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Allen, Cyrus Hamilton, comn Assistant Surgeon, 8th VVI, 10/1/62 (10/1/62)
pr Surgeon, 5th VVI, 10/1/64 10/1/64 (10/24/64), m/o 6/29/65 (more offsite), born: 9/1833, unknown; died: 9/1903; buried: Centerville Pioneer Cemetery, Fremont, CA

Barnes, Walter W., enl 9/23/61, m/i 2/18/62, Musician, Co. A, 8th VVI, d/dis 3/23/64 (chronic diahrea), Marine hospital, New Orleans, born: unknown, unknown; died: 3/23/1864; buried: Chalmette National Cemetery, LA (cenotaph Centerville, Hydepark, VT)

Barstow, John Lester, comn Adjutant, 8th VVI, 2/19/62 (2/19/62), pr CPT Co. K, 3/21/63 (5/27/63), pr MAJ, 12/28/63, (1/22/64), m/o 6/22/64 [Governor of VT 1882-1884] (more), born: 2/21/1832, unknown; died: 6/28/1913; buried: Village Cemetery, Shelburne, VT

Bellows, Franklin, enl 12/9/63, m/i 12/24/63, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, d/dis 7/20/64, born: 2/14/1821, unknown; died: 7/20/1864; buried: Heartwellville cemetery, Readsboro, VT

Bigelow, Rufus, enl 3/6/65, m/i 3/6/65, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, m/o 6/28/65, born: 1846, unknown; died: 11/23/1928; buried: Peacham Corners cemetery, Peacham, VT

Butterfield, Frederick David, comn 2LT, Co. B, 8th VVI, 12/19/61 (12/19/61), pr 1LT, 6/15/63 (7/2/63), pr CPT, 11/7/63 (12/5/63), m/o 8/6/64 (more) d. Los Angeles, CA, born: 5/14/1838, Rockingham, VT; died: 7/12/1918; buried: Derby Line, VT

Chayer, John B., enl 11/12/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. A, 8th VVI, wdd, Port Hudson, 5/27/63, reen 1/5/64, m/o 6/28/65, born: 7/4/1833, unknown; died: 3/8/1892; buried: Saint Thomas Cemetery, Underhill, VT

Davis, John, enl 12/20/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, d/dis 7/31/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/31/1864; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA

Downs, Henry W., enl 11/28/61, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, Co. I, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, pr CPL, pr SGT 12/13/63, pr 1SGT 3/21/65, comn 2LT 4/18/65 (4/26/65), m/o 6/28/65 (Medal of Honor!), born: 8/29/1844, Jamaica, VT; died: 7/2/1911; buried: Dayton National Cemetery, OH

Emery, Asa Smith, enl 12/7/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. D, 8th VVI, wdd, Port Hudson, 5/27/63, m/o 6/22/64, born: 11/8/1840, Lyme, NH; died: 10/6/1879; buried: West Groton Cemetery, Groton, VT

Emery, Charles Gilman, enl 1/9/62, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. D, 8th VVI, pow 5/27/63, prld 7/2/63, reen 1/5/64, m/o 6/28/65, born: 4/21/1843, Caanan, NH; died: 1/17/1927; buried: North Monroe Cemetery, Monroe, NH

Farnham, John, enl 12/25/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, pow 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, 6/23/63/ 6/29/63, m/o 6/22/64 (more), born: 1827, unknown; died: 5/2/1892; buried: Saint Patricks Cemetery, Moretown, VT

Garvin, Henry H., enl 11/28/61, m/i 2/18/62, Musician, Co. F, 8th VVI, m/o 5/20/63, born: 1808, unknown; died: 12/10/1885; buried: Bay Cemetery, Saint Albans, VT

Gilmore, William H., enl 12/7/61, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, Co. D, 8th VVI, pr Quartermaster Sergeant 7/1/62, m/o 6/22/64 (more), born: 10/17/1839, Fairlee, VT; died: 4/18/1910; buried: Village Cemetery, Bradford, VT

Hager, Daniel W., enl 12/4/63, m/i 1/4/64, Pvt, Co. I, 8th VVI, m/o 6/28/65, born: 2/6/1847, Hinsdale, NH; died: 3/10/1918; buried: Oak Cliff Cemetery, Derby, CT

Hamilton, George W., enl 12/18/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, pow 7/21/64, prld 9/24/64, m/o 5/13/65 (more), born: 6/1/1838, VT; died: 8/30/1906; buried: Center Cemetery, Stockbridge, MA

Hartwell, Charles W., enl 1/28/62, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. K, 8th VVI, dsrtd 7/5/62; enl 6/8/64, m/i 7/6/64, Pvt, Co. I, 17th VVI, d/dis 11/23/64; originally buried Peebles farm, born: unknown, unknown; died: 11/23/1864; buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA

Holt, Henry H., enl 11/25/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. B, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, m/o 6/28/65, born: 1841, unknown; died: 9/1/1902; buried: Derby Center Cemetery, Derby, VT

Horton, Franklin, enl 12/9/63, m/i 12/24/63, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, m/o 6/28/65, born: 5/28/1828, unknown; died: 6/15/1917; buried: Village Cemetery, Readsboro, VT

Howard, Squire Edward, enl 11/19/61, m/i 2/18/62, 1SGT, Co. H, 8th VVI, comn 2LT, Co. H 1/13/63 (1/21/63), pr 1LT, 10/27/63 (10/27/63), pr CPT, Co. C, 7/26/64 (9/27/64), wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, disch 12/9/64 (Medal of Honor!), born: 5/15/1840, Jamaica, VT; died: 11/26/1912; buried: Newton Cemetery, Newton, MA

Ingalls, Lewis J., enl 11/2/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. K, 8th VVI, wdd, 9/4/62, reen 1/5/64, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, m/o 6/28/65 (Medal of Honor!), born: 10/11/1837, Boston, MA; died: 12/31/1913; buried: Irasburg Cemetery, Irasburg, VT

Lambert, Peter, enl 12/11/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. A, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, m/o 6/28/65, born: 10/1/1839, unknown; died: 8/31/1926; buried: Lamoille View Cemetery, Johnson, VT

Lee, Edwin P., enl 12/21/61, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, Co. H, 8th VVI, reen 1/5/64, pr CPL 4/12/64, pr SGT 4/12/65, pow, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, prld 3/14/65, m/o 6/28/65 (more), born: 8/19/1840, unknown; died: 10/12/1921; buried: Houghton cemetery, Stamford, VT

McLane, William H., enl 2/15/65, m/i 2/15/65, Pvt, Co. C, 8th VVI, m/o 6/28/65 (in rosters as McLeon), born: about 1845, unknown; died: 8/8/1904; buried: North Burial Ground, Providence, RI

McMurphy, Julius, enl 12/10/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, pow 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, wdd, Port Hudson, 6/14/63, d/wds 11/16/63, born: 1838, unknown; died: 11/16/1863; buried: Phillips Cemetery, Duxbury, VT

Mead, Royal, enl 9/28/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. A, 8th VVI, m/o 8/4/63, born: 1826, unknown; died: 2/23/1884; buried: Underhill Flats Cemetery, Underhill, VT

Merriam, John Wesley, enl 9/23/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. A, 8th VVI, d/dis, Elmore, 9/24/63, born: 1836, Lamoille County, VT; died: 9/24/1863; buried: Village Cemetery, Elmore, VT

Moran, Asa B., enl 11/25/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. B, 8th VVI, wdd, Port Hudson, 6/14/63, reen 1/5/64, pr SGT 6/9/64, m/o 6/28/65, born: 1837, unknown; died: 1918; buried: Derby Center Cemetery, Derby, VT

Mudgett, George E., enl 11/4/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. A, 8th VVI, pr CPL 12/3/63, reen 1/5/64, pow, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, prld 3/2/65, m/o 6/28/65, born: 8/2/1843, unknown; died: 6/17/1914; buried: Lake View Cemetery, Morristown, VT

Nichols, Henry Clay, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. H, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 11/23/61, m/i 2/18/62, SGT, Co. F, 8th VVI, reduced, disch 10/8/63 SOWD, to accept comn in 73rd USCI, additional service in 96th USCI (Medal of Honor!), born: 3/30/1832, Coventry, VT; died: 2/10/1904; buried: Village Cemetery, Coventry, VT

Olden, Daniel, enl 12/31/63, m/i 1/5/64, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, d/dis 11/7/64, pneumonia, at Brattleboro Hospital, born: 1818, unknown; died: 11/7/1864; buried: Village Cemetery, Readsboro, VT

Phelps, Benajah, enl 1/4/64, m/i 1/6/64, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, m/o 6/28/65, born: 1/14/1836, unknown; died: 3/6/1919; buried: South Hero Cemetery, South Hero, VT

Read, Marcena, enl 12/12/63, m/i 12/24/63, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, m/o 10/5/64 (more), born: 1819, unknown; died: 5/8/1900; buried: Millard cemetery, Stamford, VT

Rollins, William H., enl 11/25/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. A, 8th VVI, m/o 3/22/62, born: 1834, unknown; died: 1911; buried: Sterling Cemetery, Stowe, VT

Shontell, Benjamin, enl 12/16/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, m/o 10/16/62 (more), born: 8/8/1838, Saint Sylvestre, PQ, Canada; died: 1/3/1906; buried: Vermont Veterans Home Cemetery, Bennington, VT

Shontell, William, enl 10/1/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. E, 8th VVI, m/o 2/12/63
enl 9/15/63, m/i 1/1/64, PVT, 3rd VVLAB, m/o 6/15/65 (more), born: 2/27/1836, Saint Georges, PQ, Canada; died: 3/20/1919; buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Middleville, MI

Spaulding, Stephen Foster, comn 1LT, Co. B, 8th VVI, 12/19/61 (12/19/61), kia, Port Hudson, 6/14/64, born: 6/25/1840, unknown; died: 6/14/1863; buried: Derby Line Cemetery, Derby, VT

Thomas, Stephen, comn COL, 8th VVI, 11/12/61 (11/12/61), wdd, Port Hudson, 5/27/63, m/o 1/21/65, apptd BG USV, 2/1/65, m/o 8/24/65 (Medal of Honor!), born: 12/6/1809, Bethel, VT; died: 12/18/1903; buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, VT

Tracy, George, enl 1/4/64, m/i 1/6/64, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, m/o 6/28/65, born: 6/8/1846, South Hero, VT; died: 9/22/1923; buried: South Hero Cemetery, South Hero, VT

Walker, Erastus Alphonso, enl 12/11/63, m/i 12/24/63, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, d/dis 8/29/64, Brattleboro, born: 1845, unknown; died: 8/29/1864; buried: Village Cemetery, Readsboro, VT

Willis, Evander H., enl 12/5/63, m/i 12/24/63, Pvt, Co. D, 8th VVI, m/o 6/28/65, born: unknown, unknown; died: unknown; buried: Fredericksburg National Cemetery, VA

Young, James L., enl 12/28/63, m/i 1/6/64, PVT, Co. F, 8th VVI, tr to VRC 6/17/64, m/o 11/11/64, born: 3/15/1838, unknown; died: 10/20/1878; buried: Bush cemetery, Alburg, VT

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.