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Colonial National Historical Park There are 1,596 marked graves in the cemetery. Of the total of 2,204 burials, 747 are known and 1,436 unknown. Those buried here were for the most part Union Army soldiers, although 10 Confederate soldiers and three wives are also identified. Besides the burials at the cemetery, bodies were removed from Williamsburg in James City County, and altogether from twenty-seven different places in the surrounding country, within a distance of 50 miles. |
There are 55 Vermonters known to be buried here:
Axtell, Channing, enl 9/26/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Bailey, Andrew A., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. A, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/17/62. Died: 4/17/1862
Barnard, William, enl 6/6/62, m/i 7/9/62, CPL, Co. E, 9th VVI, red 2/7/63, d/svc 8/12/63. Died: 8/12/1863
Barney, Mason, enl 10/9/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. E, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Basconner, Mitchell, enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Batten, Albert James, enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Bickford, Zebina Y., enl 10/7/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, d/dis 4/30/62. Died: 4/30/1862
Blakely, Roger T., enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Blayes, Joseph, enl 6/9/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. C, 9th VVI, d/svc 8/17/63. Died: 8/17/1863
Boynton, Austin L., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Campbell, David Jr., enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Cenneville, Felix, enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Clifford, Simeon, enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, d/dis 5/1/62. Died: 4/1/1862
Colburn, Chandler E., enl 10/3/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Connell, Philip, enl 9/28/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Cookman, James, enl 5/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Daggett, Charles R., drafted - enl 7/13/63, m/i 7/13/63, PVT, Co. B, 6th VVI, joined ambulance train 5/17/64, d/dis 5/17/64, Hanover county VA, buried 7/29/64 Yorktown . Died: 7/29/1864
Danforth, Sewell, enl 9/22/61, m/i 10/29/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Daniels, Thomas, enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Demareaux, Joseph, enl 11/18/62, m/i 12/30/62, Pvt, Co. M, 1st VVC, kia, 5/30/64. Died: 5/30/1864
Dibble, David J., enl 8/19/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. I, 4th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Dodge, Edwin R., enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. H, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Downer, William H., enl 9/17/61, m/i 9/17/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Flint, Royal, enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, m/o 6/15/62. Died: 6/15/1862
Godfrey, William W., enl 9/28/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Hill, Henry C., enl 1/19/62, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/18/62. Died: 4/18/1862
Hutchinson, Alonzo, enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. D, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/18/62. Died: 4/18/1862
Keyes, Ephraim, enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, d/dis 4/27/62. Died: 4/27/1862
Locke, Sayles, enl 9/2/61, m/i 9/20/61, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, d/dis 4/26/62. Died: 4/26/1862
Marvin, Andrew J., enl 3/1/64, m/i 3/3/64, Pvt, Co. D, 17th VVI, mwia, 6/10/64, d/wds 6/10/64. Died: 6/10/1864
Monroe, Lester E., enl 6/2/62, m/i 7/9/62, CPL, Co. B, 9th VVI, dsrtd 10/27/62, rtnd 4/21/63, d/dis 9/26/63. Died: 9/26/1863
Morrill, Frank, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Morse, Henry E., enl 8/28/62, m/i 9/22/652, Pvt, Co. G, 9th VVI, accidently shot 9/23/63. Died: 9/23/1863
Niles, Stephen B., enl 8/27/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. I, 4th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, memorial/tombstone at Halifax, VT. Died: 4/16/1862
Oakes, Joseph, enl 10/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. A, 6th VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/25/62. Died: 4/25/1862
Perry, Jacob F., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, 5SGT, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Savory, John H., enl 5/8/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. B, 2nd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/18/62. Died: 4/18/1862
Scott, William, enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, Sleeping Sentinal, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/17/62. Died: 4/17/1862
Shannon, Patrick, enl 6/13/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. E, 9th VVI, d/svc 9/14/63. Died: 9/14/1863
Sprague, Wooster C., enl 5/20/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. I, 2nd VVI, d/dis 4/22/62 (lung infection). Died: 4/22/1862
Stiles, Frank C., enl 10/4/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, d/dis 4/17/62. Died: 4/17/1862
Talbot, Lewis, enl 9/21/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/17/62. Died: 4/17/1862
Tarbell, Walter S., enl 9/11/61, m/i 9/13/61, PVT, Co. F, 1st USSS, d/dis 7/27/62. Died: 7/27/1862
Thomas, Frank J., enl 12/15/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Thompson, Samuel, enl 12/13/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Vance, Walter P., res. Columbia, NH;
enl again 11/24/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Wales, Lucius W., enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, SGT, Co. H, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Waterman, Ezekiel D., enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Wells, Charles W., enl 12/1/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Wells, Seymour F., enl 12/29/63, m/i 3/1/64, Pvt, Co. B, 17th VVI, mwia, Cold Harbor, 6/8/64, d/wds 6/16/64. Died: 6/16/1864
Whitney, Orlando, enl 7/7/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VVI, d/svc 7/3/63. Died: 7/3/1863
Willey, Alonzo F., enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Wilson, Alonzo, enl 8/16/62, m/i 9/26/61, Pvt, Co. G, 1st VVC, m/o 6/21/65, Yorktown gravestone says d 6/21/65. Died: 6/21/1865
Wilson, Don C., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Wilson, Richard, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862
Wyman, John E., enl 9/25/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, d/dis 4/17/62. Died: 4/17/1862
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.