You write that the WSS were Intended as the Western Theater's counterpart to "Berdan's" 1st & 2nd U.S. Volunteer Sharpshooters. They were recruited on Major General (MG) Fremont's
orders in Aug-Nov 1861 as the "Western Sharpshooters;" near the end you write that the WSS "was the first federal sharpshooter regiment to go into action." Does this mean Berdan's 1st and 2nd didn't see action until after the WSS, despite being organized earlier?