The Sturges’
Rifles a company of Illinois militia were mustered out of Union service
November 25th 1862.
The Sturges’
Rifles were a company of Illinois sharpshooters who mustered into the Union
army May 6th 1861. The
company was organized in Chicago, Illinois.
A Solomon Sturgis saw to it that the men were equipped and armed with
Sharps rifles. They served from June
1861 with Union Major General George B McClellan as his headquarters guard and
they served with him until he lost his command.
McClellan had been a member of the company before the start of the Civil
War. The men saw action in the Battle of
Rich Mountain, the Peninsula Campaign, and Antietam. The company was mustered out of service
November 25th 1862, having lost just one man.
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