(Click on the word grave at the end of soldier's information to get a photograph of his gravestone)

Bullock, David M., enl 12/13/61, m/i 12/31/61, PVT, Co. H, 2nd USSS, reen 12/21/63, tr to 4th VVI, Co. H, 2/25/65, m/o 7/13/65 (more) (occupation: farmer, 5' 7 3/4", light complexion, black eyes, dark hair), born: 8/19/1843, Readsboro, VT; died: 3/23/1923; buried: Village cemetery, Readsboro, VT; (grave)

Giddings, Benjamin Franklin, enl 10/26/61, m/i 12/31/61, PVT, Co. H, 2nd USSS, dis/dsb 6/25/62;
enl again 3/7/64, m/i 4/12/64, 1SGT, Co. G, 17th VVI, comn 1LT, Co. B, 8/24/64 (9/27/64), pr CPT, 11/1/64 (11/19/64), wdd, Bethesda Church, 6/3/64, m/o 7/14/65 (occupation: student, 5' 9", light complexion, grey eyes, dark hair) (more), born: 7/5/1843, Cavendish, VT; died: 9/28/1926; buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, CA; (grave)

McGettrick, Felix W., enl 1/1/64, m/i 1/5/64, PVT, Co. E, 2nd USSS, tr to Co. G, 4th VVI, 2/25/65, m/o 6/24/65 (more), born: 1847, unknown; died: 1919; buried: Holy Cross cemetery, Saint Albans, VT; (grave)

Peck, Cassius, enl 9/11/61, m/i 9/11/61, PVT, Co. F, 1st USSS, pr CPL 12/1/62, pr SGT 5/1/63, m/o 9/12/64 (Medal of Honor!), born: 3/3/1842, Brookfield, VT; died: 7/12/1913; buried: New Brookfield cemetery, Brookfield, VT; (grave)

Ripley, William Young Warren, comn CPT, Co. K, 1st VVI, 11/28/59 (11/28/59), m/o 8/15/61;
comn LTC, 1st USSS, 1/1/62 (1/1/62), wdd, Malvern Hill, 7/1/62, disch 8/6/62 for pr as COL, 10th VVI, but declined on account of wounds (Medal of Honor!), born: 12/31/1832, unknown; died: 12/16/1905; buried: Evergreen cemetery, Rutland, VT; (grave)

Sanford, James M., enl 8/22/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. D, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63;
enl 8/30/64 cred. Topsham, m/i 9/10/64, PVT, Co. F, 1st USSS, tr to 2nd USSS, Co. E, 12/23/64, tr to 4th VVI, Co. G, 2/25/65, m/o 6/19/65 (tombstone), born: 7/29/1829, NY; died: 2/1/1909; buried: Highland cemetery, Chelsea, VT; (grave)

Stoughton, Homer Richard, comn CPT, Co. E, 2nd USSS, 9/25/61 (9/25/61), pr MAJ 9/17/62, pr LTC 6/24/63, pr COL 1/19/64 (1/19/64), wdd, Spotsylvania, 5/10/64, pow, Petersburg, 6/21/64, prld 12/1/64, m/o 1/23/65, born: 11/13/1836, Quechee, VT; died: 1902; buried: Elmwood cemetery, Barre, 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.