Company D, 2nd United States Sharpshooters
Posted to the Project on 31 Dec 07
Company D of the 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters was raised from the state of Maine. It was mustered in November 2, 1861.
The monument is one of the most simple at Gettysburg. A faded granite block located along the Slyder Farm lane near the Bushman House marks the contribution of the Maine Sharpshooters at Gettysburg. The monument is simple and out-of-the way and thus missed by almost all visitors to Gettysburg.
(But not all. Many of the obscure monuments at Gettysburg feature flags showing someone else has recently visited them.)
2nd United States Sharpshooters - D (Maine)
3rd Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade
Maj. Homer R. Stoughton (1836-1902)
Engaged: 200; 5 killed, 23 wounded, 15 missing
Monument: Bushman House