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East Main Street Cemetery, Newport, VT

There are 24 known Civil War-related burials here:

Bedell, Henry Edson, enl 8/4/62, m/i 9/1/62, CPL, Co. D, 11th VVI, pr SGT 8/11/63, pr 2LT 12/28/63 (1/12/64), wdd, Edward's Ferry, 9/13/64, dis/wds, 2/20/65 (diary) , (more). Died: 3/15/1911

Burt, Dawson, enl 7/30/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. K, 10th VVI, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, tr to 1st U.S. ARTY 6/16/65, m/o 6/17/68. Died: unknown

Burt, Orrin, enl 8/23/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. D, 4th VVI, wdd, 7/10/63, reen 12/15/63, pr CPL 1/1/63, kia, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64. Died: 5/12/1864

Corse, Warren, enl 9/11/62, m/i 10/10/62, WGNR, Co. G, 13th VVI, m/o 7/21/63;
enl again 10/28/63, m/i 1/5/64, SGT, Co. A, 17th VVI, mwia, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, d/wds 5/14/64. Died: 5/14/1864

Curtis, William, enl 8/5/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. I, 10th VVI, dis/dsb 8/6/63. Died: 5/6/1932

Dane, Solomon W., enl 12/17/61, Pvt, Co. B, 3rd VVI, dis/dsb 9/22/62. Died: 3/30/1870

Davis, Gardner, enl 5/6/63, m/i 1/10/63, Pvt, Co. L, 11th VVI, wdd, Cold Harbor, 6/1/64, dis/wds, 1/3/65. Died: 6/18/1903

Drew, Lucius W., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. H, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63. Died: 10/16/1908

Field, Henry, enl 12/17/61, Pvt, Co. B, 3rd VVI, dis/dsb 7/19/62. Died: 11/9/1870

Foster, William W., enl 9/2/61, m/i 11/19/61, CPL, Co. I, 1st VVC, reen 12/28/63, pr SGT 12/10/62, comn 2LT, 11/1964 (11/26/64), tr to Co. E, 6/21/65, pr 1LT, Co. I, 2/9/65 (3/6/65), m/o 8/9/65. Died: 1904

Gale, Thomas C., 10th NH INF. Died: 6/24/1924

Grow, George W., enl 8/26/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. D, 4th VVI, dis/dsb 1/1/62. Died: 2/8/1919

Heath, Stephen R., enl 9/16/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. F, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63. Died: unknown

Hunt, Alonzo J., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. B, 3rd VVI, m/o 11/2/62. Died: 1/25/1884

Mooney, Edward D., enl 11/25/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. B, 8th VVI, disch 2/17/63 for pr as 2LT, 3rd La. Native Guards. Died: 12/5/1889

Morse, Stark N., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. H, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63. Died: 2/14/1912

Page, Alonzo L., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, PVT, Co. B, 3rd VVI, reen 12/21/63, pr CPL 4/23/65, pr SGT 6/20/65, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, m/o 7/11/65. Died: 10/16/1908

Page, Martin L., enl 9/13/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. D, 6th VVI, d/dis 12/22/61. Died: 12/22/1861

Quimby, Elias M., enl 11/12/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. I, 1st VVC, pow, Stony Creek, 6/29/64, Andersonville, d/prison 8/31/64. Died: 8/31/1864

Richmond, Kendrick, enl 8/11/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. F, 11th VVI, m/o 3/30/65. Died: after 1890

Smith, John C., enl 12/12/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. B, 8th VVI, pr CPL 5/1/65, m/o 6/28/65. Died: 7/20/1912

Wheeler, Ruel Richard, drafted - enl 7/31/63, m/i 7/31/63, PVT, Co. B, 3rd VVI, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, dis/wds, 3/10/65. Died: 7/29/1879

Wheeler, William, enl 9/15/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. D, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63. Died: 1/23/1864

Wheelock, Frank, enl 2/10/65, m/i 2/10/65, Pvt, Co. B, 8th VVI, m/o 6/28/65. Died: 5/19/1928


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.