Vermont Civil War

Battles
Crampton's Gap
September 14, 1862

Vermont units present/engaged: 2nd Infantry 4th Infantry	Casualties Medal of Honor Readings Links Bibliography
Casualties Adams, Daniel C., 19, Danville, VT; enl 8/22/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. G, 4th VVI, mwia, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, d/wds 9/27/62 Badger, Charles F., 23, Danville, VT; enl 8/21/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. G, 4th VVI, pr CPL 12/1/61, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, wdd, 5/12/64, Spotsylvania, m/o 9/30/64 Badger, Oliver M., 18, Danville, VT; enl 8/21/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. G, 4th VVI, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, tr to VRC 9/1/63, m/o 9/20/64 Barney, Elisha L., 29, Swanton, VT; comn CPT, Co. K, 6th VVI, 10/15/61 (10/15/61), pr MAJ, 10/15/62 (10/24/62), pr LTC, 12/18/62 (12/27/62), pr COL, 3/18/63 (3/26/63), wdd, Crampton' s Gap, 9/14/62, mwia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, d/wds 5/10/64 (more) Brock, Reuben A., 19, Topsham, VT; enl 8/23/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. B, 4th VVI, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, kia, Fredericksburg, 12/13/62 Hescock, Rinaldo N., 25, Brattleboro, VT; enl 5/1/62, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. C, 2nd VVI, pow, Savage's Station, 6/29/62, prld 8/5/62, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, tr to VRC 9/1/63, m/o 6/20/64 Holley, John S., 34, Newbury, VT; enl 8/28/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. H, 4th VVI, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, m/o 9/30/64 Johnson, Jason, 20, Williamstown, VT; enl 8/22/62, m/i 9/22/62, Pvt, Co. B, 4th VVI, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, m/o 9/30/64 Johnson, Marcellus B., 21, Waterbury, VT; enl 8/27/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. G, 4th VVI, mwia, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, d/wds 10/7/62 Ladeau, Joseph, 19, Montpelier, VT; enl 9/4/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. G, 4th VVI, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, d/svc 2/26/64 Matteson, Oscar Johnson, 22, Stamford, VT; enl 10/12/61, m/i 10/31/61, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VVI, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, tr to 132nd Co., 2nd Btln, VRC 1/23/64, m/o 10/31/64 Mayott, Leonard M., 20, Montpelier, VT; enl 9/4/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. G, 4th VVI, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, dis/dsb 3/29/63 Mayott, Victor W., 20, Montpelier, VT; enl 9/19/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. G, 4th VVI, Pvt, Co. H, tr to Co. G, 9/21/61, mwia, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, d/wds 10/5/62 Murray, Michael F., 34, Rockingham, VT; enl 3/26/62, m/i 4/12/62, Pvt, Co. C, 4th VVI, kia, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62 Rollins, Samuel W., 26, Danville, VT; enl 8/28/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co.G, 4th VVI, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, 5/4/63, pow, Weldon Railroad, 6/23/64, Andersonville, prld 12/10/64, d/parole 1/14/65 Seaver, Francis, 21, Halifax, VT; enl 8/27/61, m/i 9/21/61, 4SGT, Co. I, 4th VVI, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, pow, Crampton's Gap, 9/4/62, prld, n.d., dis/dsb 10/7/62 Stockdale, Charles, 19, Cavendish, VT; enl 8/18/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. C, 4th VVI, mwia, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, d/wds 9/19/62 Whitcomb, Henry Philetus, 20, Windsor, VT; enl 8/22/62, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. K, 4th VVI, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, dis/dsb 2/20/63 Whitney, Artemas C., 23, Wheelock, VT; enl 3/4/62, m/i 4/12/62, Pvt, Co. G, 4th VVI, wdd, Crampton's Gap, 9/14/62, tr to VRC 9/1/63, m/o 11/15/65
Medal of Honor George White Hooker, 4th VVI, "rode alone, in advance of his regiment, into the enemy's lines, and before his own men came up received the surrender of the major of a Confederate regiment, together with the colors and 116 men."
Readings Pending.
Links Brooks, William T. H.; Crampton's Gap
Bibliography Pending.

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.

Source: VermontCivilWar.Org Database
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