The Civil War in the East

1st United States Sharpshooters

 

The 1st United States Sharpshooter Regiment lost 10 officers and 143 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 128 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1861

August 21

Company C organized in Michigan

September

Companies A, D and H organized at New York City

Company B organized at Albany, N.Y.

September 9

Company E organized in New Hampshire

September 13

Company F organized in Vermont

September 19

Company G organized in Wisconsin

September

Most of Regiment concentrated at Weehawken, N.J.

September 24-25

Moved to Washington, D.C.

November 29

Mustered in. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. Served Unattached, Army of the Potomac, and Martindale's Brigade, Fitz John Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac

1862

March 4

Company I organized in Michigan

March 22

Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va. Assigned to 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

March 30

Company K organized in Michigan

April 1-5

Advance on Yorktown

April 4

Great Bethel and Howard's Bridge

April 5

Warwick Road

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown

May 5

Battle of Williamsburg

May

Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps

May 27

Battle of Hanover Court House

April 27-29

Operations about Hanover Court House

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 26

Battles of Mechanicsville

June 27

Gaines' Mill

June 29

Peach Orchard and Savage Station

June 30

Turkey Bridge, White Oak Swamp

July 1

Malvern Hill

July

Duty at Harrison's Landing

August 15-28

Movement to Centreville

August 16-September 2

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia

August 29

Battles of Groveton

August 30

Bull Run

September 6-22

Maryland Campaign. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

September 14

Battle of South Mountain

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

September 19

Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown Ford

October 29-November 17

Movement to Falmouth, Va.

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

December 29-30

Expedition from Potomac Creek to Richard's and Ellis' Fords, Rappahannock River

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

February-April

At Falmouth

March

Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

June

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. 3rd Army Corps

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

July 5-24

Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va.

July 23

Wapping Heights, Va.

June

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. 3rd Army Corps

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

October 14

Auburn and Bristoe

November 7-8

Advance to line of the Rappahannock

November 7

Kelly's Ford

November 8

Brandy Station

November 26-
December 2

Mine Run Campaign

November 27

Payne's Farm

1864

February 6-7

Demonstration on the Rapidan

March

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps

May 4-June 15

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River

May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness

May 8

Laurel Hill

May 8-12

Spotsylvania

May 10

Po River

May 12-21

Spotsylvania Court House

May 12

Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle"

May 19

Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road

May 23-26

North Anna River

May 26-28

On line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

May 30-31

Hanovertown

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 16-19

Before Petersburg

June 16 to December 31

Siege of Petersburg

June 22-23

Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad

July 27-29

Demonstration north of the James

July 28-29

Deep Bottom

August 13-20

Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom

August 14-18

Strawberry Plains

August 19

Company A mustered out

August 28

Company D mustered out. Veterans and Recruits assigned to Companies I and K.

September 15

Veterans of Company H to Company D

September 29-October 2

Poplar Springs Church, Peeble's Farm

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run

December 7-12

Expedition to Weldon Railroad

December 31

Regiment consolidated with 2nd Regiment Sharpshooters