Records of Soldiers in the Jones Photograph Collection
Aiken, William S., cred. Corinth, VT, age 22, enl 8/31/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. H, 4th VVI, kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64
Baker, Joel Clarke, cred. Danby, VT, age 24, enl 5/27/62, m/i SGT, Co. B, 9th VVI, 7/9/62, pr 1SGT 5/28/63, comn 2LT, Co. K 12/22/63 (2/1/64), pr 1LT, 12/1/64 (12/21/64), resigned 4/16/65 (more)
Barney, Elisha L., cred. Swanton, VT, age 29, comn CPT, Co. K, 6th VVI, 10/15/61 (10/15/61), pr MAJ, 10/15/62 (10/24/62), pr LTC, 12/18/62 (12/27/62), pr COL, 3/18/63 (3/26/63), wdd, Crampton' s Gap, 9/14/62, mwia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, d/wds 5/10/64 (more)
Boutin, Charles W., cred. Windham, VT, age 22, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, CPL, Co. E, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn 1LT, Co. K, 4th VVI, 9/14/61 (9/14/61), pr CPT, Co. D, 12/14/62 (1/24/63), pow, Weldon Railroad, 6/23/64, Columbia, SC, prld 3/1/65, pr MAJ 6/4/65 (6/17/65) m/o 7/13/65 as CPT, Co. D (more)Brown, George D., cred. Putney, VT, age 20, enl 12/11/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. I, 8th VVI, Pvt, Co. I, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, m/o 6/28/65
Bushnell, Henry N., cred. Waitsfield, VT, age 23, enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, SGT, Co. H, 6th VVI, pr 1SGT, 2/19/62, comn 2LT, Co. H, 5/3/63 (6/29/63), pr 1LT, Co. C, 5/15/64 (5/27/64), pr CPT, Co. H, 10/29/64 (11/8/64), m/o 6/26/65 (detached service, Division sharpshooters, 4 months)
Clarke, Almon, cred. Barre, VT, age 21, comn Assistant Surgeon, 10th VVI, 8/11/62 (8/11/62), pr Surgeon, 1st VVC, 3/6/65 (4/5/65), m/o 8/9/65 (more; writings)
Conant, Freeman C., cred. Cavendish, VT, age 26, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 8/7/61, m/i 9/21/61, PVT, Co. C, 4th VVI, pr CPL 11/16/61, dis/dsb 5/1/62;
enl again 8/5/64, m/i 8/5/64, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, m/o 7/31/65 (more)Crandall, Richard Bailey, cred. Berlin, VT, age 24, comn Adjutant, 6th VVI, 10/10/61 (10/15/61), pr CPT, Co. K, 11/1/62 (11/1/62), pr MAJ, 3/18/63 (4/1/63), kia, 6/7/64
Cushman, Edmond E., cred. West Windsor, VT, age 19, enl 7/2/61, m/i 7/16/61, PVT, Co. A, 3rd VVI, pr CPL 4/1/63, pr SGT 5/14/64, pr 1SGT, 8/31/64, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, comn 2LT, Co. B, 3/28/65 (4/26/65), m/o 7/11/65
Cutler, Daniel W., cred. Saint Johnsbury, VT, age 20, enl 9/17/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. E, 6th VVI, reen 12/15/63, tr to Co. K, 10/16/64, pr CPL 6/1/65, m/o 6/26/65, g1891 says Cutter
Davis, Martin V. B., cred. Chelsea, VT, age 21, enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, CPL, Co. E, 2nd VVI, reen 1/31/64, pr SGT, wdd, 5/3/63, 5/5/64, and 10/19/64, m/o 6/18/65
Dickinson, Lucius C., cred. Cavendish, VT, age 36, comn Chaplain, 9th VVI, 7/2/62 (7/2/62), m/o 6/13/65, Methodist-Episcopal
Dinsmore, Charles C., cred. Windsor, VT, age 21, enl 12/2/63, m/i 12/18/63, Pvt, Co. H, 11th VVI, pr CPL 8/8/65, tr to Co. B, 6/24/65, m/o 8/25/65
English, Hiram S., cred. Woodstock, VT, age 24, enl 8/14/62, m/i 9/30/62, PVT, Co. C, 6th VVI, 1/1/63, pr SGT 5/20/64, comn 1LT, Co. C, 10/29/64 (11/8/64), pr Adjutant 11/12/64 (12/15/64), wdd, Banks Ford, 5/4/63, m/o 6/19/65
Ensworth, Thomas Jr., cred. Windsor, VT, age 23, enl 9/2/61, m/i 9/21/61, 1SGT, Co. K, 4th VVI, pr 2LT, Co. C, 6/25/62 (6/25/62), pr 1LT, Co. D, 10/20/63 (1/11/64), mwia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, d/wds 5/7/64
Fisher, Abial Walstein, cred. Danville, VT, age 27, comn 1LT, Co. H, 4th VVI, 9/12/61 (9/12/61), pr CPT, Co. K, 11/5/62 (1/24/63), wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, m/o 9/30/64
Floyd, Horace W., cred. Springfield, VT, age 26, comn 2LT, Co. A, 3rd VVI, 5/21/61 (5/21/61), tr to Co. F as 1LT, 8/13/61 (8/13/61), tr to Co. A 12/1/61, pr CPT, Co. C, 9/22/62 (10/13/62), wdd, where?, 6/21/64, pr MAJ 8/4/64 (8/23/64), pr LTC 10/18/64 (11/4/64), brevet COL 10/19/64 for gallantry before Richmond and in the Shenandoah Valley, m/o at LTC 7/11/65
Ford, George Osman, cred. Granby, VT, age 26, enl 12/16/61 (2/18/62, SGT, Co. K, 8th VVI, pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, comn 2LT 2/19/63 (3/18/63), pr 1LT 7/1/63 (8/8/63), pr CPT 12/28/63 (2/3/64), wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, m/o 2/26/65
George, Harrison B., cred. Morristown, VT, age 25, enl 7/21/63, m/i 9/11/63, PVT, Co. L, 11th VVI, pr CPL 12/27/63, pr SGT 3/1/65, pr Co. Quartermaster Sergeant 6/23/65, tr to Co. C 6/24/65, comn 2LT, Co. C, 6/26/65 (7/10/65), m/o 8/25/65
Goss, Story Norman, cred. Georgia, VT, age 30, comn Assistant Surgeon, 9th VVI, 9/26/62 (10/7/62), resigned 10/15/63 (more)
Hall, Austin H., cred. Waterford, VT, age 24, enl 6/20/61, m/i 7/16/61, PVT, Co. D, 3rd VVI, pr SGT, pr 1SGT wdd, Marye's Heights, 5/3/63, wdd, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, comn 1LT 6/26/64 (7/10/64), m/o 7/24/64 as 1SGT;
comn 1LT, Co. I, 7/28/64 (9/27/64), pr Adjutant 10/18/64 (11/4/64), m/o 7/11/65Hubbard, William H., cred. Lyndon, VT, age 27, enl 6/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, SGT, Co. G, 3rd VVI, comn 2LT, Co. I, 1/15/63 (2/2/63), pr 1LT, Co. D, 11/1/63 (11/10/63), pr CPT, Co. I, 6/26/64 (7/10/64), wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, pr MAJ, 4/19/65 (5/3/65), pr LTC, 6/4/65 (6/17/65), m/o 7/11/65 as MAJ
Hyde, Melvin John, cred. Isle La Motte, VT, age 35, comn Assistant Surgeon, 2nd VVI, 9/12/63 (9/12/63), pr Surgeon 8/1/64 (8/23/64), m/o 7/15/65
Jewett, Albert Burton, cred. Swanton, VT, age 32, comn 1LT, Co. A, 1st VVI, 5/2/61 (5/2/61), m/o 8/15/61;
comn COL, 10th VVI, 8/26/62 (8/30/62), resigned 4/25/64Kenyon, Corroli V., cred. Windsor, VT, age 23, enl 12/14/63, m/i 12/21/63, Pvt, Co. H, 11th VVI, pr CPL 5/6/64, pow, Weldon Railroad, 6/23/64, Andersonville, sent to Goldsboro NC, d/prison 2/28/65
Kimball, Frederick Marius, cred. Glover, VT, age 21, enl 9/20/61, m/i 10/15/61, SGT, Co. D, 6th VVI, pr 1SGT, comn 2LT, Co. G, 2/3/63 (2/13/63), wdd, Banks Ford, 5/4/63, wdd, Funkstown, 7/10/63, dis/wds, 10/22/63; further service in VRC, Co. G, 13th VRC, 24th Co. 2nd Btln, 246th Co. 1st Btln, Co. F, 18th VRC, Co. D, 3rd VRC, Co. D, 22nd VRC (more)
Laird, Robert W., cred. Danville, VT, age 31, comn CPT, Co. H, 4th VVI, 9/12/61, (9/12/61), cashiered, dismissed the service, 4/12/64
Levey, George Hugh, cred. Ludlow, VT, age 20, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. B, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61
Lincoln, Sumner H., cred. Hartford, VT, age 20, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. B, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 9/17/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. B, 6th VVI, comn Adjutant 2/3/63 (2/13/63), wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, pr MAJ, 10/21/64 (10/26/64), pr LTC, 1/7/65 (1/30/65), pr COL, 6/4/65 (6/17/65), m/o 6/26/65 as LTC; 2LT 17th U.S. INF, 2/23/66, 1LT 2/23/66, tr to 26th U.S. INF, 9/21/66, tr to 10th U.S. INF, 5/19/69, CPT 3/28/78 (more offsite)Macomber, John G., cred. Westford, VT, age 21, enl 9/9/61, m/i 10/15/61, SGT, Co. I, 6th VVI, pr 1SGT, 5/1/62, reen 12/15/63, comn 1LT, Co. C, 4/21/64 (5/5/64), kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64
Newt, Alonzo H., cred. Saint Johnsbury, VT, age 26, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. C, 3rd VVI, pr SGT, pr SGT-MAJ 10/18/62, comn 2LT, Co. K, 1/15/63 (2/3/63), pr 1LT, Co. C, 11/1/63 (11/10/63), pr CPT, Co. B, 6/26/64 (7/10/64), pr MAJ, 6/4/65 (6/17/65), m/o 7/11/65 as CPT, Co. B
Nichols, Alfred K., cred. Burlington, VT, age 40, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn 1LT, Co. B, 4th VVI, 8/30/61 (8/30/61), m/o 9/30/64, comn CPT, 1/1/65 (1/13/65), m/o 7/13/65, m/o 7/13/65Parker, Jackson V., cred. Brandon, VT, age 27, comn 2LT, Co. B, 7th VVI, 1/6/62 (2/4/62), pr 1LT, 12/9/62 (1/7/63), pr CPT, 10/22/63 (11/19/63), m/o 3/14/66
Pettingill, Harry B., cred. Newport, VT, age 19, enl 9/4/61, m/i 10/15/61, PVT, Co. D, 6th VVI, pr CPL 5/1/62, reen 12/16/63, pr SGT 12/15/63, pr 1SGT, 6/10/64, comn 2LT, 11/12/64 (12/15/64), pr 1LT, Co. C, 4/22/65 (5/3/65), m/o 6/26/65
Plimpton, Salem M., cred. West Haven, CT, age 0, comn Chaplain, 4th VVI, 9/8/61 (9/18/61), resigned 9/1/62; Congregational
Pollard, Henry Moses, cred. Ludlow, VT, age 27, comn 1LT, Co. I, 8th VVI, 7/12/63 (8/14/63), pr CPT, Co. I, 1/7/63 (12/5/63), pr MAJ, 4/6/65 (4/26/65), m/o 6/28/65 (more)
Rice, Henry H., cred. Brattleboro, VT, age 21, comn 2LT, Co. K, 9th VVI, 7/3/62 (7/3/62), resigned 6/1/63
Richards, Lester S., cred. Concord, VT, age 37, comn 2LT, Co. A, 11th VVI, 8/12/62 (9/3/62), pr 1LT, 11/2/63 (11/20/63), pow, Weldon Railroad, 6/23/64, Columbia SC, prld 3/1/65, resigned 5/16/65
Robinson, William B., cred. Brandon, VT, age 21, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, SGT, Co. G, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 8/25/61, m/i 9/16/61, SGT, Co. H, 5th VVI, pr 1SGT, comn 2LT, Co. K, 4/19/62 (4/19/62), tr to Co. G, pr 1LT, Co. D, 10/22/62 (10/29/62), pr CPT, Co. H, 12/4/62 (12/23/62), wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, dis/wds, 8/8/64Scott, Samuel W., cred. Ryegate, VT, age 21, enl 12/13/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. D, 8th VVI, Pvt, Co. D, 8th VVI, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, m/o 6/28/65
Seaver, Thomas Orvilla, cred. Pomfret, VT, age 27, comn CPT, Co. F, 3rd VVI, 5/24/61 (5/24/61), pr MAJ 8/13/61 (8/13/61), pr LTC, 9/27/62 (10/4/62), pr COL 1/15/63 (2/2/63), m/o 7/27/64 (Medal of Honor!) (more offsite)
Small, Herman L., cred. Windsor, VT, age 23, enl 10/9/61, m/i 10/15/61, PVT, Co. C, 6th VVI, pr CPL 11/20/61, pr SGT, reen 12/15/63, pr 1SGT, 10/1/64, comn 2LT, 4/22/65 (5/3/65), m/o 6/26/65
Smith, Amasa T., cred. Calais, VT, age 20, comn 1LT, Co. K, 3rd VVI, 7/11/61 (7/11/61), pr CPT, /15/63 (2/2/63), resigned 2/13/63
Smith, Frederick Elijah, cred. Montpelier, VT, age 31, comn QM, 8th VVI, 11/23/61 (11/23/61), m/o 11/30/63 (more)
Smith, James W., cred. Newark, VT, age 23, enl 2/3/62, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, Co. K, 8th VVI, reen 2/18/64, pr CPL, pr SGT, pr 1SGT 2/17/64, comn 2LT, 2/20/64 (3/25/64), pow, Boutte Station, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, pr CPT, 2/23/65 (3/13/65), m/o 6/28/65
Stone, Edward Payson, cred. Berlin, VT, age 31, comn Chaplain, 6th VVI, 10/10/61 (10/14/61), resigned 8/27/63; Congregationalist
Stone, Newton, cred. Bennington, VT, age 23, comn 1LT, Co. A, 2nd VVI, 5/16/61 (5/16/61), pr CPT, Co. I, 1/22/62 (1/22/62), pr MAJ, 1/8/63 (1/20/63), pr LTC, 2/9/63 (2/23/63), pr COL, 4/2/64 (4/21/64), kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64 (more)
Thomas, Stephen, cred. West Fairlee, VT, age 51, comn COL, 8th VVI, 11/12/61 (11/12/61), wdd, Port Hudson, 5/27/63, m/o 1/21/65, apptd BG USV, 2/1/65, m/o 8/24/65 (Medal of Honor!)
Thompson, Henry J., cred. Sharon, VT, age 21, enl 12/17/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. D, 8th VVI, Pvt, Co. D, 8th VVI, kia, Port Hudson, 6/14/64
Thorn, Rufus C., cred. Guilford, VT, age 26, enl 11/21/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. I, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, m/o 6/28/65
Tilson, William F., cred. Bethel, VT, age 18, enl 11/1/61, m/i 11/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 2nd USSS, pr SGT 1/3/63, reen 12/21/63, pr 1SGT, 11/26/64, comn 2LT, 11/12/64 (11/19/64), wdd, Wilderness, 5/6/64, tr to Co. G, 4th VVI, 2/25/65, wdd, Petersburg, 4/2/65, dis/wds, 9/8/65
Tracy, William Carter, cred. Windsor, VT, age 23, comn 2LT, Co. K, 4th VVI, 9/14/61 (9/14/61), pr 1LT, Co. H, 11/5/62 (1/24/63), pr CPT, Co. G, 5/5/64 (6/11/64), wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, kia, Weldon Railroad, 6/23/64
Wakefield, Arrington C., cred. Rockingham, VT, age 24, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, PVT, Co. A, 3rd VVI, pr Commissary Sergeant, 2/1/63, comn 2LT, Co. I, 2/25/65 (3/16/65), pr 1LT, Co. C, 5/10/65 (5/20/65), m/o 7/11/65
Wales, Elijah, cred. Brattleboro, VT, age 32, enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, 1SGT Co. C, 2nd VVI, comn 2LT 1/23/62 (1/23/62), pr 1LT 10/20/62 (11/5/62), pr CPT 3/1/63 (3/17/63), wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, brevet MAJ 8/1/64 for gallantry in the Wilderness and subsequent engagements, wdd, 8/14/64, m/o 7/15/65 (more)
Walker, Aldace Freeman, cred. Middlebury, VT, age 20, comn 1LT Co. B, 11th VVI, 8/13/62 (9/3/62), pr CPT 11/30/62, tr to Co. D, 7/11/63, pr MAJ, 6/28/64 (7/11/64), brevet LTC 10/19/64, for gallantry in the Shenandoah Valley, pr LTC, 5/23/65 (6/2/65), m/o 6/24/65 (more)
Webster, Harvey, cred. Randolph, VT, age 38, comn Chaplain, 6th VVI, 11/13/64 (12/17/64), m/o 6/26/65, denom. unkn
Wheeler, Charles Willard, cred. Saint Albans, VT, age 23, enl 8/5/62, m/i 9/1/62, PVT, Co. I, 10th VVI, pr CPL 1/30/63, pr SGT 7/4/64, comn 2LT, Co. I, 8/9/64 (8/23/64), pr 1LT, Co. K, 2/9/65 (2/20/65), wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, pr QM, 3/22/65 (5/10/65), m/o 6/28/65 (more)
Whitcher, John, cred. Ryegate, VT, age 42, enl 6/3/62, m/i 7/9/62, 1SGT, Co. G, 9th VVI, comn 2LT 3/12/63 (3/20/63), resigned 1/29/65
White, Stephen P., cred. Woodstock, VT, age 20, enl 9/26/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. C, 6th VVI, pr SGT 1SGT 6/1/64, reen 12/15/63, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, mwia, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/wds 9/20/64
Whitney, Elijah, cred. Middlesex, VT, age 31, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, Pvt, Co. K, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn 1LT, Co. F, 6th VVI, 10/8/61 (10/15/61), resigned 6/19/62Worthen, Harry N., cred. Bradford, VT, age 26, comn MAJ, 1st VVI, 4/26/61 (4/26/61), m/o 8/15/61;
comn LTC, 4th VVI, 8/15/61 (8/15/61), resigned 7/17/62; later drafted, paid commutation
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.