United States Regiments & Batteries > U. S. Sharpshooters and Veteran Infantry > 1st United States Sharpshooters
The 1st United States Sharpshooter Regiment was one of two United States Sharpshooter regiments recruited by Hiram Berdan, known as the top marksman in the country. The ten companies of the 1st Regiment were recruited from five different states under the authority of the War Department.
The 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.
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1861
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| August 21 | Company C organized in Michigan under the command of Captain Benjamin Duesler |
| September | Companies A, D & H organized at New York City under the command of Captains Casper Trepp (A), George S. Tuckerman (D) and George G. Hastings (H) Company B organized at Albany, N.Y. under Captain Stephen Martin |
| September 9 | Company E organized in New Hampshire under Captain Amos B. Jones |
| September 13 | Company F organized in Vermont under under Captain Edmund Weston |
| September 19 | Company G organized in Wisconsin under Captain Edward Drew |
| September | Most of Regiment concentrated at Weehawken, N.J. |
| September 24-25 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
| September 27 |
Lewinville, VirginiaCompanies C and E saw the first action for the regiment skirmishing with Confederate foragers. |
| November 29 | Mustered in under the command of Colonel Hiram Berdan and Lieutenant Colonel William Y. W. Ripley. Assigned to 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 |
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1862
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| March 4 | Company I organized in Wayne County, Michigan under the command of Captain A. Milan Willet |
| March 22 |
Peninsula CampaignMoved to Fortress Monroe, Va. Assigned to 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| March 30 | Company K organized in Michigan under the command of Captain Spencer J. Mather |
| 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 Corps. The regiment’s Colt repeating fifles were replaced with Sharps breechloaders. |
| 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 |
Battle of Mechanicsville |
| June 27 |
Gaines’ Mill |
| June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
| June 30 |
Turkey Bridge, White Oak Swamp |
| July 1 |
Malvern Hill
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| July | Duty at Harrison’s Landing |
| August 2 | Captain Edmund Weston of Company F resigned. First Lieutenant Charles W. Seaton was promoted to Captain of Company F. |
| August 6 | Lieutenant Colonel Ripley was offered promotion to Colonel and command of the 10th Vermont Infantry Regiment but was forced to decline due to his wounds. |
| August 16-September 2 |
Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 29 |
Battle of Groveton (Brawner’s Farm) |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas) |
| September 6-22 |
Maryland CampaignAttached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) |
| September 19 |
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 |
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1863
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| January 20-24 |
“Mud March” |
| February-April | At Falmouth |
| February 19 | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac. Colonel Hiram Burdan took command of the brigade (consisting of the 1st and 2nd U.S. Sharpshooter Regiments). Lieutenant Colonel Casper Trepp took command of the regiment. |
| March | Transferred to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of ChancellorsvilleColonel Hiram Berdan commanded the brigade while Lieutenant Colonel Casper Trepp commanded the regiment. |
| May 15 | Captain Charles W. Seaton of Company F resigned. First Lieutenant E. Wiltsey Hinds was promoted to Captain of Company F. |
| June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg CampaignColonel Hiram Berdan commanded the regiment. |
| June | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg |
| July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
| July 23 |
Wapping Heights, Va. |
| September | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps |
| October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
| October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
| November 7 |
Kelly’s Ford |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 5 | First Lieutenant Charles D,.Marriman was promoted to Captain of Company F. |
| November 8 | Brandy Station |
| November 26- December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
| November 27 |
Payne’s Farm |
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1864
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| January 2 | Colonel Hiram Berdan resigned. |
| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
| March | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd 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 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 16-18 |
Grant’s First Assault on 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 were assigned to Companies I and K. |
| September 15 | Veterans of Company H were assigned to Company D |
| September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church, Peeble’s Farm |
| October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
| November 30 | Colonel Berdan resigned. |
| December 7-12 | Expedition to Weldon Railroad |
| December 31 | The 1st United States Sharpshooter Regiment consolidated with 2nd Regiment Sharpshooters |
Lieutenant Colonel William Ripley was awarded the Medal of Honor for “At a critical moment brought up two regiments, which he led against the enemy himself, being severely wounded.” Ripley was disabled from further field command.