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3rd Vermont Infantry
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Allen, Levi C., enl 10/14/61, Pvt, Co. B, 3rd VVI, dis/dsb 1/10/62;;
enl again 8/1/62, m/i 9/15/62, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, mwia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, d/wds 5/5/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 5/5/1864; buried: Fredericksburg National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Bachum, Albert, enl 6/5/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, dis/dsb 11/11/61, born: 10/20/1841, unknown; died: 9/11/1903; buried: Riverside cemetery, Morrisville, VT; (grave)

Bailey, Andrew A., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. A, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/17/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/17/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Bailey, Hiram, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. I, 3rd VVI, reen 12/21/63, m/o 7/11/65, born: 1815, unknown; died: 11/17/1896; buried: Mountain View cemetery, Morristown, VT; (grave)

Barber, Milo G., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, PVT, Co. H, 3rd VVI, reen 12/21/63, pr CPL 10/18/64, tr to Co. K, 7/25/64, pr SGT 5/27/65, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, pow, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, prld 2/17/65, m/o 6/19/65 (more), born: about 1842, Lyman, NH; died: before 6/16/'1891; buried: Oakwood cemetery, Montgomery, AL; (grave)

Barnes, Robert C., enl 6/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Musician, Co. G, 3rd VVI, m/o 7/27/64, born: 5/22/1829, unknown; died: 1/21/1902; buried: Barnes cemetery, Hyde Park, VT; (grave)

Batten, Albert James, enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: 9/2/1809, unknown; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA (cenotaph Stannard, Stannard, VT); (grave)

Beattie, Alexander M., comn 2LT, Co. I, 3rd VVI, 6/11/61 (6/11/61), pr 1LT, Co. I, 11/7/61 (11/7/61), pr CPT, Co. F 10/13/62 (10/24/62), m/o 7/27/64 (Medal of Honor!), born: 7/29/1828, unknown; died: 3/7/1907; buried: Summer Street cemetery, Lancaster, NH; (grave)

Berry, Allen W., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, reen 12/21/63, wdd, 6/3/64tr to Co. B, 7/25/64, wdd, 6/3/64, m/o 7/11/65, pow 5/3/63, prld 5/15/63, born: 9/4/1846, unknown; died: 7/12/1867; buried: Pine Hill cemetery, Derby, VT; (grave)

Blunt, Asa Peabody, comn Adjt., 3rd VVI, 6/6/61 (6/6/61), pr LTC, 6th VVI, 9/25/61 (10/14/61)
pr COL, 12th VVI, 9/19/62 (10/2/62), m/o 7/14/63, brevet BGEN, 3/13/65 for faithful and meritorious services (more), born: 10/19/1826, Danville, VT; died: 10/4/1889; buried: Pine Grove cemetery, Manchester, NH; (grave)

Boynton, Austin L., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Brown, David D., enl 2/6/65, m/i 2/6/65, Pvt, Co. C, 3rd VVI, m/o 6/24/65, born: 10/26/1848, unknown; died: 10/8/1924; buried: Wheeler Cemetery, Morristown, VT; (grave)

Burnor, Felix, enl 3/25/62, m/i 4/12/62, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, dsrtd 9/24/62, born: 1842, unknown; died: unknown; buried: Marsh cemetery, Franklin, VT; (grave)

Campbell, David Jr., enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: unknown, Canada; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Clifford, Simeon, enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, d/dis 5/1/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/1/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Colburn, Amanda M., Civilian nurse, accompanied Co. C, 3rd VVI , born: 11/12/1833, unknown; died: 12/31/1893; buried: Greenwood Pioneer cemetery, Canon City, CO; (grave)

Cook, Charles A., enl 2/29/64, m/i 2/29/64, Pvt, Co. A, 3rd VVI, kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 5/5/1864; buried: Fredericksburg National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Cookman, James, enl 5/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Crow, Hugh, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. G, 3rd VVI, reen 12/31/63, mwia, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, d/wds 5/24/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 5/24/1864; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Danforth, Sewell, enl 9/22/61, m/i 10/29/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Demas, George W., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. H, 3rd VVI, dsrtd 7/24/61, born: about 1841, unknown; died: unknown; buried: Mountain Road Cemetery, Lake Elmore, VT; (grave)

Downer, William H., enl 9/17/61, m/i 9/17/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: 1841, unknown; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA (cenotaph West Hartford, VT); (grave)

Dunn, John, substitute - enl 8/10/63, m/i 8/10/63, PVT, Co. B, 3rd VVI, kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, born: 1825, Kilkenny, Ireland; died: 5/5/1864; buried: Saint Marys Cemetery, Newport, Orleans, VT (cenotaph); (grave)

Fernet, Louis, substitute - enl 9/8/64, m/i 9/8/64, PVT, Co. C, 3rd VVI, m/o 7/11/65 (more) (real name Clement Brault), born: 1847, Canada; died: 1902; buried: Mary, Queen of the Rosary Cemetery,Spencer, MA; (grave)

Flanders, Alden P., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. A, 3rd VVI, d/dis 10/21/62, born: 1840, unknown; died: 10/21/1862; buried: Summer Hill cemetery, Springfield, VT; (grave)

Fuller, Calvin, enl 12/13/61, m/i 1/1/62, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, wdd, 4/16/62, reen 12/21/63, wdd, 5/12/64, m/o 7/26/65, born: 1840, unknown; died: 5/13/1893; buried: Heartwellville cemetery, Readsboro, VT; grave)

Fuller, George D., enl 3/20/62, m/i 4/12/62, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, reen 3/19/64, pr CPL 11/1/63, wdd, Wilderness, 5/6/64, 4/2/65, m/o 7/11/65, born: 2/5/1836, Athens, VT; died: 6/14/1922; buried: Derby, VT; (grave)

Gilbert, Cushman F., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. B, 3rd VVI, dis/dsb 7/19/62, born: 2/3/1831, unknown; died: 6/10/1914; buried: Coventry cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)

Grow, Joseph B., enl 5/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, reen 12/21/63, pr CPL 5/13/64, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, d/svc 1/21/65; originally buried Flower's farm, born: 3/8/1838, unknown; died: 1/21/1865; buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA (cenotaph Pleasant View, Orleans, VT); (grave)

Hawkins, Gardner C., enl 1/28/64, m/i as Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, comn 2LT, Co. I, 10/18/64 (11/11/64), pr 1LT, Co. E, 2/15/65 (3/16/65), wdd, Petersburg, 4/2/65, dis/wds, 6/2/65 (Medal of Honor!), born: 2/11/1846, Pomfret, VT; died: 12/15/1913; buried: Lindenwood cemetery, Stoneham, MA; (grave)

Hill, Charles W., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. G, 3rd VVI, reen 12/31/63, cred. to St. Johnsbury, pr CPL, kia, Wilderness, 5/10/64, born: about 1841, St. Johnsbury, VT; died: 5/10/1864; buried: Fredericksburg National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Hill, Henry C., enl 1/19/62, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/18/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/18/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Hopkins, George B., enl 8/14/62, m/i 9/30/62, Pvt, Co. A, 3rd VVI, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, m/o 5/13/65, born: 7/6/1840, Springfield, VT; died: 3/5/1883; buried: Summer Hill cemetery, Springfield, VT; (grave)

Hoyt, Enoch S., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. G, 3rd VVI, dis/dsb 2/19/63, born: 1836, unknown; died: 10/1/1865; buried: Cabot cemetery, Cabot, VT; (grave)

Hutchinson, Alonzo, enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. D, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/18/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/18/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Hyde, Breed Noyes, comn LTC, 3rd VVI, 6/6/61 (6/6/61), pr COL, 8/13/61 (8/13/61), resigned 1/15/63 (more), born: 5/14/1831, unknown; died: 10/4/1918; buried: Charles Baber cemetery, Pottsville, PA; (grave)

Jenkins, Lorenzo, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. B, 3rd VVI, m/o 12/4/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: unknown; buried: unknown; (grave)

Kemp, Stephen L., enl 8/15/62, m/i 9/30/62, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, mwia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, d/wds 6/4/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 6/4/1864; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA (cenotaph Alice Hunt, Canaan, VT); (grave)

Morrill, Frank, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Nye, Lucius S., enl 2/28/62, m/i 4/12/62, Pvt, Co. B, 3rd VVI, pr CPL, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, m/o 4/23/65, born: 1838, unknown; died: 6/11/1914; buried: Coventry cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)

Peach, George, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. C, 3rd VVI, reen 12/21/63, pr CPL 10/17/64, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, kia, Petersburg, 4/2/65; originally buried Flower's farm, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/2/1865; buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA; (grave)

Perry, Jacob F., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, 5SGT, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Pingree, Samuel Everett, comn 1LT, Co. F, 3rd VVI, 5/24/61 (5/24/61), pr pr CPT, 8/13/61 (8/13/61), wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, pr MAJ 9/27/62 (10/6/62), pr LTC, 1/15/63 (2/2/63), m/o 7/27/64 (Medal of Honor!), born: 8/2/1832, Salisbury, NH; died: 6/1/1922; buried: Hartford Point Cemetery, Hartford, VT; (grave)

Pollard, Lucius L., drafted - enl 7/14/63, m/i 7/14/63, PVT, Co. G, 3rd VVI, tr to VRC 6/15/64 tr back to Co 9/7/64 tr to Co I 7/25/64, m/o 6/17/65, born: 3/26/1838, Burlington, VT; died: 10/20/1918; buried: Ayer's Cliff, PQ, Canada; (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)

Rattray, David Jr., enl 6/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. G, 3rd VVI, kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 5/5/1864; buried: Fredericksburg National Cemetery, VA (cenotaph Sutton East Ridge, VT); (grave)

Raymore, Hiram F., substitute - enl 8/18/63, m/i 8/18/63, PVT, Co. I, 3rd VVI, wdd, 6/3/64, pr CPL 6/19/65, m/o 7/11/65, born: 4/21/1845, unknown; died: 6/12/1921; buried: Eden cemetery, Eden, VT; (grave)

Reed, Charles Henry, enl 8/9/62, m/i 9/22/62, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, pr CPL 12/27/64, wdd, 6/3/64, m/o 6/19/65 (more), born: 8/22/1845, Hyde Park, VT; died: 12/3/1924; buried: Lakeside cemetery, Hastings, MN; (grave)

Scott, Julian A., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Musician, Co. E, 3rd VVI, m/o 4/28/63 (Medal of Honor!), born: 2/15/1846, unknown; died: 7/4/1901; buried: Hillside cemetery, Scotch Plains, NJ; (grave)

Scott, William, enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, Sleeping Sentinal, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/17/62, born: about 1839, Groton, VT; died: 4/17/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Seaver, Thomas Orvilla, 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), born: 12/23/1833, Pomfret, VT; died: 7/11/1912; buried: River Street cemetery, Woodstock, VT; (grave)

Severence, George W., enl 7/5/61, m/i 7/16/61, Musician, Co. I, 3rd VVI, tr to VRC 12/2/63, m/o 9/5/66, born: 9/23/1830, unknown; died: 2/10/1918; buried: Derby Center cemetery, Derby, VT; (grave)

Smith, William Farrar, comn MAJ, 3rd VVI, 4/27/61 (4/27/61), pr BG USV 8/13/61; pr MG USV 7/4/62, resigned 11/4/65 (more), born: 2/17/1824, St. Albans, VT; died: Philadelphia, PA, 2/28/1903; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Stevens, Henry Clinton, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. C, 3rd VVI, wdd, 5/10/64, m/o 7/27/64, born: 1839, unknown; died: 3/29/1923; buried: Village cemetery, Stannard, VT; (grave)

Thomas, Frank J., enl 12/15/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Thompson, Samuel, enl 12/13/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: about 1839, Pittsburgh, NH; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Vance, Walter P., res. Columbia, NH;
enl again 11/24/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: about 1819, Danville, VT; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

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; (grave)

Waterman, Ezekiel D., enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: about 1819, unknown; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Wells, Charles W., enl 12/1/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA (cenotaph Center, Lyndon, VT); (grave)

Wheelock, Elihu David, enl 9/19/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. I, 1st VVC, dis/dsb 10/31/62; drafted - enl 7/17/63, PVT, Co. A, 3rd VVI, m/i 7/17/63, m/o 5/17/65, born: 9/9/1831, unknown; died: before 9/20/1901; buried: Centerville cemetery, Hyde Park, VT; (grave)

Whipple, Willard, enl 12/14/63, m/i 12/19/63, Pvt, Co. I, 3rd VVI, mwia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, d/wds 5/16/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 5/16/1864; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

White, Amos, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. E, 3rd VVI, mwia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, d/wds 6/4/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 6/4/1864; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=41754&GRid=23897859&

Wilson, Don C., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Wilson, Richard, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, born: unknown, unknown; died: 4/16/1862; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (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.