Martin Van Buren Bronson
Martin Van Buren Bronson, Company F 1st U.S. Sharpshooters, in a portrait taken in the summer of 1862 while at home in Vermont on recruiting duty. A marble-cutter since the age of 11, Bronson eventually joined a company of Vermont state militia artillery before enlisting in the 3-month 1st Vermont Infantry in May 1861. The…
Fitz-Green Halleck
Fitz-Greene Halleck, Company F (Vermont) 1st U.S. Sharpshooters in a pair of cdv’s from my collection. Halleck was a 21 year old farm laborer in Keeseville, NY before he enlisted with the sharpshooters at nearby Burlington, VT in Sept. 1861. There is not much known about his wartime service prior to the fall of 1863…
Lucien A. Witt
Lucien A. Witt, Company H (VT) 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters in a signed but undated portrait. Witt was an 18 year old farmer living in Brattleboro, Vermont when he enlisted with the sharpshooters on Oct. 15th 1861. He was present with his company until just after the Gettysburg campaign, however he reportedly had severe trouble with…
Lewis J. Allen
A pair of cartes de visite of Lewis J. Allen, the long-serving Sergeant and 1st Sergeant of Vermont’s Company F 1st U.S. Sharpshooters. The sharpshooters’ regimental historian Charles A. Stevens as well as General William Y. Ripley (Company F’s first captain) both noted with some pride that Lewis was a direct descendent of the famed…
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