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Allen, George B., Highgate, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. A, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 12/18/63, m/i 12/24/63, PVT, Co. F, 7th VVI, m/o 6/15/65, Great-grandfather of Frank Benway, Biloxi, MS

Barr, John Clark, Highgate, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, CPL, Co. A, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 9/28/61, m/i 10/15/61, 1SGT, Co. K, 6th VVI, dis/dsb 10/31/62, 2nd great-granduncle of Wanda Alter, Altamonte, FL

Blair, Israel, Fairfield, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. C, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 11/16/61, m/i 11/19/61, PVT, Co. K, 1st VVC, wdd, Hagerstown, 7/6/63, pow, Hagerstown, 7/6/63, prld 7/23/63, m/o 11/4/64, 2nd great-grandfather of Mark L. H. Jacques, Amherst, MA

Bouvier, Antoine (Simeon), Highgate, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. A, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61 (more), Great-granduncle of Frederick Finnerty, South Royalton, VT

Bouvier, Antoine (Simeon), Highgate, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. A, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61 (more), Great-granduncle of Sharon Lamothe, Lowell, MA

Bouvier, Antoine (Simeon), Highgate, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. A, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61 (more), Great-granduncle of David Bouvier, Sterling, MA

Bradley, Horace A., Hartland, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. B, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 8/19/62, cred Woodstock, m/i 10/4/62, CPL, Co. B, 12th VVI, red 6/4/63, m/o 7/14/63, 2nd great-grandfather of Mike Teter, Garden Plain, KS

Button, William H., Sheldon, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. C, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 9/5/61, m/i 9/16/61, SGT, Co. A, 5th VVI, dsrtd 10/36/62, rtnd 3/20/63, red, kia, Salem Heights, 5/4/63, 2nd great-grandfather of Lori Garfield, Thomaston, CT

Crawford, Andrew J., Swanton, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. A, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 1/25/62, m/i 2/12/62, PVT, Co. F, 7th VVI, m/o 8/30/64, 2nd great-grandfather of Ruth Workman, Benicia, CA

Crothers, William Ayers, Clarendon, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. G, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61, great-grandfather of Neil Raine, Lake Almanor, CA

Davis, George Evans, Burlington, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn 2LT, Co. D, 10th VVI, 8/5/62 (8/30/62), pr 1LT 1/26/63 (2/4/63), wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, pr CPT 11/2/64 (11/21/64), m/o 6/22/65 (Medal of Honor!), great-grandfather of June Davis Kenney, Bolton, VT

Emery, Nelson W., Cavendish, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 12/11/61, m/i 2/18/62, SGT, 1st VVLAB, m/o 8/10/64, great-grandfather of Kathleen Bailey Mietlicki, Andover, KS

Everetts, Thomas, Brandon, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. G, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 11/30/61, m/i 2/12/62, CPL, Co. B, 7th VVI, reen 2/20/64, pr SGT 3/1/63, pr 1SGT, 7/6/65, comn 2LT, 3/1/66 (4/9/66), m/o 3/14/66 as 1SGT, 3rd great-grandfather of John Heintzman, Columbus, OH

Freeman, William, Monkton, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. I, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 10/1/61, m/i 10/15/61, PVT, Co. A, 6th VVI, dis/dsb 1/8/62 ("during the last 2 months said soldier has been unfit for duty 40 days. He is so bloated by dropsy as to be unfit to discharge any military duty and will never probably recover." CPT George Parker Camp Griffin Dec 16, 1861 "? coming on since enlistment which I think will prove fatal and he is very anxious to reach his home before he dies. I think he should be immediately discharged." C. M Chandler surgeon Camp Griffin Jan 8 1862), d/dis 2/4/62, 3rd great-granduncle of Nickie Rivers-Cheney, Ticonderoga, NY

Freeman, William, Monkton, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. I, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 10/1/61, m/i 10/15/61, PVT, Co. A, 6th VVI, dis/dsb 1/8/62 ("during the last 2 months said soldier has been unfit for duty 40 days. He is so bloated by dropsy as to be unfit to discharge any military duty and will never probably recover." CPT George Parker Camp Griffin Dec 16, 1861 "? coming on since enlistment which I think will prove fatal and he is very anxious to reach his home before he dies. I think he should be immediately discharged." C. M Chandler surgeon Camp Griffin Jan 8 1862), d/dis 2/4/62, 2nd great-granduncle of Teena Rivers Lafleche, Panton, VT

Freeman, William, Monkton, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. I, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 10/1/61, m/i 10/15/61, PVT, Co. A, 6th VVI, dis/dsb 1/8/62 ("during the last 2 months said soldier has been unfit for duty 40 days. He is so bloated by dropsy as to be unfit to discharge any military duty and will never probably recover." CPT George Parker Camp Griffin Dec 16, 1861 "? coming on since enlistment which I think will prove fatal and he is very anxious to reach his home before he dies. I think he should be immediately discharged." C. M Chandler surgeon Camp Griffin Jan 8 1862), d/dis 2/4/62, 2nd great-granduncle of Teena Rivers Lafleche, Panton, VT

Freeman, William, Monkton, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. I, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 10/1/61, m/i 10/15/61, PVT, Co. A, 6th VVI, dis/dsb 1/8/62 ("during the last 2 months said soldier has been unfit for duty 40 days. He is so bloated by dropsy as to be unfit to discharge any military duty and will never probably recover." CPT George Parker Camp Griffin Dec 16, 1861 "? coming on since enlistment which I think will prove fatal and he is very anxious to reach his home before he dies. I think he should be immediately discharged." C. M Chandler surgeon Camp Griffin Jan 8 1862), d/dis 2/4/62, 2nd great-granduncle of Teena Rivers Lafleche, Panton, VT

Griggs, George Henry, Rutland, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. I, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 8/8/62, m/i 10/4/62, CPL, Co. K, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63, Grandfather of Orrin R. Griggs, Devon, AB

Hendry, Edwin B., Brandon, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. G, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 11/27/61, m/i 2/12/62, SGT, Co. B, 7th VVI, pr 1SGT, 10/18/62, reen 2/20/64, comn 1LT, 4/23/65 (6/4/65), m/o 3/1/66, great-granduncle of Linda McGowan, Richmond, VT

Hurlbut, Byron J., Georgia, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. A, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 11/25/61, m/i 2/18/62, SGT, Co. F, 8th VVI, m/o 6/22/64, great-grandfather of Scott Hurlburt, Essex, NY

Hyde, Joshua M., Middlebury, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. I, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 12/9/61, m/i 2/12/62, PVT, Co. C, 7th VVI, reen 9/15/64, dsrtd 9/2/64, rtnd n.d., dis/dsb 5/22/65
Co. D/E, 5th US CAV, no dates (alias Hyde, John M.), Great-granduncle of Helen Smart, Brevard, NC

Kilbourne, Edwin A., Bradford, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, SGT, Co. D, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn 1LT, Co. G, 9th VVI, 7/1/62 (7/1/62), pr CPT, 3/12/63 (3/20/63), resigned 9/27/64, Great-grandfather of Rob Kilbourne, Placerville, CA

Kinney, Edwin R., Burlington, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn 2LT, Co. I, 6th VVI, 10/7/61 (10/15/61), pr 1LT, 1/18/62 (1/18/62), wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, pr CPT, Co. G, 6/5/63 (7/21/63), wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, pr MAJ, 6/4/65 (6/17/65), m/o 6/26/65 as CPT, Co. G, 2nd great-grandfather of Mary Jo Bailey, Sauk Village, IL

Kittredge, George H., Saint Albans, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, SGT, Co. C, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn 2LT, Co. E, 12th VVI, 9/1/62 (10/2/62), m/o 7/14/63, 2nd great-grandfather of Jeffrey S. Lovejoy, Schwetzingen, Germany

Larkin, James Warren, Andover, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 11/30/61, m/i 2/12/62, CPL, Co. G, 7th VVI, pr SGT 6/25/64, pr 1SGT, 9/12/65, comn 2LT, 3/1/66 (4/9/66), m/o 3/14/66 as 1SGT, 2nd great-granduncle of Doug Williams, Putney, VT

Leach, Cyrus B., Bradford, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, 1SGT, Co. D, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn CPT, Co. D, 8th VVI, 12/28/61 (12/28/61), m/o 6/22/64 (more), (photo), Great-grandfather of Barbara Foss, Vidalia, GA

Leach, Cyrus B., Bradford, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, 1SGT, Co. D, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn CPT, Co. D, 8th VVI, 12/28/61 (12/28/61), m/o 6/22/64 (more), (photo), great-grandfather of Richard Leach, Little Rock, AR

Miller, Robert G., Swanton, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. A, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 2/4/62, m/i 2/12/62, PVT, Co. F, 7th VVI, reen 2/16/64, pow 3/24/64, prld 4/21/65, m/o 5/18/65, Great-grandfather of Richard A. Miller, Claremont, NH

Miller, Robert G., Swanton, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. A, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 2/4/62, m/i 2/12/62, PVT, Co. F, 7th VVI, reen 2/16/64, pow 3/24/64, prld 4/21/65, m/o 5/18/65, Great-granduncle of Des Miller, AU

Miller, Robert G., Swanton, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. A, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 2/4/62, m/i 2/12/62, PVT, Co. F, 7th VVI, reen 2/16/64, pow 3/24/64, prld 4/21/65, m/o 5/18/65, 3rd great-grandfather of Dawn Rennert, CT

Nichols, William Thomas, Rutland, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, Pvt, Co. K, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn COL, 14th VVI, 9/25/62 (10/7/62), m/o 7/30/63, 2nd great-grandfather of Thyrza Goodeve, New York

Ormsbee, Charles James, Brandon, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, CPL, Co. G, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn 2LT, Co. H, 5th VVI, 9/6/61 (9/6/61), pr CPT, Co. D, 9/7/62 (9/16/62), kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, 2nd great-granduncle of James H. Tenney, McLean, VA

Perkins, Hiram E., Saint Albans, VT, prewar CPL, Ransom Guards, comn 1LT, Co. C, 1st VVI, 3/20/61 (3/20/61), m/o 8/15/61;
comn CPT, Co. F, 8th VVI, 1/3/62 (1/3/62), pr MAJ, 1st LA Native Guards (73rd USCI), 4/9/63, resigned 7/30/64, (more), 2nd great-grandfather of Tim Upton, Burlington, VT

Peters, Charles E., Bradford, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. D, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 1/29/62, cred Bradford, VT, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, Co. D, 8th VVI, m/o 7/8/62, 3rd great-grandfather of Janell Walsh, Highlands Ranch, CO

Rounds, Edgar M., Rutland, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, CPL, Co. K, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/6;
comn 2LT, Co. K, 12th VVI, 9/27/62 (10/2/62), pr 1LT, 2/14/63 (2/20/63), m/o 7/14/63, Ancestor of Jack Messick, -

Sandford, Dewey, Highgate, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. C, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61, 2nd great-granduncle of Timothy Ryan, Jonesboro, AR

Seaver, Richard A., Pomfret, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. B, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 10/1/61, m/i 11/19/61, 2SGT Co. E, 1st VVC, pr 1SGT, pow, Hagerstown, 7/6/63, prld 12/28/63, comn 2LT, 6/4/64 (6/24/64), m/o 11/18/64, 2nd great-grandfather of Dianna Hayford, Barre, VT

Spring, George L., Chester, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 9/15/62, m/i 10/23/62, CPL, Co. K, 16th VVI, red 7/3/63, m/o 8/10/63, 3rd great-grandfather of Keith Wilkes, Tulsa, OK

Stearns, Henry Gould, Swanton, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, Musician, Co. A, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 11/22/61, m/i 2/12/62, 1SGT, Co. F, 7th VVI, comn 2LT, 8/28/62 (9/25/62), resigned 1/27/63;
enl again 1/1/64, m/i 1/4/64, PVT, Co. E, 11th VVI, tr to Co. A 6/24/65, m/o 8/25/65, Ancestor of Jeannine Stearns Joyce, -

Stone, Solomon C., Northfield, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. F, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61, Great-grandfather of Rufus Stone, Enfield, NH

Thompson, William Henry, Chester, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, SGT, Co. E, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61, 2nd great-grandfather of Ken Thompson, Plymouth, MA

Thrall, Reuben Roland, Rutland, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. K, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 8/8/62, m/i 10/4/62, CPL, Co. K, 12th VVI, pr SGT 2/14/63, m/o 7/14/63 , 2nd great-grandfather of Gardner Thrall Smith, Jackson, WY

Turner, Charles, Georgia, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. C, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 9/23/61, m/i 11/19/61, PVT, Co. B, 1st VVC, pow, 9/6/62, prld 9/15/62, dis/dsb 2/2/63, 2nd great-grandfather of Clifford Turner, Ft. Wayne, IN

Washburn, Peter Thacher, Woodstock, VT, comn LTC, 1st VVI, 4/26/61 (4/26/61), m/o 8/15/61;
1861-1865 State Adjutant and Inspector General; [Governor of VT 1869] (more), 2nd great-grandfather of Tom Latta, -

Washburn, Peter Thacher, Woodstock, VT, comn LTC, 1st VVI, 4/26/61 (4/26/61), m/o 8/15/61;
1861-1865 State Adjutant and Inspector General; [Governor of VT 1869] (more), 2nd great-grandfather of Mike Gerrow, San Diego, CA

Whitney, Elijah, Middlesex, VT, 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 6/19/62, Great-grandfather of William Eddy, South Burlington, VT

Whitney, Orloff H., Franklin, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, Pvt, Co. C, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn Adjt., 13th VVI, 9/24/62 (10/7/62), pr CPT, Co. H, 13th VVI, 1/22/63 (2/2/63), d/dis 6/4/63 (typhoid fever; 13inf says jumped from hospital window to death), 3rd great-grandfather of Peter R. Madden, Cassville, NY

Williamson, Henry, Woodstock, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. B, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61, Great-grandfather of Norman Sanborn, Spokane, WA

Youtt, Aaron P., Middlebury, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. I, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 8/17/61, m/i 9/16/61, PVT, Co. F, 5th VVI, m/o 11/11/62
enl 12/18/63, m/i 12/30/63, PVT, Co. K, 1st VVC, pow, Mechanicsville, 3/1/64, prld 4/16/64, tr to Co. C 6/21/65, m/o 7/30/65, great-granduncle of Stan Youtt, Boylston, MA

Youtt, Charles E., Cornwall, VT, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. I, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 8/19/61, m/i 9/16/61, PVT, Co. F, 5th VVI, pr CPL, dis/dsb 1/17/63;
enl again 12/22/63, m/i 12/30/63, PVT, Co. K, 1st VVC, wdd, Green farm, 3/1/64 (left thigh and hip), pow, Green farm, 3/1/64, Libby Prison, Richmond, prld 3/16/64, m/o 6/14/65, great-grandfather of Stan Youtt, Boylston, MA