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401 National Avenue Winchester National Cemetery was established on land appropriated for burials during the Civil War. This was the final resting place for Union soldiers who fought and died at the battles of Winchester, New Market, Front Royal, Snickers Gap, Harper’s Ferry, Martinsburg, and Romney. It contains 15 monuments, most commemorating units that fought in the battles of the Shenandoah Valley, including the granite 8th Regiment Vermont Infantry Monument. |
There are 82 Vermonters known to be buried here:
Allard, Charles, enl 8/6/64, m/i 8/6/64, Pvt, Co. C, 11th VVI, d/dis 11/11/64. Died: 11/11/1864
Allen, Jonathan Vaile, enl 1/30/62, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, Co. H, 8th VVI, pr CPL, pr SGT 1/1/64, reen 3/5/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64; orig bur Cooley's Farm. Died: 10/19/864
Aseltyne, John M., enl 8/16/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. F, 10th VVI, pr CPL 1/1/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64 (photo). Died: 10/19/864
Austin, George E., enl 9/6/64, m/i 9/6/64, Pvt, Co. G, 8th VVI, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Bailey, Bentley, enl 8/8/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. B, 11th VVI, d/dis 10/15/64, Brattleboro Hsptl. Died: 10/15/1864
Bailey, Samuel W., enl 5/15/61, m/i 6/20/61, PVT, Co. I, 2nd VVI, pr CPL, 10/10/62, pr SGT 2/26/63, reen 12/21/63, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 10/21/64. Died: 10/21/1864
Bancroft, John, enl 7/28/62, m/i 9/26/62, pow, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, prld 8/2/18863, d/prison, 4/29/65 (originally buried Camp Mill, Harper's Ferry. Died: 4/29/1865
Barber, Charles S., enl 12/2/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. D, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, d/svc 2/26/65; orig buried Stevenson Farm. Died: 2/26/1865
Bovat/Beauvais, Lewis, enl 2/5/64, m/i 2/5/64, PVT, Co. C, 5th VVI, kia, Winchester, 9/19/64 (orig bur Griffiths Farm). Died: 9/19/1864
Bowen, Dustin Jr., enl 8/5/64, m/i 8/5/64, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, d/dis 12/9/64 (orig bur. Methodist Graveyard). Died: 12/9/1864
Brock, Edward A., enl 11/30/63, m/i 12/26/63, Pvt, Co. G, 6th VVI, d/dis 10/19/64 (orig bur Methodis Graveyard). Died: 10/19/1864
Brown, James H., enl 12/10/63, m/i 12/12/63, Pvt, Co. I, 1st VVC, d/dis 8/24/64 (orig bur. Jacob Stirdes Farm). Died: 8/24/1864
Brown, Jude, enl 9/18/61, m/i 11/19/61, pow 9/2/64, prld 9/22/62; pow 5/5/64, Andersonville, d/prison, 10/1/64, orig Jacob Stude Farm Va. Died: 10/1/1864
Burbee, Peter D., enl 8/4/64, m/i 8/4/64, Pvt, Co. G, 11th VVI, d/dis 12/30/64, g1891 says Burpee. Died: 12/30/1864
Burnap, Wyman R., enl 7/19/62, m/i 9/1/62, PVT, Co. I, 11th VVI, pr SGT 9/1/64, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 9/21/64. Died: 9/21/1864
Cameron, Cleson, enl 8/9/62, m/i 9/1/62, PVT, Co. A, 11th VVI, pr CPL 1/23/64, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 9/23/64 (orig bur Burgess VA). Died: 9/23/1864
Chase, Edwin B., enl 8/19/64, m/i 8/19/64, Pvt, Co. I, 2nd VVI, d/dis 11/27/64. Died: 11/27/1864
Chase, Phillips E., enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, SGT, Co. I, 2nd VVI, pr 1SGT, 10/15/61, comn 2LT, Co. A, 1/24/62 (1/24/62), pr 1LT, 5/21/62 (5/21/62), pr CPT, Co. G, 10/17/62 (11/5/62), wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, m/o 6/29/64. Died: 5/20/1889
Chenette, Francis Jr., enl 12/10/63, m/i 12/16/63, Pvt, Co. K, 11th VVI, d/dis 11/3/64 (orig bur. Braggs Farm). Died: 11/3/1864
Clough, Marcus M., enl 8/16/62, m/i 9/15/62, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VVI, wdd, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, kia, Charlestown, 8/21/64 (more). Died: 8/21/1864
Cook, Lewis B., drafted - enl 8/4/63, m/i 8/4/63, PVT, Co. D, 6th VVI, kia, Charlestown, 8/21/64. Died: 8/21/1864
Copeland, John N., enl 8/5/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. A, 11th VVI, pr CPL 8/7/64, kia, Charlestown, 8/21/64. Died: 8/21/1864
Crossman, Dexter, enl 12/30/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64; orig bur Bragg's Farm. Died: 10/19/864
Davis, Willard M., enl 8/18/64, m/i 8/18/64, PVT, Co. K, 11th VVI, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64 (orig bur Newoomes Farm). Died: 10/19/864
Deady, John, enl 3/24/62, m/i 4/12/62, PVT, Co. A, 3rd VVI, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, died 12/8/64 (orig bur Lutheran Burying Yard). Died: 12/8/1864
Decamp, Henry E., enl 9/1/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. E, 16th VVI, m/o 8/10/63;
enl again 9/3/63, m/i 10/7/63, Pvt, Co. M, 11th VVI, pr CPL 11/29/63, red 6/23/64, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 1/6/65. Died: 1/6/1865
Down, William A., enl 12/22/63, m/i 1/5/64, Pvt, Co. F, 5th VVI, d/dis 11/29/64. Died: 11/29/1864
Dumas, Paul, enl 8/15/62, m/i 9/29/62, Pvt, Co. L, 1st VVC, kia, Middletown, 11/12/64. Died: 11/12/1864
Dupuis, Antoine, enl 7/1/64, m/i 7/1/64, Pvt, Co. G, 8th VVI, d/dis 10/16/64. Died: 10/16/1864
Edgerley, James, enl 8/20/64, m/i 8/20/64, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, d/dis 10/31/64. Died: 10/31/1864
Edwards, Lawrence, enl 9/7/64, m/i 9/7/64, Pvt, Co. G, 4th VVI, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Estus, Lucius S., enl 12/19/63, m/i 12/25/63, Pvt, Co. A, 8th VVI, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Field, Daniel B, enl 7/30/62, m/i 9/1/62, CPL, Co. B, 11th VVI, pr SGT 1/18/64, kia, Charlestown, 8/21/64. Died: 8/21/1864
Fisk, John H., enl 7/16/62, m/i 9/1/62, 1SGT, Co. K, 11th VVI, red 8/16/63, pr CPL 8/64, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 9/24/64. Died: 9/24/1864
Foster, Henry S., enl 3/17/62, m/i 4/12/62, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, reen 3/21/64, kia, Charlestown, 8/21/64. Died: 8/21/1864
Foster, Thomas, enl 11/21/63, m/i 12/1/63, Pvt, Co. K, 11th VVI, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Freeman, Henry F., enl 8/6/62, m/i 9/1/62, PVT, Co. G, 10th VVI, pr CPL 5/12/64, wdd, 6/5/64, pr SGT 8/18/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Geer, Thomas L., enl 8/12/64, m/i 8/12/64, Pvt, Co. A, 8th VVI, d/dis 12/15/64. Died: 12/15/1864
Goodrich, Levi L., enl 8/11/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. B, 11th VVI, pr Artificer 12/26/63, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 9/27/64. Died: 9/27/1864
Gordon, Joseph W., enl 10/7/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. D, 1st VVC, kia, 7/2/62, not in action 7/2/62??. Died: 7/2/1862
Greig, James, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, PVT, Co. C, 3rd VVI, reen 12/21/63, pr CPL, pr SGT 1/1/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Hale, James, enl 8/4/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. H, 10th VVI, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, pr CPL 9/20/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Harding, John W., enl 2/9/65, m/i 2/9/65, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, d/dis 3/6/65. Died: 3/6/1865
Hill, Henry G., substitute - enl 7/24/63, m/i 7/24/63, PVT, Co. E, 2nd VVI, wdd, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, mwia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, d/wds 10/26/64. Died: 10/26/1864
Holden, James B., enl 9/20/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VVC, mwia, 5/24/62, d/wds 5/26/62. Died: 5/26/1862
Hudson, Napoleon B., enl 8/18/62, m/i 9/30/62, Pvt, Co. D, 4th VVI, wdd, 5/10/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Lewis, John D., enl 8/5/64, m/i 8/5/64, Pvt, Co. K, 8th VVI, mwia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, d/wds 11/11/64. Died: 11/11/1864
Lynde, Elbridge F., enl 8/8/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. E, 11th VVI, kia, Charlestown, 8/21/64. Died: 8/21/1864
Mahoney, William, enl 6/7/62, m/i 9/1/62, CPL, Co. E, 10th VVI, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Manley, Samuel G., enl 9/16/61, m/i 9/19/61, Pvt, Co. A, 1st VVC, d/dis 5/5/62. Died: 5/5/1862
McGelley, Thomas, enl 12/8/63, m/i 12/18/63, Pvt, Co. K, 2nd VVI, kia, 9/9/64, not in action 9/9/64??. Died: 9/9/1864
Meacham, Ashbell C., enl 9/28/61, m/i 11/19/61, CPL, Co. D, 1st VVC, kia, 5/25/62. Died: 5/25/1862
Miller, Andrew E., enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. C, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 10/7/61, m/i 11/19/61, PVT, Co. B, 1st VVC, reen 12/30/63, mwia, n.d., d/wds 11/15/64, pow 4/19/62, prld 5/11/62. Died: 11/15/1864
Miller, Thomas J., enl 8/15/62, m/i 9/22/62, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, wdd, 5/4/63, pr CPL 11/1/63, kia, 9/21/64. Died: 9/21/1864
Mills, Alonzo, enl 12/24/63, m/i 12/24/63, Pvt, Co. I, 8th VVI, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Minor, Frank, enl 11/7/63, m/i 11/15/63, Pvt, Co. K, 11th VVI, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 10/8/64. Died: 10/8/1864
Morse, Edward, drafted - enl 7/22/63, m/i 7/22/63, PVT, Co. B, 6th VVI, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Naylor, John, enl 8/26/61, m/i 9/16/61, CPL, Co. G, 5th VVI, reen 12/15/63, red, kia, Winchester, 9/19/64. Died: 9/19/1864
Ormsby, George E., enl 12/3/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. H, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Page, Josiah E., enl 9/2/64, m/i 9/2/64, Pvt, Co. C, 3rd VVI, mwia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, d/wds 12/12/64. Died: 12/12/1864
Parker, Joseph W., enl 8/13/62, m/i 9/15/62, Pvt, Co. G, 5th VVI, d/dis 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/1864
Parker, Myron E., enl 9/1/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. E, 16th VVI, m/o 8/10/63;
enl again 12/24/63, m/i 1/5/64, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, pr CPL 8/31/64, mwia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, d/wds 11/9/64. Died: 11/9/1864
Parmenter, Charles, enl 9/8/64, m/i 9/8/64, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, representative recruit for Hon. Justin S. Morrill, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Patch, Ransom M., enl 8/11/62, m/i 9/1/62, PVT, Co. C, 11th VVI, pr CPL 4/12/63, pr SGT 12/28/63, pr 1SGT, 8/7/64, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 11/11/64. Died: 11/11/1864
Proctor, William, enl 12/4/63, m/i 12/12/63, Pvt, Co. F, 10th VVI, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: Cedar Creek, Va., 10/19/1864
Prouty, John, enl 8/30/64, m/i 8/30/64, Pvt, Co. H, 8th VVI, d/dis 11/22/64. Died: 11/22/1864
Rabitaux, Joseph, enl 7/30/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. C, 11th VVI, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Reed, William, enl 12/3/63, m/i 12/3/63, Pvt, Co. E, 2nd VVI, wdd, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 9/19/64. Died: 9/19/1864
Rich, John J., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. I, 3rd VVI, reen 12/21/63, kia, Charlestown, 8/21/64. Died: 8/21/1864
Rich, Richard F., enl 8/20/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. K, 4th VVI, reen 12/15/63, pr CPL 2/21/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Russell, Marcellus T., enl 7/17/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. H, 11th VVI, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 9/26/64. Died: 9/26/1864
Shores, Paschal Prescott, enl 12/9/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. K, 8th VVI, pow 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, wdd, 6/4/63, reen 1/5/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Skinner, Nelson F., enl 7/23/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. F, 11th VVI, pr CPL 1/23/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Smith, Daniel E., enl 11/27/63, m/i 12/25/63, Pvt, Co. I, 3rd VVI, wdd, 5/18/64, kia, Charlestown, 8/21/64. Died: 8/21/1864
Spaulding, Alden A., enl 7/30/64, m/i 8/5/64, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, kia, Winchester, 9/19/64. Died: 9/19/1864
Vondell, Henry L., enl 9/20/62, m/i 9/30/62, PVT, Co. A, 6th VVI, wdd, Charlestown, 8/21/64, pr CPL 6/6/64, tr to VRC 2/6/65, m/o 7/1/65. Died: 5/23/1888?
Voodry, Henry C., enl 2/8/62, m/i 4/12/62, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, reen 3/19/64, pr CPL, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64. Died: 10/19/864
Warren, Myron P., enl 12/16/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. B, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, pr CPL, mwia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, d/wds 10/11/64. Died: 10/11/1864
Wetherbee, Carroll N., enl 7/21/62, m/i 9/1/62, CPL, Co. G, 11th VVI, red 9/21/63, pr CPL 1/28/64, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 9/20/64. Died: 9/20/1864
Whitney, Benjamin F., enl 12/4/63, m/i 12/4/63, Pvt, Co. K, 11th VVI, wdd, Cold Harbor, 6/1/64, d/svc 11/1/64. Died: 11/1/1864
Williams, John D., enl 8/28/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. B, 6th VVI, m/o 12/31/62. Died: 10/26/1864
Woodward, John, enl 8/4/64, m/i 8/4/64, Pvt, Co. B, 11th VVI, mwia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, d/wds 10/22/64. Died: 10/22/1864
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.