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16th Vermont Infantry
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Alger, Aaron Prosper, enl 9/15/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. H, 16th VVI, m/o 8/10/63, born: 5/13/1834, Moretown, VT; died: 8/20/1918; buried: Evergreen Cemetery, South Strafford, VT

Ashley, Joseph, enl 8/29/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. C, 16th VVI, kia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/3/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA

Baldwin, Moses P., enl 8/29/62, m/i 10/23/62, CPL, Co. C, 16th VVI, pr SGT 4/14/63, kia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, born: 1834, unknown; died: 7/3/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA (cenotaph Plymouth, VT)

Bishop, Isaac D., enl 9/3/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. F, 16th VVI, m/o 8/10/63, born: 2/28/1839, unknown; died: 3/17/1925; buried: Village Cemetery, Readsboro, VT

Bruce, Harvey N., enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, SGT, Co. B, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn CPT, Co. G, 16th VVI, 9/4/62 (10/12/62), m/o 8/10/63 (more), born: 6/29/1836, Pomfret, VT; died: 1903; buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, VT

Cook, Martin J., enl 8/29/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. D, 16th VVI, kia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/3/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA

Davis, Edmund P., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. H, 16th VVI, kia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/3/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA

Dyer, John, enl 8/29/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. D, 16th VVI, kia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/3/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA

Emery, Ira Jr., enl 8/26/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. A, 16th VVI, kia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, listed as removed from Gettysburg in RRSCR, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/3/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA (cenotaph Fairview, Bethel, VT)

Fuller, Elliot J., enl 9/20/62, m/i 10/23/62, CPL, Co. I, 16th VVI, m/o 8/10/63 (more), born: 1844, unknown; died: 10/3/1903; buried: Heartwellville cemetery, Readsboro, VT

Haskins, Kittredge, comn 1LT, Co. I, 16th VVI, 9/20/62 (10/12/62), resigned 3/19/63 (more), born: 4/8/1836, Dover, VT; died: 8/7/1916; buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT

Howard, Philip, enl 8/26/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. A, 16th VVI, mwia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, d/wds 7/10/63, born: 11/18/1843, unknown; died: 7/10/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA

Lamb, Zenal Chauncey, enl 8/29/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. C, 16th VVI, mwia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, d/wds 7/4/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/4/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA

Marr, Patrick Jr., enl 8/26/62, height 5'5 1/2", blue eyes, red hair, sandy complexion, occ. farmer, m/i 10/23/62, Fifer, Co. A, 16th VVI, m/o 8/10/63
enl 9/1/64, recruit, poss. for 9th VVI, m/i 9/1/64, m/o 10/8/64 New Haven CT, (photo), born: 1/1/1840, Tipperary, Ireland; died: 2/27/1911; buried: Saint Marys Cemetery, New Britain, CT

Martin, Joseph M., enl 8/29/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. D, 16th VVI, kia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, born: 1/27/1841, unknown; died: 7/3/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA

Morse, Charles Jr., enl 8/26/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. A, 16th VVI, pr CPL 12/10/62, kia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, born: about 1822, unknown; died: 7/3/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA (cenotaph Gilead, Bethel, VT)

Rice, Solomon W., enl 9/20/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. I, 16th VVI, m/o 8/10/63, born: 1841, unknown; died: 1/7/1878; buried: Village Cemetery, Readsboro, VT

Smith, Sanford Alvah, enl 8/28/62, m/i 10/23/62, Musician, Co. B, 16th VVI, m/o 8/10/63, born: 7/25/1841, Guilford, VT; died: 2/16/1910; buried: Wetherhead Hollow Cemetery, Guilford, VT

Stearns, LeRoy N., enl 9/20/62, m/i 10/23/62, CPL, Co. I, 16th VVI, wdd, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, pr SGT 7/4/63, m/o 8/10/63 (more), born: 11/1/1843, Readsboro. VT; died: 1/10/1875; buried: Village Cemetery, Readsboro, VT

Thomas, Ira W., comn 2LT, Co. I, 16th VVI, 9/20/62 (10/12/62), resigned 1/13/63 (more), born: 8/16/1840, unknown; died: 3/7/1863; buried: Houghton cemetery, Stamford, VT

Veazey, Wheelock Graves, comn CPT, Co. A, 3rd VVI, 5/21/61 (5/21/61), pr MAJ 8/10/61 (8/10/61), pr LTC 8/13/61 (8/13/61)
tr to 16th VVI, comn COL, 9/27/62 (10/12/62), m/o 8/10/63 (Medal of Honor!), born: 12/5/1835, Brentwood, NH; died: 3/22/1898; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA

White, Henry C., enl 9/1/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. E, 16th VVI, mwia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, d/wds 7/14/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/14/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA

Wilcox, Charles Luman, enl 9/3/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. F, 16th VVI, d/dis 12/29/62, born: 1840, unknown; died: 12/29/1862; buried: Sherman Cemetery, Whitingham, VT

Winship, Sylvanus A., enl 8/29/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. C, 16th VVI, kia, Gettysburg, 7/2/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/2/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA


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.