Berdan can refer to:
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John Berdan, first mayor of Toledo, Ohio
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Berdan River, in Turkey
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Hiram Berdan (1824-1893), American marksman, engineer, and military officer
* Berdan's Sharpshooters, the
1st
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
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* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ...
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2nd United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment
The 2nd United States Sharpshooters was a sharpshooter regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. From 1861 to January 1863 they were members of the " First Iron Brigade" also known as the "Iron Brigade of the East".
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s raised by Hiram Berdan during the American Civil War and of which he was the commanding colonel of both
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Berdan Sharps rifle
Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore, single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifles, beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848 and ceasing production in 1881. They were renowned for long-range accuracy. By 1874 the rifle was ...
, the model of the Sharps military rifle used by Berdan's Sharpshooters
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Berdan rifle, any of several rifles developed by Hiram Berdan after the American Civil War, principally the Berdan II (M1870) rifle of .42 caliber that was the standard rifle of the Russian Army in the late 19th century
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Berdan primer
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