June 1, 1861

Jesse Adams of Cavendish, enlisted as a Wagoner, Co. F, 3rd Regiment (Adams)

July 16, 1861

Mustered in, including Jesse Adams, Wagoner, Co. F, 3rd Regiment, who had enlisted 1 June. (Adams)

July 29, 1861

Jesse Adams, Wagoner, Co. F, 3rd Regiment, sends letters home to his Father and sister from South Amboy, New Jersey (Adams)

August 22, 1861

The 2nd and 3rd Vermont, at Camp Lyon, were 'reviewed by President Lincoln, General McClellan and Secretaries Seward and Chase.' (Crockett)

August 23, 1861

Jesse Adams, Wagoner, Co. F, 3rd Regiment, to his mother, from Camp Tyson, Washington, D.C.: 'I now take my pen in hand to write you a few lines. I am well and hearty. My work is not so hard but what I can sleep half of the time if I was a sleeping man, but you know I never could sleep in the day-time. So, of course, I have to find something else to do. I go to the city four times a week. I have got four as handsome horses as you ever saw on a team! I guess the headers are dapple bay and the wheel horses are chestnut.' (Adams)

September 3, 1861

'Moved across the [Chain] bridge into Virginia once more, and about a mile from the bridge went into camp (Camp Advance). Here the regiments, together with the Sixth Maine built Forts Marcy and Ethan Allen.' (Peck)

September 8, 1861

On the morning of September 8 the brigade was drawn up in a hollow square, a shooting party was detailed and the prisoner [William Scott, Company K, Third Vermont] was brought out to be shot. At this point an order from General McClellan was read, pardoning the condemned man at the request of the President. (Crockett)

September 11, 1861

3rd Regiment was engaged or present at Skirmish near Lewinsville, Va. (see battles)

September 12, 1861

Jesse Adams, Camp Tyson, Washington, D.C., wrote his brother, Joe: 'Our regiment and the 33rd NY. went out towards Fairfax yesterday and came very near getting into a scrape. They went out to survey and look the property over. They were not quite careful enough and the rebels got some cannon upon to a hill in the woods about 1 (Adams)

November 8, 1861

Jesse Adams, of Cavendish, Wagoner, Co. F, 3rd Regiment, died of disease. (Adams)

April 16, 1862

Captain Samuel E. Pingree, Co. F, 3rd VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)

April 16, 1862

Drummer Julian A. Scott, Co. E, 3rd VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)

April 3, 1863

William Messenger, 3rd VVI, Co. A, wrote home to his sister (more)

May 4, 1863

3rd Regiment was engaged or present at Salem Heights, Va. (see battles)

May 9, 1863

Thomas Seaver submitted a report on the battle near Banks' Ford, on May 4th (more)

June 5, 1863

3rd Regiment was engaged or present at Fredericksburg, Va. (see battles)

November 7, 1863

3rd Regiment was engaged or present at Rappahannock Station, Va. (see battles)

May 10, 1864

Colonel Thomas O. Seaver, 3rd VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)

June 5, 1864

Captain Alexander M. Beattie, Co. F, 3rd VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)

July 11, 1864

3rd Regiment engaged at Fort Stevens, Washington, D.C. (see battles)

August 21, 1864

3rd Regiment was engaged or present at Charlestown, Va. (see battles)

September 13, 1864

3rd Regiment was engaged or present at Gilbert's Ford, Va. (see battles)

September 19, 1864

3rd Regiment was engaged or present at Winchester, Va. (see battles)

September 22, 1864

3rd Regiment was engaged or present at Fisher's Hill, Va. (see battles)

July 11, 1865

3rd Regiment mustered out, having lost 5 Officers and 201 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 164 Enlisted men by disease. Total 371. (Dyer)

April 29, 1943

Moody H. Evans, Co. B, 3rd Vermont Infantry, died in St. Johnsbury (Last Vets)