Union Sharpshooters.

Frank Bem.

A BLL

Authorizing the Secretary of War to issue arms and equipments to Captain Frank Bern’s company of Bohemian Sharpshooters, of the Territory of Dakota.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue, as a loan, one hundred stand of Sharp’s rifled carbines and equipments to Captain Frank Bem’s company of Bohemian Sharpshooters, of Dakota Territory.
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1. Charles V. De Land, late colonel of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, to be brigadier-general by brevet, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

2. Major Edwin J. Buckbee, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for meritorious services before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

3. Major George G. Hastings, of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.

4. Brevet Captain William P. Shreve, first lieutenant of the Second United States Sharpshooters, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

5. First Lieutenant William P. Shreve, of the Second United States Sharp-Shooters, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

6. William I. Driggs, late first lieutenant of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, to be second lieutenant, February 23, 1866.

7. Captain W. C. Squire, of the Seventh Ohio Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from July 28, 1866.

8. Brevet Major W. C. Squire, captain of the Seventh Ohio Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from July 28, 1866.

9. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel W. C. Squire, captain of the Seventh Ohio Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from July 28, 1866.

10. Brevet Major G. B. Clarke, captain of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Gettysburg, Pa., and the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.

11. Captain G. B. Clarke, of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Gettysburg, Pa., and the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.

12. Lieutenant-Colonel A. W. Nichols, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for conspicuous gallantry in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

13. Surgeon A. F. Whelan, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

14. Captain George R. Abbott, of the First Maine Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious conduct during the recent campaign terminating in the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

15. Captain Leverett Case, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

16. Captain J. S. De Land, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

17. Captain Ira L. Evans, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

18. First Lieutenant William McCory, of the Seventh Independent Company Ohio Volunteer Sharpshooters, for efficient and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

19. Captain George H. Murdock, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for gallant services at the battle of Spottsylvania, and during the present campaign before Richmond, Virginia, to date from December 2, 1864.

20. Captain William H. Terrill, of the Forty-third New York Volunteers, for meritorious conduct while commanding the sharpshooters at the battle of Winchester, to date from September 19, 1864.

21. Captain William W. Winthrop, of the First United States Sharp-shooters, for the Department of the Susquehanna, September 19, 1864.

22. Samuel F. Murry, late captain of the Second Regiment United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

23. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George H. Hastings, major of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.