Vermonters Who Served as General Officers, On Staff, and in Regiments from Other States
Alford, Albert Gallatin, Saint Albans, VT, 17, Enlisted in the U.S. ENGRS Battalion, New Haven, Conn., 2/21/65, at the age of 17; disch 2/21/68, participated in the last campaign of the war with the Army of the Potomac, up to Lee's surrender and the end of the war (more), ,
Allen, Benjamin, (Huntington, VT), 0, 16th WI INF, COL, wdd, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn, 4/6/62, resigned 7/17/63, ,
Allen, Charles Linnaeus, Brattleboro, VT, 42, Surgeon, USV, '62, Medical Purveyor, Department of the South, '64, resigned 8/5/64, ,
Allen, Frank H., Vermont, VT, 0, 22nd IL INF, 1LT, ADC on staff of BGen. P. H. Sheridan, 63, AIG on staff of BGEN George Wagner, and on staff of Gen. John Newton, 64, ,
Allen, Samuel J., Hartford, VT, 42, comn Surgeon, 4th VVI, 8/15/61 (8/15/61), Bgd Surgeon, 1862, wdd, Opequan Creek, 9/13/64, m/o 9/30/64, Surgeon, USV, 1864, Surgeon, II Division, VI A.C., 1864, Medical Inspector VI A.C., 1864-65 (more; even more), ,
Atwater, Frederick A., Burlington, VT, 0, 42nd IL INF, apptd 1LT from the ranks for bravery in spiking guns of the enemy's Btry at Fort Polk, Island No. 10, 4/1/62, CPT, 63, MAJ, 64, resigned 6/65, ,
Austin, Adoniram N., Colchester, VT, 35, enl 9/9/61, m/i 9/16/61, Quartermaster-SGT, 5th VVI, comn 2LT, Co. K, 11/1/61, pr 1LT, Co. K, 4/19/62, tr to Co. F, pr CPT and AQuartermaster, USV, 4/7/64, brevet MAJ 3/13/65, for faithful and meritorious service during the war; resigned 5/18/65, ,
Babbitt, Elbridge Harris, Randolph, VT, 0, 17th U.S. INF, wdd, Gettysburg, 7/2/63, in hospital, Philadelphia; com 1LT, 1st NC NF (Union), served w/brother (Surgeon) Robert A. Babbit, (more), ,
Babbitt, Robert Augustus, Randolph, VT, 0, enl 9/25/61, m/i 10/5/61, PVT, Co. D, 8th CT INF, pr Hospital Steward 1862, comn 1/1/63, Assistant Surgeon, 1st NC INF (Union), 1864, d/dis 10/17/1864 (yellow fever), (more), ,
Bailey, Hiram S., Jackson, MN, 0, 2nd MN INF, Pvt, enl 6/17/61, Co. A, Fort Snelling, Minn., 6/26/61, went immediately on garrison duty at Fort Ripley, Minn., and remained there until 9/61, the regiment was sent to KY to guard railroad bridges near Lebanon Junction, fought at the battle of Mill Springs, Ky., 7/19/61, detailed on recruiting service at Fort Snelling with orders to receive and drill all recruits of the 1st and 2nd Minn. vols, until 7/19/62, pr 2LT, with orders to raise a company for the 6th MN INF, comn CPT, Co. C, 6th Minn. Regt, 8/16/62, in 8/62, the Indian war broke out on the Minn. frontier, and his company was ordered to Fort Ridgely to fight Indians, present in action at the battle of Birch Coolie, 9/3/62, and Wook Lake, 9/23/62, with Gen. Sibley at Camp Release, where they re-captured about 300 white women from the Indians and about 500 Indian warriors, apptd on Board of Commissioners to try Indian prisoners, in the spring of '63, was present in some three or four engagements with Indians, in 6/64, the regiment was sent to Helena, Ark., pr MAJ 10/64, and later his command was sent to New Orleans, in the spring of 65, was present in the camptaign of Mobile Bay, Spanish Fort, Fort Blakely, AL 3/26, with six company of the 6th Minn, was present at a brisk skirmish at Sibley's Mills, present in the siege of Fort Blakely, and was in charge upon that fort 4/9, where he was wdd, m/o 8/19/65, Fort Snelling, ,
Bancroft, Carl N., Plainfield, VT, 0, 133rd OH INF, 1LT and Regimental Quartermaster, 1st Brig, 1st Div, 10th A.C., 1892 resided at Columbus OH, as Chief of Bureau Computation U.S. Pension Agency, ,
Barrett, Curtis S., (Strafford, VT), 0, CPT and Quartermaster, USV, 12/5/63, Vermont drillmaster, m/o 10/66, ,
Barstow, Herman J., Burlington, VT, 0, 36th IL INF, enl fall/61, Co. G, 36th Ill, Inf, present at battles of Pea Ridge, Perryville, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge, at battle of Chickamauga he entered with thirty-two men, and led out only seven, resigned 8/64 on acct. of ill health, d. 1/20/70, South Burlington, ,
Baxter, Algernon S., Rutland, VT, 0, CPT and Assistant Quartermaster, USV 11/23/61, resigned 4/27/64, ,
Becket, Andrew W., Williamstown, VT, 0, 34th IL INF, ,
Bixby, Amos L., Mount Holly, VT, 35, Assistant Surgeon 1st NH HARTY, ,
Blaisdell, William, New Hampshire, 0, COL, 11th MA INF, brevet BGEN 6/23/64, kia 6/23/64, Petersburg, VA (more); relationship to Vermont unclear, listed in 1892 Revised Roster, ,
Bosworth, Amos L., Royalton, VT, 0, Assistant Surgeon 34th IL INF, d/svc at Shiloh, Tenn., 4/23/62, ,
Bowdish, Isaac B., Burlington, VT, 0, CPT & CS, USV, 61, killed in railroad accident, 4/10/63, near Suffolk, Va., ,
Bowman, Nathan Parish, Saint Johnsbury, VT, 0, Apptd Additional Paymaster (MAJ), U.S. Army, 5/28/64; duty in Department of North Carolina; rsgnd 10/1/65. (more), ,
Burnham, Edwin K., Randolph, VT, 23, enl 9/11/62, m/i 10/22/62, SGT, Co. C, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63, CPT 111th NY INF, m/o 6/65, ,
Cadwell, Miles Powell Squier, New Haven, VT, 0, enl 5/9/61, cred. Port Henry, NY, comn CPT, Co. K, 22nd NY INF, 6/6/61, kia 8/30/62, Bull Run, VA, ,
Caldwell, John Curtis, Lowell, VT, 0, 11th ME INF, COL, 1861, wdd, Fredericksburg 12/13/62, BGEN USV 4/62, brevet MGEN 3/65, for gallant and meritorious service during the war, ,
Camp, Norman Henry, Derby, VT, 0, 5th NY INF, Signal officer, ,
Camp, Norman W., Unknown, 0, Hospital Chaplain, 5/63, ,
Canfield, Thomas Hawley, Unknown, 40, Asst Manager, U.S. Govt Railroads, (more), ,
Carlton, Alfred L., Montpelier, VT, 33, comn QM, 11th VVI, 8/14/62 (9/3/62), pr 2LT, Co. C, 12/12/62 (1/17/63), pr CPT & CS, USV, 3/11/63, brevet MAJ & CS, USV, 3/13/64, for meritorious service during the war, m/o 11/11/65, ,
Carpenter, George Nathaniel, Northfield, VT, 22, enl 2/1/62, m/i 2/18/62, SGT-MAJ, 8th VVI, pr 1LT, Co. C, 6/1/62, disch 7/2/64 to accept pr as CPT & CS, USV, 5/18/64, m/o 6/21/65, ,
Catlin, Thomas C., Unknown, 0, Surgeon, USV, 4/4/62, resigned 4/7/63, ,
Chandler, George G., Vermont, VT, 0, 88th IL INF, '62, resigned 10/63, ,
Church, Ira A., Swanton, VT, 0, 17th IL INF, 3nl 61, 1LT, Co. D (first regiment that left state for the war), pr CPT 2/62, present in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth, Miss., tr to duty as enrolling officer and Provost Marshal of his county in IL, where he remained until early in '64, when he again returned to the field in 145th IL INF, wdd 8 times, m/o 11/64, ,
Clark, Isaac Lewis, Williamstown, VT, 0, 96th IL INF, d/wds 9/22/63 (wdd at Chicamauga TN), ,
Clark, John Wesley, Montpelier, VT, 33, comn QM, 6th VVI, 9/28/61 (10/14/61), wdd, near Warrenton, 7/28/63, pr CPT and Assistant Quartermaster, USV 4/7/64, m/o 12/6/64 (Medal of Honor!), ,
Clark, Ranslure W., Brattleboro, VT, 0, -, ,
Clark, William W., (Shrewsbury, VT), 0, 150th NY INF, ,
Cole, Lewis B., Burlington, VT, 0, 88th IL INF, 2LT and ADJ, wdd, Chickamauga, 9/63, resigned 5/64, ,
Conant, Abel B., Thetford, VT, 0, 7th KY INF, comn Assistant Surgeon, 8/7/61 (9/22/61), pr Surgeon 5/10/64, resigned 9/24/64, ,
Condon, John C., Hinesburgh, VT, 13, enl 6/18/62, Btry C, 5th U.S. ARTY, wdd, Second Bull Run, 8/30/62, disch 6/18/65, near Petersburg VA, ,
Connor, Selden, Fairfield, ME, 22, enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, Pvt, Co. B, 1st VVI, pr CPL 6/28/61, m/o 8/15/61;
later LTC, 7th ME INF, COL 19th ME INF, BGen, USV, 7/64, m/o 4/7/66, Governor of ME 1876-1879, ,Coughlin, John, Williamstown, VT, 25, 10th NH INF (Medal of Honor!), ,
Crain, Frederick, Springfield, VT, 34, comn 1LT, Co. A, 3rd VVI, 5/21/61 (5/21/61), pr QM, 8/10/61 (8/10/61), pr CPT and Assistant Quartermaster, USV 5/18/64, brevet MAJ, USV, 3/13/65 for faithful and meritorious service during the war, and brevet LTC, USV, 12/2/65, for faithful and meritorious service, m/o 2/8/66, ,
Cram, Dewitt Clinton, Weathersfield, VT, 0, 6th IA CAV, CPT, '62, MAJ, 12/64, brevet COL 3/65, m/o 10/65, ,
Crooker, Lucian Bonaparte, Pomfret, VT, 0, 12th IL INF, PVT, Co. H, three months enl 8/26/61, 1SGT, Co. I, 55th IL INF, pr 1LT 3/6/62, wdd, Shiloh, 4/6/62 (through the right knee and in shoulder by a rifle ball, and through the calf of the leg by a shell), tr to Co. F, 3/1/63, pr CPT, pr MAJ and COL, but did not muster, left foream broken by musket shot in assault on Vicksburg, 5/19/63, resigned 8/3/63, on SURG's certificate of disability for wds recvd. Com CPT, U..S. VRC, but did not accept on accound of wds, attempted to enlist in Hancock's 1st A.C. in '64, but was rejected for wds, ,
Cross, Daniel K., Hanover, NH, 24, 5th NH INF, 1LT, CPT and A.D.C. on staff of MGEN Howard, 63, disch 11/63, ,
Cross, William F., Montpelier, VT, 0, Hatch's Independent Battalion MN CAV, 63-65, ,
Currier, John Winnick, North Troy, VT, 25, enl 5/31/61, m/i 6/21/61, PVT, Co. F, 10th MA INF, pr ADJT, 1st VA INF, 11/26/62, appt USA Paymaster, 1/14/63, declined, remainder of svc with AOP (more), ,
Denison, George Stanton, Royalton, VT, 0, Special Agent, U.S. Treasury Department; (more), ,
Dodge, George Sullivan, Irasburgh, VT, 0, CPT and Assistant Quartermaster, USV, 5/12/62, on staff of Gen. John J. Peck, U.S. forces at Suffolk, Va., 63, MAJ and COL, QM, 64, Chief QM of the Army of the James, 64, brevet BGEN USV, 1/15/65, m/o 3/7/66, ,
Graves, George E., Rutland, VT, 0, CPT & CS, USV, 11/1/62, resigned 5/26/63, ,
Hamilton, Frank Hastings, Vermont, VT, 0, Surgeon, 31st NY INF, comn 5/25/61, Surgeon USV, 8/3/61, LTC Medical Inspector, 2/9/63, resigned, 8/29/63, ,
Kelley, Isaac Dixon, Vermont, VT, 28, enl 7/29/62, SGT, Co. B, 105th IL INF, m/o 6/7/65, Washington DC, ,
Kelley, Thomas Benton, Vermont, VT, 24, 8th IL INF, PVT, Co. E, ,
Leland, Erastus H., Unknown, 0, Adjutant, 38th OH INF, ,
Smith, Otis David, New Haven, VT, 0, 6th AL INF, enl 5/61, in battles of Manassas, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Fair Oaks, wdd and taken prisoner at South Mountain, after exchange transferred to QM's Department. Postwar professor of Mathematics in Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala., ,
Sterl, Oscar W., (Rutland, VT), 25, 7th OH INF, comn 2LT, Co. K, 6/17/61, pr 1LT, Co. F, 2/5/1862, resigned 4/18/62, comn CPT, Co. A, 104th OH INF, 7/11/62, Co. A, 104th OH INF, pr MAJ 12/9/62, LTC 1/2/63, pr COL 8/11/1864, m/o 6/17/65, Greensboro, NC, ,
Stevens, Alanson J., Saint Johnsbury, VT, 0, Btry B, PA LARTY, kia, Chickamauga, 9/20/63, ,
Stevens, Hiram, Enosburgh, VT, 0, comn Adjutant, 1st VVI, 4/26/61 (4/26/61), m/o 8/15/61;
comn CPT and AAG, USV, 8/3/61, d/svc 6/9/63, ,Stevens, William H., Woodstock, VT, 0, 2nd RI CAV, ,
swain, edgar D., Essex, VT, 0, 42nd IL INF, ,
Thayer, James H., (Marlboro, VT), 0, 12th WI INF, ,
Thayer, Samuel White, Burlington, VT, 0, State of Vermont Surgeon General (more; offsite), ,
Townsley, Henry, Brattleboro, VT, 0, 1st MO CAV, ,
Tucker, Alba Mark, Hartford, VT, 27, 100th IN INF, CPT and Assistant Quartermaster, USV (more offsite), ,
Tucker, Benjamin F., (Bristol, VT), 0, 2nd U.S. CAV, Presidential Guard, 1st ME CAV, ,
Tucker, Nathaniel A., Burlington, VT, 0, Acting Paymaster, USV, ,
Tucker, Seth Morton, Unknown, 0, 10th KS INF, 14th KS CAV, ,
Tyler, George Otis, Unknown, 0, comn CPT, Co. I, 43rd MA INF (Boston Tigers), 9/12/62, m/o 7/30/63, ,
Valentine, Alonzo Buckingham, Bennington, VT, 32, comn QM, 10th VVI, 7/31/62 (9/3/62), pr CPT & CS, USV, 3/2/64, brevet MAJ, USV, 6/28/64 for meritorious service, m/o 6/28/65 (more), ,
Van Vliet, Stewart Leonard, Ferrisburgh, VT, 0, USMA 40; (more) , ,
Walker, Albert, (Manchester, VT), 0, CPT & CS, USV, 11/26/62, m/o 6/15/65, ,
Watson, Amasa B., Worcester, VT, 0, 8th MI INF, wdd near Port Royal, S.C., 62, resigned, 9/62, ,
Wheeler, Daniel David, Cavendish, VT, 20, comn 2LT, Co. C, 4th VVI, 9/3/61 (9/3/61), pr 1LT, Co. D, 4/21/62 (4/21/62), tr to Co. G, 1/18/63, brevet CPT and ADC on staff of Gen. W. T. H. Brooks, commanding 1st Division, 18th A.C., and later cmndng 10th A.C.; wdd, Cold Harbor, 6/3/64; CPT (or MAJ?) and AAG, USV, 12/27/64, on staff of Gen. Ord, commanding 18th A.C.; LTC and AAG, 25th A.C., 5/26/65; brevet COL, 3/65 for gallant and meritorious service during the war; m/o 10/19/66; 1LT, 67; CPT and Assistant Quartermaster, U.S. Army, 7/2/79; Served in Peninsula, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness and Richmond campaigns (Medal of Honor!), ,
Wheeler, William W., (Essex Junction, VT), 0, 6th MI INF, 23rd MI INF, 28th MI INF, ,
White, Charles B., New York, 0, Assistant Surgeon, USV, 10/24/63, Surgeon, 3/30/64, brevet LTC, 1/23/66, for faithful service; m/o 1/27/66 , ,
Whitney, Leonard, Williston, VT, 0, Chaplain, 11th IL CAV, d/dis 5/22/62, Pittsburg Landing, TN, ,
Willard, Edwin D., Unknown, 0, CPT & CS, USV, 5/1/62, died 10/3/63, ,
Willey, Daniel Daniel, Unknown, 0, CPT & CS, USV, 8/28/62, brevet MAJ, LTC, COL and BGen for meritorious service, m/o 10/26/66, ,
Winchester, Benjamin F., Unknown, 0, CPT & CS, USV, 7/17/62, d/svc 5/16/65, ,
Wing, Joseph K., Unknown, 0, CPT and Assistant Quartermaster, USV, 5/12/62, brevet MAJ and LTC, 3/13/65, m/o 8/10/65, ,
Winslow, George C., Unknown, 0, CPT and Assistant Quartermaster, USV, 8/10/63, brevet MAJ and LTC 12/9/65, m/o 4/20/66, ,
Winters, Gilbert E., Unknown, 0, CPT & CS, USV, 3/11/63, brevet MAJ 3/13/65, m/o 8/18/65, ,
Woodbury, Henry H., Woodstock, VT, 0, Adjutant, 46th IL INF, ,
Wooster, Mark H., Brattleboro, VT, 40, enl 9/9/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. F, 1st VVC, comn Regt'l CS 10/30/62 (11/11/62), pr CPT & CS, USV, 5/7/64, resigned 6/29/64, apptd again 5/1/65, resigned 7/8/65, ,
Wright, Dexter R., Rockingham, VT, 0, 15th CT INF, ,
Wright, Thomas Forster, Vermont, VT, 0, 2nd CA Cav, 6th CA INF, BGen USV, 3rd U.S. INF, ,
Wylie, Joseph H., Craftsbury, VT, 0, 47th IL INF, ,
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 imprisonmentSource 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.