Volunteer Marines.
Barry, Daniel, m/i date?, USMC, m/o 2/10/69
Bates, Robert, enl 11/14/62, Portsmouth, for 4 yrs, as PVT, USMC; app SGT 11/14/62; served on USS Vandalia; disch 8/23/64, Portsmouth
Bowen, James C., res. Concord, NH, enl 7/11/61, Portsmouth, for 4 yrs, as PVT, USMC, vessels: Portsmouth and Circassian, dis/dsb 12/26/63, Boston, enl Co. C, 24th Regt., VRC, 9/2/64, m/i 9/2/64 as PVT, disch 11/14/65, Washington, DC.
Caswell, James E., enl 5/15/61, USMC, m/o 5/19/65
Clark, John, enl 12/64, USMC, nfi
Curran, Edward, USMC during and after the war, total 14 years service (more)
Day, Thomas E., enl 7/26/64, cred. Somersworth, NH, for 4 yrs as PVT, USMC, dsrtd 7/29/64, Portsmouth
Donovan, Timothy, enl 9/1/64, m/i 9/1/64, Pvt, Co. G, 6th VVI, m/o 6/19/65
pension index says svc in USMC as well, no detailsGarrity, Edward O., 1861, USMC, kia 3/8/62, vessels: Congress
Griffin, John W., enl 12/64, USMC, dsrtd 1/31/66
Hasson, Patrick J., enl 2/65, USMC, m/o 6/10/69
Hitchcock, Robert Emmet, USMC, KIA, Bull Run, 7/21/61, top of his head severed by a cannonball, body never recovered, 1st Marine and first Vermont officer killed in civil war
Howlin, James J., enl 2/65, USMC, nfi
Humphrey, Charles H., Midshipman, 9/58, 2LT, USMC, 3/63, Marine Barracks Cairo, IL
Kelley, John, enl 2/65, USMC, dsrtd 7/8/66
Kennedy, John, enl 1/65, USMC, dsrtd 10/24/65
Lovejoy, Andrew, enl 4/20/61, USMC, m/o 4/16/65
Lowry, Horatio B., comn 2LT, USMC, 9/17/61; pr 1LT, 11/1/61; Marine Barracks, Washington DC, 61; Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, NH, 61-62; attached to Marine Battn, Port Royal, SC, 62; steam frigate, Wabash, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron 62-63; commanded 100 marines ashore on Morris Island, SC, with the same number of sailors engaged in placing heavy guns in battery to be used against Fort Sumter, 62; commanded the marines of the U.S. Ships James Adger, Keystone State, Alabama and Albatross; organized a battn, upon special duty, Georgetown, SC, and neighboring waters; engaged the enemy near Blakes plantation, 62; served with the Marine Battn, Morris Island and Folly Island, SC; brevet CPT for gallant and meritorious services in the night attack upon Fort Sumter, made by the marines and sailors, 9/8/63; Marine Barracks, Boston, 64-65; USS Vermont, off Navy Yard, New York, 67; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 67-69; attached to U.S. frigate Sabine, special cruise, 69; comn CPT 10/16/69; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 70-72; Apptd Asst. Quartermaster, with rank of CPT, 6/21/72; HQ USMC, 72; ASST QM Office, Philadelphia, 77; attached to the Marine Battn as Asst. Quartermaster, during labor strike, Philadelphia and Reading, 7; headquarters USMC as Asst. Quartermaster, 81; Apptd QM, with the rank of MAJ, 5/85; on duty at headquarters USMC, 85, up to the present time (1892)
Martin, James, enl 3/65, USMC, dsrtd 3/27/65
Martin, John, enl 1/63, USMC, m/o 6/9/64
McGibbon, James R., enl 8/28/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. H, 5th VVI, reen 12/15/63, m/o 6/29/65, gunshot wnd in head; reen in Unid U.S. INF and USMC; served 8 years 2 months
O'Brien, Michael, enl 2/65, USMC, m/o 2/24/69
Philbrook, Charles C., res Claremont, NH;
enl again 8/12/61, Boston, Ma., for 4 yrs at PVT, USMC, pr CPL 8/1/62, pr 1SGT, 7/28/64, red to CPL, 11/12/64, pr SGT 2/25/65, served on USS Wabash, Sumter, Vermont, Paul Jones, and Union, and Marine Bttln, Bay Point, SC; m/o 8/12/65, Boston MA, term expiredRoberts, Burns H., enl 8/28/62, m/i 10/21/62, Pvt, Co. C, 14th VVI, m/o 7/30/63, cred Effingham, NH, enl 7/2/64 for 4 yrs, as Pvt, USMC, served on USS "San Jacinton," "Dale," "Glaucus," and "Powhatan", m/o 10/8/68, Brooklyn, NY, term expired
Smalley, Eugene Allen, 19th OH INF, enl 4/61, Co. B; took part in the West Virginia campaign of that year, and was engaged at Rich Mountain, Va., and the advance on Beverly; m/o 7/6/61;
8/61, examined at Washington, DC, comn in USMC; passed and was appointed 2LT, 8/29/61; 10/61, joined the btln under MAJ George J. Reynolds, for service at Port Royal, SC; embarked on USS Pawnee, at Washington Navy Yard; in the night passed the batteries on the Potomac without loss. At Fortress Monroe the command was transferred to the transport Governor; November 2nd and 3rd, the Governor was wrecked off Hatteras, the battalion having been rescued by the USS Sabine; proceeded to its destination, but did not reach Port Royal until after the surrender of Hilton Head and Bay Point; appointed QM of the battalion, and remained its QM during its organization; took part in the expedition against Fernandina and St. Augustine, Fla.; 4/62, battalion returned to Washington, and soon after was disbanded; 1/27/61, comn 1LT 6/16/62, appointed a member of the Board of Examiners to examine applicants for commission in USMC; in the summer of 62, ordered to the Gosport Navy Yard; 2/63, ordered to command of the guard of the USS San Jacinto, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; vessel sailed to Key West, Fla., as flag-ship of the East Gulf Squardron; 12/31/64, San Jacinto wrecked off the Bahamas; 3/65, reported at Philadelphia yard for duty; resigned 7/26/66.Smith, William, enl 12/64, USMC, nfi
Spencer, William J., enl 12/64, USMC, dsrtd 4/20/65
Tobin, Patrick, substitute - enl 2/65, USMC, m/o 2/15/69
Vaughan, Patrick, enl 2/65, USMUSMCC, m/o 2/10/69
Webster, Edson H., alias Edwin Webster, rsdd Nashua, enl 8/22/59, Boston, for 4 yrs, as PVT, USMC, served on USS Cumberland and Mackinaw m/o 9/5/64, Norfolk, additional service in 9th NH INF
Young, John A., enl 2/65, USMC, dsrtd 3/14/65
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.