Morgan's Riflemen

Surrender of General Burgoyne
Col. Morgan, having led his Riflemen in this victory, is shown in white, right of center

Morgan's Riflemen or Morgan's Rifles, previously Morgan's Sharpshooters, and the one named Provisional Rifle Corps, were an elite light infantry unit commanded by General Daniel Morgan in the American Revolutionary War, which served a vital role executing his tasks because it had its men equipped rifled muskets instead of smoothbore muskets, allowing for a rifleman to have a longer effective range than that of the average infantryman.