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Union unit during the US Civil War consisting of marksmen.
Military unit
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".
Service
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The 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters was raised as follows:
The 2nd and the
1st United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment
were consolidated on December 31, 1864, and the regiment was broken up on February 20, 1865, and the remaining companies distributed as follows:
Total strength and casualties
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The regiment suffered 8 officers and 117 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 123 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 250 fatalities.
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Commanders
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- Colonel
Hiram Berdan
in 1861
- Colonel Henry A.V. Post from January 1, 1862, to November 16, 1862
- Colonel Hiram Berdan from November 16, 1862, until 1864
- Colonel Homer R. Stoughton Jan 19, 1864.
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