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Battles, Skirmishes and Encounters

Battles
Fisher's Hill, VA
21-22 September 1864

Vermont units present/engaged:

1st Vermont Brigade

2nd Infantry
3rd Infantry
4th Infantry
5th Infantry
6th Infantry
11th Infantry

8th Infantry
10th Infantry
1st Cavalry

Casualties
Medal of Honor
Readings
Links
Bibliography

 Casualties

Austin, Riley C., 32, Benson, VT; enl 12/23/63, m/i 12/26/63, Pvt, Co. G, 8th VVI, kia, Fisher's Hill, 9/22/64

Dodge, Leroy, 25, Barre, VT; enl 7/29/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. B, 10th VVI, mwia, Fisher's Hill, 9/22/64, d/wds 10/28/64

Hall, Plummer B., 19, Sheffield, VT; enl 6/10/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. A, 10th VVI, wdd, Cold Harbor, 6/1/64, kia, Fisher's Hill, 9/22/64

Hicks, John A. Jr., 20, Rutland, VT; enl 8/5/62, m/i 9/1/62, SGT-MAJ, 10th VVI, comn 2LT, Co. B, 12/27/62 (1/1/63), pr 1LT, Co. B, 6/6/64 (6/23/64), pr CPT, Co. E, 12/19/64 (1/30/65), wdd, Fisher's Hill, 9/22/64, dis/dsb 5/2/65; brevet MAJ to date from 3/13/65, for gallant service at the battle of Fisher's Hill, Va., and for gallant and meritorious services during the war.

Nye, Albert N., 22, Highgate, VT; enl 8/4/62, m/i 9/1/62, CPL, Co. F, 10th VVI, pr SGT 6/5/64, wdd, Fisher's Hill, 9/22/64, pr 1SGT 5/14/65, comn 2LT 6/15/65 (6/26/65), m/o 6/22/65 as 1SGT

Sanborn, Charles H., 18, Sheffield, VT; enl 12/10/61, m/i 12/10/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, wdd, 5/12/64, reen 2/9/64, kia, Fisher's Hill, 9/22/64

 Medal of Honor

There were no Vermonters awarded the Medal of Honor as a result of this battle.

 Readings

Benedict, Chapter 18 (1st Brigade, Shenandoah Valley)

Benedict, Chapter 22 (8th Infantry)

Benedict, Chapter 25 (11th Infantry)

Foster, George P., 1st Brigade; Report of 26 Sep 64

Shenandoah Valley Roll of Honor

Sheridan, Philip, Army of the Shenandoah; Report of Campaign

Vermont Brigade in the Shenandoah Valley

 Links

Benedict, Chapter 18 (1st Brigade, Shenandoah Valley)

Benedict, Chapter 22 (8th Infantry)

Benedict, Chapter 25 (11th Infantry)

Fisher's Hill, battle of

Fisher's Hill, Union Order of Battle

Foster, George P., 1st Brigade; Report of 26 Sep 64

Shenandoah Valley Roll of Honor

Sheridan, Philip, Army of the Shenandoah; Report of Campaign

Vermont Brigade in the Shenandoah Valley

 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.