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Battles, Skirmishes and Encounters

Battles
Newport Barracks, NC
February 2, 1864

Vermont units present/engaged:

9th Infantry


Casualties
Medal of Honor
Readings
Links
Bibliography

 Casualties

Averill, Franklin, 21, Northfield, VT; enl 6/12/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. I, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 7/25/64 (diarrhea)

Bacon, Olcott M., 28, Strafford, VT; enl 11/24/63, m/i 1/6/64, Pvt, Co. G, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, d/diarrhea, 8/14/64, Andersonville

Barton, Peter, 22, Vergennes, VT; enl 5/28/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. C, 9th VVI, dsrtd 9/28/62, rtnd 4/7/63, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Salisbury, d/prison 4/20/64

Beede, Washington C., 32, Washington, VT; enl 12/23/63, m/i 1/9/64, Pvt, Co. I, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, d/prison 9/6/64 (dysentery), Andersonville

Beedle, Henry A., 19, Brookfield, VT; enl 12/26/63, m/i 1/6/64, Pvt, Co. C, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 7/29/64 (dysentery)

Bennett, Charles, 39, Hinesburgh, VT; enl 6/9/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. F, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, d/prison 12/24/64, Andersonville

Blake, Alson H., 21, Milton, VT; enl 5/29/62, m/i 7/9/62, CPL, Co. F, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, prld4/28/65, m/o 5/23/65

Bohonan, Joseph, 25, Washington, VT; enl 12/21/63, m/i 12/26/63, Pvt, Co. I, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 10/24/64 (scorbutus)

Bolton, James F., 40, Middlebury, VT; enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, SGT, Co. I, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 5/30/62, m/i 7/9/62, 1SGT, Co. C, 9th VVI, comn 1LT, 1/1/63 (1/14/63), wdd, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, dis/wds 11/22/64

Burrows, Stephen, 26, Wardsboro, VT; enl 1/2/64, m/i 1/11/64, Pvt, Co. H, 9th VVI, wdd, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, m/o 12/16/64

Caswell, Franklin, 41, Saint Johnsbury, VT; enl 12/30/63, m/i 1/4/64, Pvt, Co. B, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 6/30/64 (diarrhea)

Clark, John K., 19, Shaftsbury, VT; enl 12/12/63, m/i 12/24/63, PVT, Co. F, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64 prld11/24/64, tr to VRC 3/1/65, m/o 7/25/65

Clough, Burchard, 27, Norwich, VT; enl 1/4/64, m/i 1/7/64, Pvt, Co. A, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 6/30/64 (dysentery)

Cobb, Henry, 18, Washington, VT; enl 10/16/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. D, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63;
enl again 1/5/64, m/i 1/9/64, Pvt, Co. I, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 12/6/64, tr to Co. D, 6/13/65, m/o 8/25/65

Davis, Oscar F., 33, Norwich, VT; enl 12/26/63, m/i 1/7/64, Pvt, Co. A, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 9/9/64 (diarrhea)

Deforge, Nathan, 36, Shrewsbury, VT; enl 7/1/62, m/i 7/9/62, PVT, Co. B, 9th VVI, wdd, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, tr to VRC 10/11/64, m/o 7/7/65

Dower, James N., 44, Starksboro, VT; enl 12/21/63, m/i 1/6/64, Pvt, Co. C, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 11/24/64, tr to Co. A, 6/13/65, m/o 12/1/65

Duphiney, Philip, 31, Woodstock, VT; enl 8/25/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. B, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63;
enl again 12/23/63, m/i 12/23/63, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 4/28/65, m/o 5/23/65 (more)

Durkee, George F., 28, Chittenden, VT; enl 12/3/63, m/i 12/26/63, PVT, Co. B, 9th VVI, wdd, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, tr to VRC 12/14/64, m/o 9/14/65

Finegan, John D., 18, Fairfield, VT; enl 6/21/61, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. H, 9th VVI, pr CPL 4/12/65, m/o 6/13/65, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, prld11/20/64

Fletcher, Henry W., 20, Mount Holly, VT; enl 6/7/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. B, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 12/13/64, m/o 6/13/65

Freeman, Charles E., 19, Wolcott, VT; enl 6/26/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. H, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 7/17/64 (scorbutus)

Garry, Thomas P., 20, Weathersfield, VT; enl 6/9/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VVI, wdd, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, m/o 2/27/65

George, Charles S., 18, Corinth, VT; enl 12/14/63, m/i 12/24/63, Pvt, Co. I, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 11/19/64, tr to Co. D, 6/13/65, m/o 12/1/65

Grant, John, 37, West Haven, VT; enl 12/28/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. B, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 2/24/65, furloughed from Camp Parole 3/4/65, nfr

Griswold, Thomas D., 30, Springfield, VT; enl 9/15/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. K, 16th VVI, m/o 8/10/63;
enl again 12/3/63, m/i 1/2/64, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 4/21/65, m/o 5/18/65

Havens, Edwin W., 40, Stowe, VT; enl 5/30/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. H, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 7/29/64 (dysentery)

Hazen, Wayne, 18, North Hero, VT; enl 1/4/64, m/i 1/5/64, Pvt, Co. H, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 8/31/64 (dysentery)

Holman, William C., 37, Braintree, VT; comn 2LT, Co. G, 9th VVI, 7/1/62 (7/1/62), pr 1LT, 3/12/63 (3/20/63), pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Columbia SC, exchanged 5/6/65, m/o 6/13/65

Ives, Franklin, 22, Clarendon, VT; enl 12/24/63, m/i 1/4/64, Pvt, Co. B, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Salisbury, d/prison 5/30/64

Jackson, Henry, 21, North Hero, VT; enl 1/4/64, m/i 1/5/64, Pvt, Co. H, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 4/28/65, m/o 6/9/65

Jenks, William B., 21, Manchester, VT; enl 6/23/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. B, 9th VVI, dsrtd 10/7/62, rtnd 9/1/63, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 11/29/64, m/o 6/13/65

Livingston, Josiah O., 24, Marshfield, VT; comn 1LT, Co. I, 9th VVI, 6/30/62 (6/30/62), pr Adjt., 6/4/63 (6/12/63) pr CPT, Co. G 10/19/64 (11/19/64), wdd, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, m/o 6/13/65. (Medal of Honor!)

Loud, George W., 29, Hartford, VT; enl 12/29/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. A, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 7/1/64

Manion, Patrick, 21, Rutland, VT; enl 12/29/63, m/i 1/5/64, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 6/24/64 (diarrhea c.)

Marcy, Thomas E., 21, Brattleboro, VT; enl 6/30/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. K, 9th VVI, dsrtd 1/11/63, rtnd 3/31/63, wdd, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, pr CPL 9/4/64, m/o 6/13/65

McGoven, Patrick, 18, Jericho, VT; enl 12/4/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. H, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 11/26/64, tr to Co. C, 6/13/65, pr CPL 10/28/65, m/o 12/1/65

Osier, Joseph, 18, Monkton, VT; enl 12/23/63, m/i 12/31/63, Pvt, Co. C, 9th VVI, kia, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64

Osier, Peter, 19, Monkton, VT; enl 12/21/63, m/i 12/31/63, Pvt, Co. C, 9th VVI, mwia, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 12/6/64, d/wds 12/15/64

Pearsons, George H., 21, Brookfield, VT; enl 12/17/63, m/i 1/2/64, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Salisbury, d/prison 4/4/65

Pettit, Thomas H., 18, North Hero, VT; enl 12/31/63, m/i 1/5/64, Pvt, Co. H, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, Millen, d/prison 11/10/64

Phelps, Herman W., 18, North Hero, VT; enl 1/4/64, m/i 1/5/64, Pvt, Co. H, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 8/9/64 (diarrhea)

Piper, William, 24, Weathersfield, VT; enl 6/18/62, m/i 7/9/62, PVT, Co. D, 9th VVI, pr SGT 7/4/63, kia, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64

Proud, Zara Potter, 40, Bennington, VT; enl 12/14/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. A, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, sent to Savannah, d/prison 10/1/64

Raymore, Lewis, 25, Braintree, VT; enl 12/24/63, m/i 1/6/64, Pvt, Co. G, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 9/21/64 (scorbutus)

Riley, Matthew, 27, Randolph, VT; enl 8/11/62, m/i 9/22/62, Pvt, Co. G, 9th VVI, mwia, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, d/wds 2/6/64

Ripley, Thomas, 19, Shrewsbury, VT; enl 6/10/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. B, 9th VVI, pow, Winchester, 9/3/62, prld 10/3/62, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 9/13/64

Rounsevel, Elbridge G., 21, Unity, NH; enl 6/11/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 1/25/65 (scorbutus)

Rudd, Thomas, 25, Fair Haven, VT; enl 12/28/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. B, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 12/16/64, d/dis 1/11/65

Smith, Benjamin M., 34, Lowell, VT; enl 12/15/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. H, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 9/12/64

Smith, Harlow C., 38, Enosburgh, VT; enl 12/22/63, m/i 12/30/62, Pvt, Co. A, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 8/16/64

Smith, Nathan C., 27, Brookfield, VT; enl 12/23/63, m/i 1/2/64, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VVI, kia, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64

Smith, William P., 21, Poultney, VT; enl 5/30/62, m/i 7/9/62, PVT, Co. B, 9th VVI, dsrtd 10/28/62, rtnd 4/21/63, tr to VRC 12/20/64, wdd, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, disch 3/9/65

Stinehowe, Nelson, 23, Ferrisburgh, VT; enl 12/31/63, m/i 1/6/64, Pvt, Co. C, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 11/19/64, d/parole, 11/30/64, onboard transport "Baltic"

Stoddard, Charles W., 36, Dover, VT; enl 12/21/63, m/i 12/31/63, Pvt, Co. K, 9th VVI, wdd, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, m/o 6/7/65; (shot the two first fingers of his right hand off by accident)

Tatro, Alfred, 18, Charlotte, VT; enl 12/29/63, m/i 12/31/63, Pvt, Co. F, 9th VVI, wdd, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, d/marasmus, 8/16/64, Andersonville

Tucker, Milo, 38, Strafford, VT; enl 12/19/63, m/i 1/6/64, Pvt, Co. G, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 8/24/64

Van Steenburg, Charles, 21, Monkton, VT; enl 12/19/63, m/i 12/24/63, Pvt, Co. C, 9th VVI, wdd, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, tr to VRC 6/15/64, m/o 8/5/65

Vosburgh, Jason, 21, Alburg, VT; (Native American) enl 12/29/63, Pvt, Co. H, 9th VVI, m/i 1/5/64, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 11/26/64, dsrtd 2/20/65, rtnd 5/9/65, disch/dishonorable, 6/12/65

Walker, Guy B., 18, Rockingham, VT; enl 12/10/63, m/i 12/11/63, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VVI, wdd, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, m/o 12/1/65

Weller, David, 23, Clarendon, VT; enl 6/12/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. B, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 7/11/64 (typhus fever)

Whitney, Abel D., 18, Tunbridge, VT; enl 12/30/63, m/i 1/2/64, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, d/prison 8/8/64 (diarrhea)

 Medal of Honor

Jewett, Erastus W. (Medal of Honor)

Livingston, Josiah O. (Medal of Honor)

 Readings

Pending.

 Links

Pending.

 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.