Company G, 1st United States Sharpshooters
Posted to the Project on 13 Nov 07
Company G of the 1st U.S. Sharpshooters came from the state of Wisconsin. The monument is located along the Emmitsburg Road on the Third Corps line held on July 2, 1863. Featuring an excellent relief carving of a granite soldier crouching behind a rock, the monument boasts the unique red colored granite at the base that is found on all of Wisconsin’s monuments at Gettysburg.
Other companies in this unit are featured individually.
1st United States Sharpshooters - Company G (Wisconsin)
Members of the 3rd Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade
Commanded by Col. Hiram Berdan (1824-1893)
Engaged: 371; 6 killed, 37 wounded, 6 missing
Monument: G Company located along Emmitsburg Road