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209 East Shamrock Street After the war, federal troops moved into the region to begin the process of reconstruction. In 1867, an eight-acre plot was appropriated from local resident François Poussin for the establishment of a national cemetery for deceased Union soldiers who died in the region. Bodies were removed from the surrounding towns such as Mount Pleasant, Cheneyville and Yellow Bayou and reinterred in Alexandria. Remains from Fort Brown, Texas, were reinterred here when the fort was no longer deemed necessary. VA website. |
There are 6 Vermonters known to be buried here:
Fallon, Jeremiah, enl 12/17/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. B, 7th VVI, reen 2/29/64, pr CPL 6/1/65, d/dis 9/13/65. Died: 9/13/1865
Fisk, Elbridge G., enl 2/16/65, m/i 2/16/65, Pvt, Co. K, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/16/65. Died: 8/16/1865
Pollard, Riley H., substitute - enl 8/16/64, m/i 8/16/64, PVT, Co. G, 7th VVI, tr to Co. K, 7/23/65, d/dis 9/25/65. Died: 9/25/1865
Robinson, Robert H., enl 2/8/65, m/i 2/8/65, Pvt, Co. A, 7th VVI, d/dis 1/14/66. Died: 1/14/1866
Smead, George M., enl 8/30/64, m/i 8/30/64, Pvt, Co. E, 7th VVI, d/dis 7/3/65. Died: 7/3/1865
Wilson, Lemuel, enl 2/14/65, m/i 2/14/65, Pvt, Co. I, 7th VVI, d/dis 6/6/65. Died: 6/6/1865
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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