Vermont Civil War

Battles
Boutt Station
September 4, 1862

Vermont units present/engaged: 8th Infantry	Casualties Medal of Honor Readings Links Bibliography
Casualties Barlow, Clarence, 21, Fairfield, VT; enl 3/26/62, m/i 4/12/62, Pvt, Co. B, 3rd VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 9/4/62, dsrtd 1/24/63 Barrett, George, 28, Woodbury, VT; enl 12/16/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, reen 1/5/64, m/o 6/28/65 Barrett, Ira, 38, Woodbury, VT; enl 12/7/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. E, 8th VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, kia, Port Hudson, 6/14/64 Becotte, Joseph, 21, Granville, VT; enl 11/22/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. G, 8th VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, kia, Port Hudson, 6/14/64 Clapper, George, 24, Troy, VT; enl 12/4/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. C, 8th VVI, mwia, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, d/wds 9/21/62 Day, Wesley H., 22, Lunenburg, VT; enl 12/9/61, m/i 2/18/62, WGNR, Co. K, 8th VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, mwia, 7/8/63, d/wds 7/12/63 Flint, Abner N., 27, Randolph, VT; enl 12/18/61, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, Co. G, 8th VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, reen 1/5/64, pr CPL, pr 1SGT, 7/1/64, comn 2LT 11/24/64 (12/6/64), m/o 6/28/65 Ford, George Osman, 26, Granby, VT; enl 12/16/61 (2/18/62, SGT, Co. K, 8th VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, comn 2LT 2/19/63 (3/18/63), pr 1LT 7/1/63 (8/8/63), pr CPT 12/28/63 (2/3/64), wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, m/o 2/26/65 Hayward, Almon B., 20, Randolph, VT; enl 11/27/61, m/i 2/18/62, Musician, Co. G, 8th VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, reen 1/5/64, m/o 6/28/65 Hibbard, Newell H., 18, Bethel, VT; en. 9/30/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. E, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, pr SGT 2/23/64, pr 1SGT 6/8/64, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, comn 2LT 2/23/65 (3/13/63), resigned 6/12/65 Hill, George W., 20, Lunenburg, VT; enl 12/9/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. K, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, pr SGT 2/17/64, pr 1SGT 2/6/65, wdd, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, comn 2LT, 2/23/65 (3/13/65), m/o m/o 6/28/65 (more) Hutchins, George G., 29, Sherburne, VT; enl 1/10/62, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, Co. E, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, pr SGT, pr 1SGT, 8/1/63, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, comn 1LT, 2/23/65 (3/13/65), m/o 6/28/65 Hutchinson, Lemuel Murdock, 22, Worcester, VT; enl 10/1/61, m/i 2/18/62, 1SGT, Co. A, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, comn 2LT, 7/23/62 (8/6/62), comn 1LT, 12/24/62 (2/2/63), pr CPT, Co. E, 12/12/63 (3/25/64), pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, m/o 2/26/65 (more) Loomis, Charles A., 29, Mount Holly, VT; enl 12/7/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. G, 8th VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, wdd, Port Hudson, 6/14/63, m/o 6/22/64 Mead, John B., 30, Randolph, VT; comn 2LT, Co. G, 8th VVI, 1/7/62 (1/7/62); pr 1LT, Co. G, 4/2/63 (5/27/63), pr CPT, Co. G, 5/5/63 (7/2/63), pr MAJ, 7/26/64 (9/27/64), pr LTC, 11/24/64 (12/6/64), pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, pr COL, 3/4/65 (3/13/65), m/o 6/28/65 (more) Parker, Solon D., 18, Northfield, VT; enl 12/31/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. G, 8th VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, kia, Port Hudson, 6/14/64 Pike, John M., 23, Chelsea, VT; enl 12/6/61, m/i 2/18/62, SGT, Co. G, 8th VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, comn 2LT, 4/2/63 (5/27/63), pr 1LT, 5/5/63 (7/2/63), wdd, Port Hudson, 6/14/63, pr CPT, 7/26/64 (9/27/64), m/o 6/28/65, additional service in 1st NH INF Sargent, Andrew J., 28, Barnet, VT; enl 12/16/61, m/i 2/18/62, 1SGT, Co. K, 8th VVI, comn 2LT, Co. E, 7/24/62 (8/6/62), pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62 prld 11/13/62, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, m/o 2/26/65 Smith, James W., 23, Newark, VT; enl 2/3/62, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, Co. K, 8th VVI, reen 2/18/64, pr CPL, pr SGT, pr 1SGT 2/17/64, comn 2LT, 2/20/64 (3/25/64), pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, pr CPT, 2/23/65 (3/13/65), m/o 6/28/65 Welch, James, 36, Randolph, VT; enl 11/20/61, m/i 2/18/62, SGT, Co. G, 8th VVI, comn 2LT, 5/5/63 (8/8/63), pr 1LT, 11/24/64 (12/6/64), pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, comn QM 3/27/65 (5/3/65), m/o 6/28/65 Wilson, Francis, 28, Middlesex, VT; enl 10/3/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. E, 8th VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, d/dis 12/5/62
Medal of Honor Ingalls, Lewis J. (Medal of Honor)
Readings At Lee's Mill, April 16th, where the other regiments of the brigade received their first baptism of blood, the Second (Vermnont Infantry) was held back as a support, and lost but two men. (Footnote: William Fuller of Co. F., killed outright by a piece of shell, and John H. Savory, Co. B., mortally wounded. He died of his wound two days after. (Source: Benedict, i:101) Benedict, Chapter 22 (8th Infantry)
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Legend: A.C. - Army Corps; AG - Adjutant General; AAG - Assistant Adjutant General; AAAG - Acting Assistant Adjutant General; AACS - Acting Assistant Commissary of Subsistence; AAQM - Acting Assistant Quartermaster; ACT - Acting; ADC - Aide-de-Camp; AIG - Assistant Inspector General; A&IG - Adjutant & Inspector General; AoP - Army of the Potomac; A.P.M. - Additional Paymaster; AQM - Assistant Quartermaster; Artfcr - Artificer; BGLR - Bugler; Bndmstr - Bandmaster; BGen - Brigadier General; Blksmth - Blacksmith; Bvt - brevet; enl - enlisted; CS - Commissary of Subsistence; com - commissioned; cred. - credited to; CS - Commissary of Subsistence; CSA - Confederate States Army; d/dis - died of disease; d/prison - died in prison*; d/svc - died in service (cause unknown); d/wds - died of wounds; dis/dsb - discharged for disability; dis/dischon - dishonorable discharge; DRMR - Drummer; dsrtd - deserted; ENG - Engineer (rank); ENGNRS - Engineers (unit); FFR - Fifer; GCM - general court martial; gsw - gunshot wound; Hosp. - Hospital; IG - Inspector General, kia - killed in action; MGen - Major General; m/i - mustered in; m/o - mustered out; Muscn - Musician; mwia - mortally wounded in action; n.d. - no date; nfr - no further record; P.M. - Paymaster; pow - taken prisoner; pr - promoted; prld - paroled; Rcrt - Recruit; red - reduced (demoted); resgd - resigned; RQM - Regimental Quartermaster; SOWD - Special Order, War Department; Stew. - Steward; tr to/from - transferred to/from; USA - US Army; USCA - US Colored Artillery; USCI - US Colored Infantry; USSS - US Sharpshooters; USV - US Volunteers; VVLB - Vermont Volunteer Light Battery; VHAC - Vermont Heavy Artillery Company; VRC - Veterans Reserve Corps; VVC - Vermont Volunteer Cavalry; VVI - Vermont Volunteer Infantry; Wgnr - Wagoner; wdd - wounded
* NOTE: d/prison includes those who died on parole as a result of imprisonment

Source of roster information: basic information on enlistments, promotions, casualties, etc. comes from the 1892 "Revised Roster of Vermont Volunteers," and additional information from a variety of sources, including cemetery, pension, census and other records as well as published biographies of individuals.

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