpshooters at the skirmish line waited until Tarleton's army got within shooting distance. Their orders were to slow Tarleton's advance with well-aimed rifle fire and then fall back to the militia second line. As the British came within range ...

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 ...

Company F, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps

(Front):The State of

Vermont

to the officers and men of

Co. F.

1st U.S. Sharpshooters.

2nd Brig. 1st Div. 3rd Corps.

(Left):Engaged at this point

on the morning of July 2, 1863.

and on Cemetery Ridge July 3.

Also on the skirmish line July ...