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Allen, George W., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, PVT, Co. H, 15th VVI, dis/dsb 1/24/63;
enl again 12/25/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pirvate, Co. I, 1st VVC, tr to VRC 1/2/65, m/o 7/24/65, born: 1843, unknown; died: 3/23/1882; buried: Village cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)

Benjamin, John, enl 11/19/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. C, 1st VVC, m/o 11/18/64, born: 1817, unknown; died: 1895; buried: Saint Thomas Cemetery, Underhill. VT; (grave)

Brainerd, Herbert, enl 8/16/62, m/i 9/29/62, Quartermaster Sergeant, Co. L, 1st VVC, pr Regimental Quartermaser Sergeant, 9/1/63, pr Quartermaster, 4/1/64 (4/29/64), resigned 7/26/64, born: 12/25/1837, unknown; died: 2/26/1900; buried: Greenwood cemetery, Saint Albans, VT; (grave)

Brainerd, Joseph Partridge, enl 8/15/62, m/i 9/29/62, Pvt, Co. L, 1st VVC, wdd, Craig's Church, 5/5/64, pow, Craig's Church, 5/5/64, Andersonville, d/prison 9/12/64 (scorbutus), born: 6/27/1840, St. Albans, VT; died: 9/12/1864; buried: Andersonville National Cemetery, GA (cenotaph Greenwood, Saint Albans, VT); (cenotaph)

Brainerd, Otis H., enl 8/19/62, m/i 9/29/62, Pvt, Co. L, 1st VVC, pow, Herndon Station, 3/63, prld 3/17/63, d/dis 1/4/64, Annapolis, MD, born: 1844, unknown; died: Annapolis, MD, 1/4/1864; buried: Greenwood cemetery, Saint Albans, VT; (grave)

Carroll, James, enl 12/10/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. A, 1st VVC, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, tr to Co. B 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65, born: 1844, unknown; died: 4/28/1914; buried: Saint Thomas Cemetery, Underhill, VT; (grave)

Collins, Oscar E., enl 11/12/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. I, 1st VVC, m/o 11/18/64, born: 1841, unknown; died: 1900; buried: Village Cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)

Cowley, Charles, enl 8/25/62, m/i 9/26/62, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VVC, m/o 8/3/63, SOWD, Corley on stone, born: unknown, unknown; died: after 8/3/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA; (grave)

Daniels, Charles Henry, enl 8/23/62, m/i 10/10/62, Pvt, Co. A, 13th VVI, m/o 7/21/63
enl 8/17/64, m/i 8/17/64, Pvt, Co. E, 1st VVC, m/o 6/21/65, born: unknown, unknown; died: 11/17/1922; buried: G.A.R. cemetery, Seattle, WA; (grave)

Day, William H., enl 11/30/63, m/i 11/30/63, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VVC, mwia, 8/25/64, d/wds 8/25/64, removed from Weaverton, Monocacy, age 18, born: unknown, unknown; died: 8/25/1864; buried: Antietam National Cemetery, MD; (grave)

Demareaux, Joseph, enl 11/18/62, m/i 12/30/62, Pvt, Co. M, 1st VVC, kia, 5/30/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 5/30/1864; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Doane, Henry M., enl 11/5/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. B, 1st VVC, m/o 10/25/62;
enl again 10/14/63, m/i 1/5/64, Wgnr., Co. A 17th VVI, m/o 7/14/65 , born: 12/28/1839, unknown; died: 2/1/1913; buried: Maple Grove cemetery, Bakersfield, VT; (grave)

Dunn, Charles C., enl 12/12/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. G, 1st VVC, wdd, 3/1/64, pow, Mechanicville, 3/1/64, Richmond, d/prison n.d., born: 1817, unknown; died: after 3/1/1864; buried: City cemetery, Woodford, VT; (grave)

Flint, Henry C., comn 1LT, Co. I, 1st VVC, 10/21/61 (11/1/61), pr CPT, 4/25/62 (4/25/62), kia, Broad Run, 4/1/63, born: 1840, unknown; died: Broad Run, VA, 4/1/1863; buried: Irasburg cemetery, Irasburg, VT; (grave)

Fullington, Barney S., enl 9/8/62, m/i 10/10/62, Pvt, Co. E, 13th VVI, m/o 7/21/63;
enl again 1/2/64, m/i 1/12/64, Pvt, Co. M, 1st VVC, tr to Co. F 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65 (tombstone says Birney), born: 2/16/1845, unknown; died: 7/10/1918; buried: Lamoille View cemetery, Johnson, VT; (grave)

Girardeau, Albert, enl 8/16/62, m/i 9/29/62, Pvt, Co. L, 1st VVC, pow, Herndon Station, 3/17/63, prld 3/18/63, m/o 6/21/65, born: 8/16/1835, unknown; died: 2/1/1897; buried: Mount Calvary cemetery, Saint Albans, VT; (grave)

Greeley, Parker, enl 10/27/61, m/i 11/19/61, Saddler, Co. G, 1st VVC, pow, Middletown, 5/24/62, prld 6/1/62, d/svc 2/11/64, born: 1815, unknown; died: 2/12/1864; buried: Village cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)

Grout, Josiah Jr., comn 2LT, Co. I, 1st VVC, 10/21/61 (11/1/61), pr 1LT 4/25/62 (4/25/62), pr CPT 4/1/63 (6/5/63), wdd, Broad Run, 4/1/63, dis/dsb 10/1/63;
comn CPT, Co. M, FRON CAV (26th NY CAV), 1/10/65 (2/23/65), pr MAJ 3/22/65 (3/25/65), m/o 6/27/65 [Governor of VT 1896-1898] (more), born: 5/28/1842, Compton, PQ, Canada; died: 7/9/1925; buried: Derby Center cemetery, Derby Line, VT; (grave)

Hall, Josiah, comn CPT, Co. F, 1st VVC, 10/17/61 (11/1/61), pr Maor, 10/4/62 (10/17/62), pr LTC, 11/19/64 (11/26/64), pr COL 5/23/65 (5/31/65), wdd, Brandy Station, 10/12/63, pow, Brandy Station, 10/12/63, prld 8/3/64, m/o 6/21/65 (more offsite) , born: 2/15/1835, Westminster, VT; died: 3/15/1912; buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, CA; (grave)

Hancock, Asa B., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. H, 15th VVI, dis/dsb 5/18/63;
enl again 12/18/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. I, 1st VVC, pr CPL 12/15/64, tr to Co. F, 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65, born: 4/3/1845, unknown; died: 4/14/1908; buried: Village cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)

Hawley, Homer, enl 9/23/61, m/i 11/19/61, tr to 19th Co. 2nd Btln VRC 9/1/63, m/o 11/19/64, born: 1831, unknown; died: 5/8/1886; buried: East Cambridge cemetery, Cambridge, VT; (grave)

Hutchinson, Peter P., enl 10/7/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. B, 1st VVC, pow, Hagerstown, 7/6/63, prld 8/21/63, m/o 11/18/64, born: 9/22/1837, unknown; died: 2/22/1923; buried: Mountain View cemetery, Morristown, VT; (grave)

Livingston, George S., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. H, 15th VVI, m/o 8/5/63;
enl again 12/23/63, cred Coventery, VT, m/i 12/23/63, Pvt, Co. I, 1st VVC, wdd, Weldon Railroad, 6/23/64, pow, Nottoway Court House, 6/23/64, prld 8/13/64, tr to Co. F, 6/21/65, m/o 7/20/65, born: 1831, unknown; died: 5/5/1908; buried: Village cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)

Lyford, Munroe, enl 9/12/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. C, 1st VVC, wdd, 6/13/63, m/o 11/18/63, born: 2/22/1835, unknown; died: 4/21/1905; buried: West Hill cemetery, Cabot, VT; (grave)

Lyon, Frederick A., enl 12/31/62, m/i 2/9/63, PVT, Co. A, 1st VVC, pr CPL 7/1/64, pr SGT 11/1/64, tr to Co. B 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65 (Medal of Honor!), born: 7/25/1843, Williamsburg, MA; died: 9/23/1911; buried: Mount Evergreen cemetery, Jackson, MI; (grave)

McNuff, Andrew, enl 9/5/64, m/i 9/5/64, Pvt, Co. G, 1st VVC, tr to Co. A 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65, born: unknown, unknown; died: unknown; buried: Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa, CA; (grave)

Morehouse, Daniel W., enl 9/19/61, m/i 11/19/61, pow 5/24/62 prld 9/13/62, tr to VRC 3/25/64, m/o 11/19/64, born: 1826, unknown; died: unknown; buried: Underhill Flats Cemetery, Underhill, VT; (grave)

Nichols, Langdon H., enl 10/3/61, m/i 11/19/61, CPL, Co. C, 1st VVC, pow 5/24/62, Lynchburg, d/prison 7/27/62 (apoplexy); originally buried Lynchburg, born: 1837, unknown; died: 7/27/1862; buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA (cenotaph Roxbury, VT); (grave)

Paige, Henry M., comn 2LT, Co. C, 1st VVC, 10/14/61 (11/1/61), pr 1LT, 11/18/61 (11/18/61), pr CPT, Co. C, 10/30/62 (11/8/62), wdd, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, pr MAJ, 7/7/64 (8/10/64), m/o 11/18/64 as CPT, Co. C, born: 1837, unknown; died: 1885; buried: Cabot cemetery, Cabot, VT; (grave)

Parker, Jerome W., enl 12/15/63, m/i 12/25/63, Pvt, Co. C, 1st VVC, tr to Co. A 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65 (more), born: 11/12/1848, Waitefield, VT; died: 5/24/1909; buried: Forest Hill cemetery, Fitchburg, MA; (grave)

Pearson, Reuben C., enl 8/12/62, m/i 9/26/62, Pvt, Co. I, 1st VVC, kia, Nottoway Court House, 6/23/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 6/23/1864; buried: Village Cemetery, Coventry, VT; (grave)

Peck, Theodore Safford, enl 6/27/62, m/i as PVT, Co. K, 1st VVC, appointed Quartermaster Sergeant, 9th VVI, 7/9/62, pr 2LT, Co. C, 1/8/63 (1/14/63), pr 1LT, Co. H, 6/10/64 (8/3/64), wdd, Chapin's Farm, 9/29/64, pr CPT and Asst. Quartermaster USV 3/11/65, but not mustered, declined comn, m/o 6/23/65; postwar State Adjt. General (Medal of Honor!), born: 3/22/1843, unknown; died: 3/15/1918; buried: Lakeview cemetery, Burlington, VT; (grave)

Preston, Addison W., comn CPT, Co. D, 1st VVC, 10/15/61 (11/1/61), pr LTC, 9/16/62 (9/16/62), pr COL 4/29/64 (5/24/64), kia, Cold Harbor, 6/3/64, born: 1831, unknown; died: 6/3/1864; buried: Danville Green cemetery, Danville, VT; (grave)

Ross, Eli C., enl 8/29/62, m/i 9/26/62, Pvt, Co. K, 1st VVC, pow, Stony Creek, 6/29/64, Andersonville, prld 12/6/64, m/o 6/21/65, born: 1840, unknown; died: 3/8/1865; buried: Underhill Flats Cemetery, Underhill, VT; (grave)

Rushford, Zimri, enl 9/16/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. B, 1st VVC, pow, VA, 2/17/63, prld 3/7/63, m/o 11/18/64, born: 1833, unknown; died: 7/21/1884; buried: Holy Cross cemetery, Saint Albans, VT; (grave)

Sargent, Martin R., enl 9/19/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. I, 1st VVC, pr CPL, pow, Broad Run, 4/1/63, prld, 4/7/63, red 6/1/64, d/svc 7/25/64, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/25/1864; buried: City Point National Cemetery, VA (cenotaph Evergreen Ledge, Johnson, VT); (cenotaph)

Sawyer, Edward Bertrand, comn CPT, Co. I, 1st VVC, 10/21/61 (11/1/61), pr MAJ, 4/25/62 (4/25/62), pr COL, 9/16/62 (9/16/62), resigned, 4/28/64 (more), born: 4/16/1828, unknown; died: 3/17/1918; buried: Village Protestant cemetery, Hyde Park, VT; (grave)

Smith, Joel J., enl 9/16/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. C, 1st VVC, kia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, born: 1827, unknown; died: 7/3/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA (cenotaph South Duxbury, VT); (grave)

Sperry, Ira E., enl 8/12/62, m/i 9/29/62, CPL, Co. L, 1st VVC, mwia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, d/wds 7/22/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/22/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA; (grave)

St. Germain, Marshall, enl 9/20/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. B, 1st VVC, pow, where?, 2/17/63, prld 3/7/63, pow, Meadow Bridge, 5/12/64, prld 11/30/64, m/o 2/6/65, born: 1837, unknown; died: 4/26/1925; buried: Holy Cross cemetery, Saint Albans, VT; (grave)

Stone, James, enl 10/8/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VVC, wdd, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, PA, m/o 11/18/64, born: 1840, unknown; died: after 7/19/1865; buried: Holy Cross cemetery, Saint Albans, VT; (grave)

Stoughton, Augustus Ceasar, enl 1/4/64, m/i 1/4/64, Pvt, Co. L, 1st VVC, pr CPL 7/1/65, tr to Co. D, 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65, born: 3/5/1849, Winooski, VT; died: 3/15/1930; buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Burlington, VT; (grave)

Sweeney, James, enl 12/17/63, m/i 12/30/63, Pvt, Co. A, 1st VVC, wdd, 6/10/64, m/o 6/14/65 (Medal of Honor!), born: 9/24/1845, Manchester, England; died: 6/26/1931; buried: Los Angeles National cemetery, CA; (grave)

Taylor, Joseph, enl 10/7/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. G, 1st VVC, pow 5/24/62, d/prison 7/2/62; originally buried Lynchburg, born: unknown, unknown; died: Richmond, VA?, 7/2/1862; buried: Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, VA; (grave)

Thompson, Rufus D., enl 8/14/62, m/i 9/29/62, Pvt, Co. L, 1st VVC, kia, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: 7/3/1863; buried: Gettysburg National Cemetery, PA; (grave)

Tompkins, Charles Henry, comn COL, 1st VVC, 4/24/62 (4/24/62), (prewar U.S. Army) resigned 9/9/62, born: 1830, VA; died: 1/18/1915; buried: Oak Hill cemetery, Washington, DC; (grave)

Wells, William, comn 1LT, Co. C, 1st VVC, 10/14/61 (11/1/61), pr CPT, Co. C 11/18/61 (11/18/61), pr MAJ 10/30/62 (11/8/62), pow, Herndon Station, 3/17/63, prld 5/5/63, wdd, Hagerstown, 7/6/63, wdd, Culpeper Court House, 9/13/63, pr COL 6/24/64 (6/20/64), brevet BGen, 2/22/65, brevet MGEN 3/13/65 for gallant and meritorious services, pr BGen, USV, 5/19/65, m/o 1/15/66 (Medal of Honor!), born: 12/14/1837, Waterbury, VT; died: New York, NY, 4/29/1892; buried: Lakeview cemetery, Burlington, 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)

Wilcox, Zachary Taylor, enl 9/2/64, m/i 9/22/64, Pvt, Co. F, 1st VVC, m/o 6/21/65 (more), born: 6/2/1847, Binghamville (Fletcher), VT; died: 12/31/1926; buried: Lone Mountain cemetery, Carson City, NV; (grave)

Wilson, Alonzo, enl 8/16/62, m/i 9/26/61, Pvt, Co. G, 1st VVC, m/o 6/21/65, Yorktown gravestone says d 6/21/65, born: unknown, unknown; died: 6/21/1865; buried: Yorktown National Cemetery, VA; (grave)

Woodbury, Eri Davidson, enl 12/14/63, m/i 12/26/63, PVT, Co. E, 1st VVC, pr SGT 7/1/64, comn 2LT, 11/19/64, pr 1LT, Co. B, 2/9/65 (3/13/65), wdd, Appomattox Station, 4/8/65, m/o 6/21/65, brevet CPT, 3/13/65 for gallant and meritorious service in the field (Medal of Honor!), born: 5/30/1837, Francistown, NH; died: 4/14/1928; buried: Saint Peters Episcopal cemetery, Chesire, CT; (grave)

Woodward, John W., comn CPT, Co. M, 1st VVC, 11/19/62 (11/19/62), pow, Aldie, 3/2/63, prld 3/2/63, kia, Hagerstown, 7/8/63, born: 1839, unknown; died: 7/6/1863; buried: East Cambridge cemetery, Cambridge, VT; (grave)

Young, Francis, enl 11/9/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. K, 1st VVC, m/o 11/18/64
enl 3/3/65, cred. to Fairfax, Hancock's 1st A.C., Co. I, 7th Regt, m/o 3/5/66, born: 6/20/1830, St. Hyacinthe, PQ, Canada; died: 9/17/1920; buried: Saint Theresas cemetery, Hyde Park, 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.