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Ainsworth, George J., enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. F, 2nd VVI, wdd, Marye's Heights, 5/3/63, tr to VRC 11/20/63, m/o 6/20/64, born: about 1842, unknown; died: 8/28/1909; buried: North Burial Ground, Providence, RI; (grave)

Ash, Antoine, enl 8/26/62, m/i 9/15/62, Pvt, Co. C, 2nd VVI, d/dis 7/13/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/13/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA; (grave)

Beach, John Titus, enl 5/18/61, m/i 6/20/61, 2SGT, Co. K, 2nd VVI, pr 1SGT 6/24/62, m/o 6/29/64, born: 11/11/1842, Salisbury, VT; died: 1/23/1906; buried: Dellwood cemetery, Manchester, VT; (grave)

Butler, Jed C., enl 9/13/61, m/i 9/16/61, Musician, Co. K, 5th VVI, dis/dsb 9/30/61
enl 3/22/62, m/i 4/12/62, Pvt, Co. H, 2nd VVI, reen 4/18/64, m/o 7/15/65, born: 1842, unknown; died: after 1887; buried: Oakwood Hill Cemetery; Tacoma, WA; (grave)

Cargill, Benjamin D., substitute - enl 7/22/63, m/i 7/22/63, PVT, Co. B, 2nd VVI, mwia, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, d/wds 8/12/64, born: about 1843, unknown; died: 8/12/1864; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Clark, Dayton Perry, enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, SGT, Co. F, 2nd VVI, con 1LT, Co. D, 1/29/62 (1/29/62), pr CPT, Co. F, 11/3/63 (11/11/63), m/o 6/29/64 (Medal of Honor!), born: 12/13/1840, St. Lawrence Cty, NY; died: 11/10/1915; buried: Green Mount cemetery, Montpelier, VT; (grave)

Cone, Charles W., substitute - enl 9/14/63, m/i 9/14/63, PVT, Co. B, 2nd VVI, d/dis 8/2/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 8/2/1864; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Fairbanks, George R., enl 8/18/64, m/i 8/18/64, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, d/dis 3/9/65; originally buried Flower's farm, born: about 1846, Stowe, VT; died: 3/9/1865; buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA; (grave)

Goodrich, George Washington, enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, m/o 6/29/64, born: 9/17/1843, Barre, VT; died: 8/10/1924; buried: Grand Detour cemetery, Ogle County, IL; (grave)

Guyette, Alfred Frederick, substitute - enl 8/5/63, m/i 8/5/63, PVT, Co. C, 2nd VVI, mwia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, d/wds 6/7/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 6/7/1864; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Harrington, Ephraim W., enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, 2SGT, Co. G, 2nd VVI, comn 2LT, Co. B, 6/20/64 (7/11/64), pr 1LT, Co. G, 8/8/64 (8/23/64), pr CPT 12/24/64 (1/31/65), brevet MAJ 4/2/65 for gallantry at Petersburgh, wdd, 5/3/64, m/o 7/15/65 (Medal of Honor!), born: 1/16/1833, unknown; died: 10/19/1914; buried: Pine Grove cemetery, East Saint Johnsbury, VT; (grave)

Hathorn, Albert, enl 5/20/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. I, 2nd VVI, wdd, Fredericksburg, 12/13/62, reen 12/21/63, pr CPL 2/15/65, kia, Petersburg, 3/25/65; originally buried Flower's farm, born: unknown, unknown; died: 3/25/1865; buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA; (grave)

Henry, William Wirt, comn 1LT, Co. D, 2nd VVI, 5/20/61 (5/20/61), resigned 11/5/61;
comn MAJ, 10th VVI, 8/26/62 (8/30/62), pr LTC, 10/17/62 (10/29/62), pr COL, 4/26/64 (5/30/64), wdd, Cold Harbor, 6/3/64, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64; resigned 12/17/64; brevet BGen USV 3/7/65 (Medal of Honor!), born: 11/21/1831, Waterbury, VT; died: 8/31/1915; buried: Lakeview cemetery, Burlington, VT; (grave)

Holmes, Horace B., enl 8/20/61, m/i 9/12/61, Pvt, Co. H, 2nd VVI, m/o 9/12/64, born: 1833, unknown; died: 4/11/1886; buried: Plains cemetery, Morristown, VT; (grave)

Jackson, Albert C., enl 12/7/63, m/i 12/18/63, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VVI, m/o 7/10/65, born: 1844, Underhill, VT; died: after 7/10/1865; buried: North Underhill cemetery, Underhill, VT; (grave)

Jackson, Lysander L., enl 12/7/63, m/i 12/18/63, PVT, Co. A, 2nd VVI, pr CPL 9/1/64, pr SGT, kia, Petersburg, 4/2/65; originally buried Cogswell's farm, born: 1839, Underhill, VT; died: 4/2/1865; buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA (cenotaph: North Underhill cemetery, Underhill, VT); (grave)

Jackson, Sidney Enos, enl 8/15/64, m/i 8/15/64, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VVI, pr CPL 5/15/65, m/o 6/19/65, born: 8/13/1847, Underhill, VT; died: 11/14/1873; buried: North Underhill cemetery, Underhill, VT; (grave)

Jackson, William C., enl 3/4/62, m/i 3/28/62, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VVI, kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, born: 1839, Underhill, VT; died: 5/5/1864; buried: North Underhill cemetery, Underhill, VT; (grave)

Joyce, Charles Herbert, comn MAJ, 2nd VVI, 6/6/61 (6/6/61), pr LTC 5/21/62 (5/21/62) resigned 1/6/63 (more) (, born: 1/30/1830, Wherwell, England; died: 11/22/1916; buried: Greenwood cemetery, Rutland, VT; (grave)

Locke, Sayles, enl 9/2/61, m/i 9/20/61, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, d/dis 4/26/62, born: 1833, unknown; died: 4/26/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA (cenotaph Village, Waterbury, VT); (grave)

Morey, Charles Carroll, enl 4/22/61, m/i 6/20/61, CPL, Co. E, 2nd VVI, reen 1/31/64, pr SGT 2/10/62, pr 1SGT, 12/27/62, comn 1LT, Co. C, 6/20/64 (7/11/64), pr CPT, Co. E, 12/24/64 (1/31/65), wdd, Charlestown, 8/21/64, kia, Petersburg, 5/4/65; originally buried Fort Gregg, born: about 1841, unknown; died: 4/2/1865; buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA; (grave)

Noyes, William Wallace, substitute - enl 7/21/63, m/i 7/21/63, PVT, Co. F, 2nd VVI, wdd, Petersburg, 4/2/65, m/o 10/21/65 (Medal of Honor!), born: 4/23/1846, unknown; died: 7/1/1910; buried: Cutler cemetery, Montpelier, VT; (grave)

Palmer, Simeon M., enl 8/18/64, m/i 8/18/64, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VVI, m/o 6/19/65; see Palmer, Cornelius, 13th VVI, born: 1840, unknown; died: 9/27/1924; buried: Underhill Flats Cemetery, Underhill, VT; (grave)

Pollard, Sherman Chandler, enl 1/13/65, m/i 1/13/65, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd VVI, m/o 6/26/65, born: 2/13/1844, unknown; died: 1/25/1916; buried: Jericho cemetery, Jericho, VT; (grave)

Porter, Elijah, enl 12/7/63, m/i 12/18/63, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd VVI, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, wdd, Cold Harbor, 6/1/64, dis/wds, 6/18/65, born: 1/1827, unknown; died: 5/6/1896; buried: Underhill Flats Cemetery, Underhill, VT; (grave)

Randall, Francis Voltaire, comn CPT, Co. F, 2nd VVI, 5/20/61 (5/20/61), resigned 9/9/62 to accept pr as COL, 13th VVI, 9/24/62 (10/4/62), m/o 7/21/63;
comn COL, 17th VVI, 2/10/64 (2/13/64), m/o 7/14/65 (more), born: 2/13/1824, unknown; died: 3/1/1885; buried: Elmwood cemetery, Northfield, VT; (grave)

Robbins, Augustus J., enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, CPL, Co. A, 2nd VVI, pr Commissary Sergeant, 1/16/62, comn 2LT, 12/20/62 (1/8/63), wdd, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, m/o 6/29/64 (Medal of Honor!), born: 1841, VT; died: 9/16/1909; buried: Woodlawn cemetery, Lakewood, NJ; (grave)

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, born: 4/15/1842, unknown; died: 4/18/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA (cenotaph Chippenhook, Clarendon, VT); (grave)

Spaulding, Alonzo D., enl 4/26/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. E, 2nd VVI, reen 12/21/63, pr CPL 10/18/64, pr SGT 2/7/65, d/svc 3/25/65; originally buried Flower's farm, born: unknown, unknown; died: 3/25/1865; buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA; (grave)

Sprague, Wooster C., enl 5/20/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. I, 2nd VVI, d/dis 4/22/62 (lung infection), born: 1838, Clarendon, VT; died: 4/22/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Stafford, Emerson, enl 8/29/64, m/i 8/29/64, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VVI, m/o 6/19/65 (more), born: 8/13/1845, unknown; died: 5/6/1921; buried: Village cemetery, Readsboro, VT; (grave)

Stannard, George Jerrison, comn LTC, 2nd VVI, 6/6/61 (6/6/61), pr COL, 9th VVI, 5/21/62 (5/21/62), pr BGen USV, 3/11/63, wdd, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, brevet MGEN 10/28/64, for gallant and meritorious service at Fort Harrison VA; wdd 6/3/64, wdd 6/15/64, wdd 9/30/64, resigned 6/28/66, born: 10/20/1820, Georgia, VT; died: 6/1/1886; buried: Lakeview cemetery, Burlington, VT; (grave)

Stone, Newton, 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), born: 12/9/1836, MA; died: Wilderness, VA, 5/5/1864; buried: Protestant cemetery, Bennington, VT; (grave)

Sweetland, Artemas, substitute - enl 7/23/63, m/i 7/23/63, PVT, Co. I, 2nd VVI, mwia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, d/wds 5/30/64, born: 2/22/1835, Vernon, VT; died: 5/30/1864; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA (cenotaph Tyler, Vernon, VT); (grave)

Tracy, Amasa Sawyer, comn 1LT, Co. K, 2nd VVI, 5/28/61 (5/28/61), pr CPT, Co. H, 1/24/62 (1/24/62), pr MAJ, 4/2/64 (4/21/64), pr LTC, 6/17/64 (6/20/64), pr COL, 6/7/65 (6/17/65), wdd, Marye's Heights, 5/3/63, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, m/o 7/15/65 as LTC; brevet COL to date from 4/2/65, for gallant and meritorious service in the assault before Petersburg (Medal of Honor!), born: 3/16/1829, unknown; died: 2/26/1908; buried: West cemetery, Middlebury, VT; (grave)

Tyler, George E., enl 5/27/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VVI, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, dis/wds, 8/26/63, born: 4/3/1839, unknown; died: 7/27/1890; buried: Village cemetery, Readsboro, VT; (grave)

Weston, David W., enl 3/24/65, m/i 3/24/65, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd VVI, m/o 7/15/65, born: 1843, unknown; died: 4/2/1927; buried: Underhill Flats Cemetery, Underhill, VT; (grave)

Woodbury, Urban Andrain, enl 5/25/61, m/i 6/20/61, 1SGT, Co. H, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, prld 10/5/61, disch/wds 10/18/61;
comn CPT, Co. D, 11th VVI, 11/17/62 (11/17/62), tr to VRC 6/17/63, resigned 3/27/65 [Governor of VT 1894-1896] (more), born: 7/11/1838, Acworth, NH; died: 4/15/1915; buried: Lakeview cemetery, Burlington, VT; (grave)

Worthing, Robert N., enl 5/15/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. H, 2nd VVI, mwia, Marye's Heights, 5/3/63, d/wds 6/7/63, born: 10/1842, unknown; died: 6/7/1863; buried: Maple Grove cemetery, Bakersfield, VT; (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.