* 2nd Company, Massachusetts Sharpshooters
Posted to the Project on 27 May 10
Andrews Sharpshooters
Location: Sickles Avenue, the Loop
Order of Battle: The 2nd Company of Massachusetts Sharpshooters were attached to the Twenty-Second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
Raised: At large from the state of Massachusetts.
Monument Specifications: Full-length uniformed sharp shooter stands behind a waist-high, rough-hewn monolith. The figure holds his rifle in both hands, poised to fire. The rifle’s barrel rests atop the monolith. The monument indicates the general position held by the 2nd Company of the Andrew Sharp Shooters on July 2, 1863.
Dedication Date: Oct. 8, 1885.
Sculptor/Artist/Company: Murphy, M. H., sculptor.
Main Inscription: JULY 2ND 1863/2ND CO ANDREW/SHARP SHOOTERS/MASS. VOLS.
Other Monuments and Memorials: None.
Regimental History ~ Dyer’s Compendium of the War of the Rebellion:
Organized at Lynnfield September 3, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to 22nd Massachusetts Infantry. (See this Regiment.) Mustered out October 17, 1864.
Company lost during service 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 12 Enlisted men by disease. Total 23.
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I wonder if the likeness is of a particular person?
Did not find any reference to the soldier being modeled after anyone.