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The United States Sharpshooters, an elite unit of marksmen conceived by inventor Hiram Berdan, fought in loose formations using cover and concealment to pick off enemies from afar. On July 2, 1863, approximately 100 soldiers of the 1st US Sharpshooters, supported by the 3rd Maine Infantry, entered these woods to determine the location of Confederate troops opposite the Union line on Cemetery Ridge. When they encountered Confederates, they quickly engaged them with deadly accuracy. Finding no advantage to be gained, they withdrew, but learned vital information: Confederates were massing on Seminary Ridge.
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Freedom Township, Pennsylvania · United States
