2nd Minnesota Sharpshooters Company

2nd Minnesota Sharpshooters Company
2nd Minnesota Sharpshooters Company
Active	1862–1865
Disbanded	1865
Country	United States of America; Union
Allegiance	Union Army
Type	Company
Role	Sharpshooter
Size	100
Nicknames	Russell's Company of Sharpshooters; Bürger's Company of Sharpshooters; Mahlon's Company of Sharpshooters;
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Fair Oaks; Seven Days Battles; Battle of Antietam; Battle of Fredericksburg; Battle of Chancellorsville; Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of the Wilderness; Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse; Battle of Cold Harbor; Siege of Petersburg;
Commanders
Captain	William F. Russell
Captain	Emil A. Bürger
Captain	Mahlon Black

The 2nd Minnesota Sharpshooters Company or Company L of the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. One of 18 companies of sharpshooters placed under the command of Colonel Hiram Berdan; the companies would eventually form two regiments who shared the nickname of “Berdan’s Sharpshooters.”