1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters "Andrews Sharpshooters" Monument

"1st Andrew
Sharp-shooters.
Unattached Mass. Vol.
in action
July 3rd, 4th & 5th 1863
in different positions.

In God we put our tr9ust
But keep our powder dry"
Erected by State of Massachusetts 1886.
Formed in 2 September 1861 in Lynnfield Mass, the company was originally to join Colonel Berdan's sharpshooter regiments but when the men learnt that they would lose their enlistment bounty they refused to join, with the support of the Governor of Massachusetts, John A. Andrew and became an independent company.

This memorial in the Gettysburg National Military Park commemorates the 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters "Andrews Sharpshooters", involved in the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought from 1 to 3 July 1863 by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest armies (104,000 Union soldiers and 71,000 Confederate soldiers) of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. The battle resulted in a Union victory, ending the Confederate attempt to invade the North.
The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war: in total over 6,600 men were killed, 33,000 wounded and 12,000 missing of captured. The losses were about equal on both sides.

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