Berdan's Sharpshooters were called the 1st Regiment of U. S. Sharpshooters and commonly were referred to as Berdan's Sharpshooters. The sharpshooters were utilized as snipers and skirmishers to ...

In 1861, New Yorker Hiram Berdan proposed that the federal government raise two regiments of sharpshooters. He believed such units could compete again Southern marksmen and supply invaluable service ...