Gravestones
(Click on the word grave at the end of soldier's information to get a photograph of his gravestone)
Allen, George W., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, PVT, Co. H, 15th VVI, dis/dsb 1/24/63;
enl again 12/25/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pirvate, Co. I, 1st VVC, tr to VRC 1/2/65, m/o 7/24/65, born: 1843, unknown; died: 3/23/1882; buried: Village cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)Brainerd, Charles D., enl 9/8/62, m/i 10/22/62, 1SGT, Co. B, 15th VVI, comn 2LT, Co. G, 4/1/63 (4/23/63), m/o 8/5/63;
comn 2LT, Co. G, 17th VVI, 4/12/64 (4/17/64), pr 1LT, Co. F, 11/1/64 (11/19/64), brevet CPT 4/2/65 for gallantry at Petersburg, pr CPT, 4/18/65 (4/26/65), m/o 7/14/65, born: 9/11/1842, unknown; died: 3/27/1935; buried: Danville Green cemetery, Danville, VT; (grave)Brown, Alfred H., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. H, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63, born: about 1815, unknown; died: 12/21/1897; buried: Village cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)
Bush, George, enl 9/3/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. I, 15th VVI, pr CPL 1/1/63, m/o 8/5/63, additional service in 1st ME HARTY, born: 1838, unknown; died: 3/16/1919; buried: Brownington Center cemetery, Brownington, VT; (grave)
Collins, Stillman S., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, Musician, Co. H, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63, born: 1830, unknown; died: after 1890; buried: Village Cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)
Conant, Joseph B., enl 9/11/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. C, 15th VVI, d/dis 4/12/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/12/1863; buried: Waterbury Center Cemetery, Waterbury, VT; (grave)
Eaton, Edward, enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, CPL, Co. H, 15th VVI, d/dis 12/8/62, born: 1841, unknown; died: 12/8/1862; buried: Village cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)
Fisher, Ira D., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. H, 15th VVI, d/dis 4/9/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: Union Mills, VA, 4/9/1863; buried: Village Cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)
Grout, William Wallace, comn LTC, 15th VVI, 9/26/62 (10/8/62), m/o 8/5/63 (more), born: 5/24/1836, Compton, PQ, Canada; died: 10/7/1902; buried: Pine Grove cemetery, East Saint Johnsbury, VT; (grave)
Hancock, Asa B., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. H, 15th VVI, dis/dsb 5/18/63;
enl again 12/18/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. I, 1st VVC, pr CPL 12/15/64, tr to Co. F, 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65, born: 4/3/1845, unknown; died: 4/14/1908; buried: Village cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)Hancock, Hartford, enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. H, 15th VVI, dis/dsb 11/27/62, born: 12/31/1805, unknown; died: 1/23/1871; buried: Village cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)
Livingston, George S., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. H, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63;
enl again 12/23/63, cred Coventery, VT, m/i 12/23/63, Pvt, Co. I, 1st VVC, wdd, Weldon Railroad, 6/23/64, pow, Nottoway Court House, 6/23/64, prld 8/13/64, tr to Co. F, 6/21/65, m/o 7/20/65, born: 1831, unknown; died: 5/5/1908; buried: Village cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)Proctor, Redfield, Quatermaster, 3rd VVI, comn 6/19/61 (6/19/61), pr MAJ, 5th VVI, 9/25/61 (9/25/61), resigned 7/11/62;
comn COL, 15th VVI, 9/26/62 (10/8/62), m/o 8/5/63; [Governor of VT 1878-1880] (more), born: 6/1/1831, East Middlebury, VT; died: 3/4/1908; buried: South Street Cemetery, Proctor, VT; (grave)Sprague, Edwin A., enl 9/11/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. C, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63 , born: 10/16/1836, Brookfield, VT; died: 8/15/1912; buried: East Hill cemetery, Brookfield, VT; (grave)
Stratton, Moses C., enl 9/15/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. D, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63;
enl again 11/30/63, m/i 11/30/63, Pvt, Co. B, 6th VVI, wdd, Wilderness, 5/6/64, pow, Wilderness, 5/6/64, d/prison 9/3/64, Lynchburg; originally buried Lynchburg, born: unknown, unknown; died: 9/3/1864; buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA; (grave)Whitney, David, enl 9/11/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. C, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63;
enl again 12/26/63, m/i 1/2/64, Pvt, Co. G, 10th VVI, wdd, Petersburg, 4/2/65, m/o 7/10/65 (more) , born: 2/21/1844, Orange County, Vt; died: 9/6/1927; buried: Holman Township Cemetery near Sibley, IA; (grave)Willey, William H. H., enl 9/8/62, m/i 10/22/62, CPL, Co. B, 15th VVI, pr SGT 5/1/63, m/o 8/5/63; USN, at least 1866, born: about 1843, VT; died: Sacramento, CA, 4/8/1922; buried: City Cemetery, Sacramento, CA; (grave)
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.