First Sharpshooters
Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Col. Hiram Berdan (1824-1893), brigade command; Lt. Col. Casper Trepp (k. Nov. 30, 1863).
Numbers: 371; 6 killed, 37 wounded, 6 missing.
Raised: At large. (A, B, D, and H – New York); (C, I, and K – Michigan); F (Vermont); G (Wisconsin)
Second Sharpshooters
Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Maj. Homer R. Stoughton
Numbers: 200; 5 killed, 23 wounded, 15 missing.
Raised: At large. (A – Minnesota); (B – Michigan); (C – Pennsylvania); (D – Maine) – (E & H – Vermont); (F & G – New Hampshire)
Dedicated June 12, 1889.
Location: Little Round Top.
Description: Rock-faced monument of stacked Westerly granite, five course die, and cross gable cap and bronze state shield. Inscriptions are incised into polished panels on the fourth course. The monument sits atop a boulder. 5.4 foot square on a boulder. Overall height is seven foot. A bronze shield is on the west side. $500.00 was set aside by the state monument commission to honor these four companies.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN98.
Sculptor: Smith Granite Company, fabricator.
1st USS Companies: A, B, D, & H | C, I, and K | E | F | G | G (Position Stone)
2nd USS Companies: B | D | E & H | F & G
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