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Battles, Skirmishes and Encounters

Battles
The Wilderness
5-10 May 1864

Vermont units present/engaged:

2nd Infantry
3rd Infantry
4th Infantry
5th Infantry
6th Infantry
10th Infantry
17th Infantry
Sharpshooters


Casualties
Medal of Honor
Readings
Links
Bibliography

 Casualties

[Note: Due to the huge numbers of casualties incurred by Vermont units during the Battle of the Wilderness, we have had to split them into separate files by date. To see casualties for a particular date, select the date you want: May 5; May 6; May 7; May 8; May 9; May 10.]

 Medal of Honor

Rich, Carlos H. (Medal of Honor)

 Readings

Benedict, Chapter 10 (6th Infantry)

Benedict, Chapter 16 (1st Brigade, Wilderness, Spotsylvania)

Benedict, Chapter 24 (10th Infantry)

Benedict, Chapter 25 (11th Infantry)

Benedict, Chapter 27 (17th Infantry)

Benedict, Chapter 28 (1st Cavalry)

Benedict, Chapter 29 (Artillery)

Benedict, Chapter 30 (Sharpshooters)

Benedict, Chapter 6 (2nd Infantry ,Part 2)

Benedict, Chapter 7 (3rd Infantry)

Benedict, Chapter 8 (4th Infantry)

Benedict, Chapter 9 (5th Infantry)

Grant, Lewis A., 1st Brigade; Report on the Wilderness

Stone, Newton; obituary

The Wilderness - Vermont's Bloodiest Day!

 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.