Company F, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters

Company F, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters was organized in Vermont in 1861, assigned to the 5th Corps in 1862, to the 3rd Corps in 1863, and to the 2nd Corps in 1864. It served in battles including Yorktown, Hanover C.H., Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Kelly's Ford, Locust Grove, Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Weldon R.R., along with many other minor engagements. At Gettysburg, the company was engaged at this point on the morning of July 2, 1863, on Cemetery Ridge July 3, and on the skirmish line July 4. Present for duty were 44 men, with 1 killed and 4 wounded. The total number of men enlisted in the company was 177, of whom 32 were killed and 45 wounded, for a total of 77 killed and wounded.

Freedom Township, Pennsylvania · United States