1st United States Sharpshooters

Item CDV-9123

Description

1st United States Sharpshooters
Company F
Charles D. Merriman
Corporal, Sergeant, Lieutenant & Captain
Backmark: Brattleboro, VT
Image identified in CWDB and Find a Grave

The following information is from CWDB.
1st US Sharpshooters Lt. Col. Y. W. Ripley mentions Merriman as follows: "On the 7th of November, Company F, led the advance of the Third Corps at the passage of the Rappahannock at Kelly's Ford, under Capt. C. D. Merriman, with such vigor as to completely surprise and compel the surrender of four hundred and six Confederates, well covered by rifle pits, the company losing only four men."