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.
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1861
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| August 21 | Company C organized in Michigan under Captain Benjamin Duesler |
| September | Companies A, D & H organized at New York City under 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 Captain Amos B. Jones |
| September 13 | Company F organized in Vermont 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. |
| November 29 | Mustered in under 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 Michigan under Captain A. M. Willet |
| 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 under Captain S. 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 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 HillLieutenant Colonel Ripley was awarded the Medal of Honor for bringing up two regiments of reinforcements and leading them into battle, when he was severely wounded. Ripley was disabled from further field command. |
| July | Duty at Harrison’s Landing |
| August 15-28 | Movement to Centreville |
| August 16-September 2 | Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 29 | Battle of Groveton |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
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1864
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| 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 |
| November 30 | Colonel Berdan resigned. |
| December 7-12 | Expedition to Weldon Railroad |
| December 31 | Regiment consolidated with 2nd Regiment Sharpshooters |