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Antietam National Cemetery

Sharpsburg, MD

Antietam National Cemetery was established in 1865 by the state of Maryland for burial of the men who died in the Maryland Campaign of 1862. The remains of 4,776 Federal soldiers are buried here along with more than two hundred non-Civil War soldiers from later wars.

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There are 53 Vermonters known to be buried here:

Bartlett, Marston H., enl 8/16/62, m/i 9/22/62, Pvt, Co. D, 4th VVI, mwia, 7/10/63, d/wds 8/23/63, M-S/11/216, 220. Died: Frederick, MD, 8/23/1863

Bates, George F., enl 9/20/63, m/i 10/7/63, Pvt, Co. M, 11th VVI, mwia, 8/21/64, d/wds 8/23/64. Died: 8/23/1864

Beals, James M., enl 9/2/64, m/i 9/2/64, d/dis 1/8/65, removed from Monocacy. Died: 1/6/1865

Bean, Albert, enl 8/15/62, m/i 9/15/62, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, d/dis 10/3/64, removed from Weaverton, Monocacy, age 23. Died: 10/3/1864

Blodgett, Andrew Jackson, enl 8/13/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. I, 11th VVI, d/dis 12/1/64, removed from Frederick, age 29. Died: 12/1/1864

Briggs, Sylvester F., enl 8/11/62, m/i 9/30/62, Pvt, Co. A, 4th VVI, d/dis 11/13/62, removed from Hagerstown, Antietam. Died: 11/13/1862

Burns, James Jr., enl 8/8/64, m/i 8/8/64, unassigned recruit, 1st VVC, d/svc 10/1/64, Frederick City MD. Died: 10/1/1864

Cross, Nelson N., enl 3/4/62, m/i 4/12/62, Pvt, Co. C, 5th VVI, kia, Funkstown, 7/10/63, removed from Funkstown. Died: 7/10/1863

Cunningham, Robert T., enl 12/17/63, m/i 1/5/64, Pvt, Co. K, 5th VVI, d/dis 10/9/64, removed from Frederick, Monocacy, age 32. Died: 10/9/1864

Davidson, David Bascom, enl 8/28/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. I, 6th VVI, d/dis 11/5/62, removed from Hagerstown to Antietam, age 19. Died: 11/5/1862

Day, William H., enl 11/30/63, m/i 11/30/63, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VVC, mwia, 8/25/64, d/wds 8/25/64, removed from Weaverton, Monocacy, age 18. Died: 8/25/1864

Dean, Simon P., enl 12/15/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, mwia, Charlestown, 8/21/64, d/wds 8/24/64. Died: 8/24/1864

Delahanty, Patrick, enl 9/3/62, m/i 10/21/62, Pvt, Co. F, 14th VVI, d/dis 7/17/63. Died: 7/17/1863

Everest, George Whitefield, enl 10/7/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. E, 1st VVC, mwia, 7/6/63, d/wds 7/14/63, removed from Williamsport, age 18. Died: 7/14/1863

Fales, Albert E., enl 8/16/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. G, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63;
enl again 1/28/64, m/i 1/28/64, Pvt, Co. H, 5th VVI, tr to Co. K, 3rd VVI, 3/25/64, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, mwia, Charlestown, 8/21/64, d/wds 9/20/64, originally buried Weverton, Monocacy. Died: 9/20/1864

Fay, Emerson C., enl 11/2/63, m/i 11/2/63, Pvt, Co. D, 10th VVI, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 9/25/64, removed from Weaverton, Monocacy, age 19. Died: 9/25/1864

Ford, Charles, enl 8/16/62, m/i 9/30/62, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, d/dis 12/22/62, in C.H., Antietam, removed from Hagerstown. Died: 12/22/1862

Gray, Alva M., enl 12/12/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, mwia, Charlestown, 8/21/64, d/wds 9/18/64 [orig bur Frederick]. Died: 9/18/1864

Hall, Theodore H., enl 12/2/63, m/i 12/16/63, Pvt, Co. E, 4th VVI, d/dis 8/12/64, removed removed from Frederick, Monocacy, age 23. Died: 8/12/1864

Holmes, Lyman B., enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, d/svc 11/1/62, removed from Frederick, Antietam, age 20. Died: 11/1/1862

Hoose, Sylvester J., enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, d/dis 11/24/62, removed from Hagerstown, Antietam, age 22. Died: 11/24/1862

Hopkins, Patrick, drafted - enl 7/1/63, m/i 7/1/63, PVT, Co. C, 10th VVI, arrested and entered the service 1/20/64, mwia, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/wds 8/7/64, removed from Frederick to Monocacy. Died: 8/7/1864

Horner, Albert Norris, enl 9/6/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. I, 6th VVI, d/dis 11/18/62 (intermittent fever), removed from Hagerstown to Antietam. Died: 11/18/1862

Kimball, George H., enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, m/o 12/12/62, 1 VVI, doesn't have n.d. removed from Williamsport. Died: 1/12/1863

Lackey, Marvin H., enl 7/24/62, m/i 9/22/62, Pvt, Co. K, 6th VVI, mwia, 7/10/63, d/wds 10/24/63, M-S/11/238, 12/795. Died: 10/24/1863

Ladam, Peter, enl 12/9/63, m/i 12/9/63, Pvt, Co. A, 5th VVI, mwia, Charlestown, 8/21/64, d/wds 8/22/64, removed from Weaverton, Monocacy, age 18. Died: 8/22/1864

Lane, Noah L., enl 8/15/62, m/i 9/22/62, Pvt, Co. H, 4th VVI, d/dis 11/13/62, removed from Hagerstown, Antietam, says d 11/14/62. Died: 11/13/1862

Late, David, enl 8/25/64, m/i 8/25/64, Pvt, Co. K, 1st VVC, d/dis 1/2/65, M-S/6/745. Died: 1/2/1865

Leonard, Joseph U., enl 8/22/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. E, 5th VVI, wdd, Savage's Station, 6/29/62, kia, Funkstown, 7/10/63, removed from Funkstown. Died: 7/10/1863

Locklin, Dennis, enl 12/8/63, m/i 12/22/63, Pvt, Co. C, 10th VVI, mwia, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/wds 7/12/64, removed from Frederick, Monocacy, age 33. Died: 7/12/1864

Mandigo, Henry H., enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, CPL, Co. I, 2nd VVI, d/dis 10/15/62. Died: 10/15/1862

Marson, Joseph, substitute - enl 8/27/63, m/i 8/27/63, PVT, Co. H, 4th VVI, mwia, Charlestown, 8/21/64, d/wds 9/16/64. Died: 9/16/1864

Moloney/Maloney, Michael, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. H, 3rd VVI, d/dis 11/22/62, Maloney, removed from Hagerstown, Antietam, age 21. Died: 11/22/1862

Morse, Ira E., enl 5/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/svc 11/29/62, removed from Antietam. Died: 11/29/1862

Muntz, John, burial records indicate PVT, 10th INF, removed from Cumberland to Antietam, but not in Revised Roster. Died: 2/23/1862

Musk, Edward, enl 7/17/62, m/i 9/1/62, CPL, Co. K, 10th VVI, red 12/7/62, d/dis 10/2/64. Died: 10/2/1864

Page, Alvah G., enl 7/30/62, m/i 9/22/62, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, mwia, 7/10/63, d/wds 7/22/63, removed from Frederick, age 21. Died: 7/22/1863

Page, Hiram T., enl 8/28/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. K, 15th VVI, d/dis 7/23/63. Died: 7/23/1863

Parsons, Edwin M., enl 12/5/63, m/i 12/12/63, Pvt, Co. A, 11th VVI, d/dis 8/11/64, removed from Frederick, Monocacy, age 19. Died: 8/11/1864

Partridge, George M., enl 10/4/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, wdd, Marye's Heights, 5/3/63, kia, Funkstown, 7/10/63, removed from Funkstown, age 22. Died: 7/10/1863

Racy, Giles, enl 9/14/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. C, 5th VVI, d/dis 11/26/62, removed from Hagerstown, age 21. Died: 11/26/1862

Remington, George R., enl 8/27/62, m/i 10/21/62, Pvt, Co. B, 14th VVI, d/dis 7/19/63. Died: 7/19/1863

Richardson, George C., enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, m/o 12/6/62, removed from Frederick, age 19. Died: 12/9/1862

Scott, George, enl 8/12/62, m/i 9/22/62, dis/dsb 10/21/62. Died: 11/4/1862

Scott, George, enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. B, 6th VVI, d/dis 11/4/62, removed from Hagerstown Cemetery to Antietam. Died: 11/4/1862

Slack, Charles D., enl 8/15/64, m/i 8/15/64, Pvt, Co. G, 8th VVI, d/svc 3/15/65, removed from Frederick, age 33. Died: 3/15/1865

Smith, Alexander, enl 8/6/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. I, 11th VVI, d/dis 10/22/64, removed from Frederick, age 37. Died: 10/22/1864

Smith, Loyal, (Royal?) enl 8/20/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. G, 4th VVI, d/dis Hagerstown, 11/25/64 (orig bur Hagerstown). Died: 11/25/1864

Sprague, George, enl 8/31/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 5th VVI, d/dis 11/12/62, removed from Hagerstown, Antietam, age 20. Died: 11/12/1862

Sumner, Samuel W., enl 1/8/62, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, Co. G, 8th VVI, reen 2/18/64, pr CPL, pr SGT 5/23/64, d/dis 8/6/64, removed from Frederick, Monocacy, age 40. Died: 8/6/1864

Thomas, George C., burial records list as PVT, Co. E, 11th VVI, removed from Weverton, Monocacy, but not in Revised Roster. Died: 8/25/1864

Turner, Burton C., enl 10/30/63, m/i 10/30/63, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, d/dis 11/4/64, removed from Weaverton, age 18. Died: 11/4/1864

Watts, Wesley, enl 10/8/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. E, 1st VVC, kia, 7/8/63, removed from Hagerstown, age 18. Died: 7/6/1863


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.