Brady's (Independent) Sharpshooter Company

Regimental History and Service Record

• Organized at Detroit, Mich., February 3, 1862.
• Attached to the 16th Michigan Infantry.
  • Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March 22-24.
  • March 24-September 2, 1862 - The Peninsula Campaign
    • Reconnoissance to Big Bethel March 30.
    • Warwick Road April 5.
    • April 5-May 4, 1862 - Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
    • Reconnoissance up the Pamunkey May 10.
    • May 27-29, 1862 - Operations about Hanover Court House, Virginia
      • May 27, 1862 - Engagement at Hanover Court House, Virginia
    • June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
      • June 26, 1862 - Engagement at Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia
      • June 27, 1862 - Engagement at Gaines's Mill, Virginia
      • June 29, 1862 - Engagement at Savage's Station, Virginia
      • June 30, 1862 - Engagement at Turkey Bridge, Virginia
      • July 1, 1862 - Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia
• September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
  • September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• April 27-May 6, 1863 - The Chancellorsville Campaign
  • May 1-5, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• June 11-August 1, 1863 - The Gettysburg Campaign
  • July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• May 4-June 12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
  • May 5-7, 1864 - Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
  • May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
    • May 8, 1864 - Combat at Laurel Hill, Virginia
    • May 12, 1864 - Assault on the Salient at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
  • May 22-26, 1864 - Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia
    • May 25, 1864 - Engagement at Jericho Ford, Virginia
  • May 26-28, 1864 - Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia
  • May 28-31, 1864 - Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
  • June 1-12, 1864 - Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
    • June 1-3, 1864 - Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Lost 11 by disease

Legacy

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 761, 827, 897, 900, 902, 903, 904, 905, 916, 933, 934, 936, 938, 939, 941, 1281)