| Unit Name: | 1st Battalion, New York Sharpshooters |
| Dates: | September 13, 1861 - July 10, 1865 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Allegiance: | New York Union |
| Type: | Volunteer Unit |
| Role: | Sharpshooters |
| Size: | 500 total[1] |
| Command Structure: | Army of the Potomac |
| Equipment: | Sharps rifle .52 cal |
| Battles: | American Civil War
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| Notable Commanders: | Maj. William S. Rowland |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Shoulder sleeve insignia |
The 1st Battalion New York Volunteer Sharpshooters was a battalion of sharpshooters in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Fighting in the Eastern Theater it was attached to the 1st United States Sharpshooters. [2]
Major William S. Rowland received authority from the War Department to recruit a regiment of sharpshooters in the States of New York and Pennsylvania on October 10, 1862. When the regimental organization failed in sufficient numbers a battalion was organized into four companies, the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th. A tenth company was considered, but never created.[3] [4]
6th Company, Flank Company, L 108 N. Y. Volunteers: Captain Abijah C. Gray - Rochester - Mustered for three years on September 13, 1862 7th Company, Company L, 112th N. Y. Volunteers: Captain Joseph S. Arnold, Captain Clinton Perry - Elicottt, Kian-tone, Busti, Ellington, Ellery, Carroll and Jamestown 8th Company: Captain Edward G. Robinson - Buffalo, Hudson and Chatham 9th Company: Captain Thomas S. Bradley - Albany, Hudson, Canaan, Hinsdale and New Lebanon
10th Company - Capt. Charles M. White - organized January 13, 1863; was originally intended for a service of nine months, on April 21, 1863 the term of service was changed to three years; the company was not completed and the enlisted men were transferred
Out of a total of 157 casualties, the regiment suffered 27 men killed or mortally wounded, 68 officers and men wounded but recovered, and 62 officers and men missing in action .[5]