Sharpshooter Companies

Civil War regiments were usually composed of companies from the same state and most of the time from the same county.  Due to the unique and high standards to join the Sharpshooters, each regiment was formed  with companies from different states. The organization of the two Sharpshooter regiments by company is listed below with the names of the original commanding officers (all captains).

1st Regiment US Sharpshooters

Company A - New York (Casper Trepp) - in New York City September, 1861
Company B - New York (Stephen Martin) - in Albany, N.Y., September, 1861
Company C - Michigan (Benjamin Duesler) - August 21, 1861
Company D - New York (George S. Tuckerman) - in New York City September, 1861
Company E - New Hampshire (Amos B. Jones) - September 9, 1861
Company F - Vermont (Edmund Weston) - September 13, 1861
Company G - Wisconsin (Edward Drew) - September 19, 1861
Company H - New York (George G. Hastings) - in New York City September, 1861
Company I - Michigan (A. M. Willett) - March 4, 1862
Company K - Michigan (S. J. Mather) - March 30, 1862

2nd Regiment US Sharpshooters

Company A - Minnesota (Francis Peteler) - October 5, 1861
Company B - Michigan (Andrew B. Stuart) - October 4, 1861
Company C - Pennsylvania (John B. Dewey) - October 4, 1861
Company D - Maine (James D. Fessenden) - November 2, 1861
Company E - Vermont (Homer R. Stoughton) - November 9, 1861
Company F - New Hampshire (Henry M. Caldwell) - November 28, 1861
Company G - New Hampshire (William D. McPherson) - December 10, 1861
Company H - Vermont (Gilbert Hart) - December 31, 1861

SERVICE HISTORY:
Most of Regiment concentrated at Weehawken, N.J., September, 1861, and moved to Washington, D.C., September 24-25.
Mustered in November 29, 1861
Served Unattached, Army of the Potomac, and Martindale's Brigade, Fitz John Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862.
3rd Army Corps, 1st Division, Unassigned,   Army of the Potomac, to May 1862.
5th Army Corps, 1st Division, 3rd Brigade,   to March 1863.
3rd Army Corps, 3rd Division, 3rd Brigade,   to June 1863.
3rd Army Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade,   to September 1863.
3rd Army Corps, 1st Division, 3rd Brigade,   to March 1864.
2nd Army Corps, 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade,   to December 1864.

The last action of the 1^st Regiment USSS was "Deep Run" or "Four-Mile Creek" on August 15-16, 1864. Terms of service would now start expiring for men in the Companies of the 1st Regiment. The 1^st Regiment started it's "mustering out" with the "Swiss Company A" on August 18^th, followed by Company C on August 20^th and Company B on August 28^th. During September, Companies E, F, G and H were mustered out, leaving only companies, D, I and K. Men whose enlistment hadn't expired stayed with 1^st Regiment Companies until Companies D, I and K were mustered out during November and December 1864. For a short time in December the remaining companies with recruits and veterans, formed a consolidated battalion. On December 31^st 1864 this battalion was transferred to the 2^nd Regiment USSS, except for the men from Michigan who joined the 5^th Michigan Infantry Regiment. The 2^nd Regiment USSS remained intact until February 20, 1865 when men whose term of enlistment hadn’t expired were sent, in most cases to regiments of their respective states. New York men joined the 124^th NYSV Infantry Regiment; Company G joined the 36^th Wisconsin; Company A joined the 1^st Minnesota, etc.