1st Battalion New York Volunteer Sharpshooters

1st Battalion, New York Sharpshooters Flag of New York (1778-1901).svg State Flag of New York (1778-1901) September 13, 1861 - July 10, 1865 United States of America New YorkUnion United States Volunteer Unit Sharpshooters 500 total1st Battalion, New York Sharpshooters https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UNY0001BS National Park Service - Soldiers and Sailors System 2 December 2014 Army of the Potomac Sharps rifle .52 cal American Civil War Siege of Suffolk Dix's Peninsula Campaign Bristoe Campaign Mine Run Campaign Overland Campaign Siege of Petersburg Appomattox Campaign Maj. William S. Rowland Shoulder sleeve insignia The 1st Battalion New York Volunteer Sharpshooters was a battalion of sharpshooters in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Fighting in the Eastern Theater it was attached to the 1st United States Sharpshooters. http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/other/1stUSSS/1stUSSSMain.htm 1st Battalion United States Sharpshooters :: New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center thumb|The 1st NY Sharpshooter Battalion's monument at Gettysburg History Major William S. Rowland received authority from the War Department to recruit a regiment of sharpshooters in the States of New York and Pennsylvania on October 10, 1862. When the regimental organization failed in sufficient numbers a battalion was organized into four companies, the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th. A tenth company was considered, but never created.The first five companies were companies A, B, C and D, 93d, and L, 56th N. Y. Volunteers.http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/other/1stUSSS/1stUSSSMain.htm 1st USSS during the Civil War - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center dmna.ny.gov 2016-12-21 Company Commanders and Recruiting areas 6th Company, Flank Company, L 108 N. Y. Volunteers: Captain Abijah C. Gray - Rochester - Mustered for three years on September 13, 1862 7th Company, Company L, 112th N. Y. Volunteers: Captain Joseph S. Arnold, Captain Clinton Perry - Elicottt, Kian-tone, Busti, Ellington, Ellery, Carroll and Jamestown 8th Company: Captain Edward G. Robinson - Buffalo, Hudson and Chatham 9th Company: Captain Thomas S. Bradley - Albany, Hudson, Canaan, Hinsdale and New Lebanon 10th Company - Capt. Charles M. White - organized January 13, 1863; was originally intended for a service of nine months, on April 21, 1863 the term of service was changed to three years; the company was not completed and the enlisted men were transferred Casualties Out of a total of 157 casualties, the regiment suffered 27 men killed or mortally wounded, 68 officers and men wounded but recovered, and 62 officers and men missing in action .http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/other/1stUSSS/1stUSSSTable.htm 1st Battalion United States Sharpshooters - battles and casualties during the Civil War - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center dmna.ny.gov 2016-12-21 References See also 1st United States Sharpshooters List of New York Civil War regiments Sharpshooters 001 Category:Sharpshooter units and formations of the American Civil War Category:1861 establishments in New York (state)