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Winchester National Cemetery

401 National Avenue
Winchester, VA 22601
Phone: (540) 662-8535

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.

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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.