Hall's Battalion was organized at Marshall, Michigan between August 27 and November 2, 1864.

The battalion was attached to the 16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was amalgamated with it on April 10, 1865.

The regiment, which was repeatedly renamed,[1] was in continual service from Nov 23, 1861 to July 7, 1865.

Major John Piper, of the 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters, was originally a member of Company "D" (WSS), but resigned in 1863 to take a position in the new Michigan sharpshooter regiment.

A veteran of Company D ("The Michigan Boys"), Sergeant Lorenzo A. Barker, wrote the only history of the regiment, "With the Western Sharpshooters", published in 1905.