Vermont Civil War, Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget! Commemorating Vermont's participation in the War of Rebellion.

Who We Are What's New? Name Search Units African Americans Battles Bibliography Books Cemeteries Collections Colored Troops Confederates Contributors Descendants Draft FAQs Generals Links Medal of Honor Medicine Monuments Museum People Post-War Pre-War Prisons Research Aids Site Map Time Line Towns Women

1 / 6

4th Vermont Band (Gibson)

2 / 6

"A Crucial Delay," at Burnside's Bridge (James Hope, 2nd VT)

3 / 6

6th Vermont Staff, 10/61 (Italo)

4 / 6

Rutland G.A.R. Post Members (GAR)

5 / 6

8 Swinyer Brothers Served (People)

6 / 6

1st Cavalry Monument, Gettysburg (Monuments)

❮ ❯

What They Say About Vermonters

Check It Out!

In perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale! - Catullus

Who We Are

A grassroots project documenting the story of the State's contributions to the war, and what happened to the participants during and after the war. For the purposes of this project, anyone who was born or died in Vermont, regardless of where they served, and anyone who served in a Vermont unit, regardless of where they were born, we consider a Vermonter. To that end, to date we have documented nearly 38,000 of Vermont's men and women who participated, on both sides of the war. (more)

Current Projects:

Adding gravestone pictures to our Virtual Cemeteries

Building a Virtual Museum of people, places and things.

Adding portraits, articles, and more to each person's record.

Please join us!

Tom Ledoux,
Expatriate Green Mountain Boy
Webmaster
tomledoux.civilwar@gmail.com
(443) 535-5276

New logo courtesy of Janice Fitzgerald McClintock

What Happened Today, 16 July

07.16.1861 Mustered in, including Jesse Adams, Wagoner, Co. F, 3rd Regiment, who had enlisted 1 June. (Adams)
07.16.1862 David Farragut promoted to Rear Admiral, the first officer to hold that rank in the history of the US Navy. (NavHist)
07.16.1863 Captain Emmons, USS Monongahela at Donaldsonville, to Rear Admiral Farragut: 'I have the honor to report that I have made a careful reconnaissance of the Mississippi River between here and Port Hudson, and have discovered no hostile demonstrations. (ORN)
07.16.1864 Captain Melancton Smith, Senior Officer in James River, ordered USS Agawam, Lieutenant George Dewey, to proceed to Four Mile Creek and assist Commander Nichols in dislodging the enemy, ' Who have a battery in position near the edge of the woods in that vicinity.' Lieutenant Dewey was to return to his station after dark. (ORN)
Check out our Facebook page!

Vermont in the Civil War

07.16.1861	Mustered in, including Jesse Adams, Wagoner, Co. F, 3rd Regiment, who had enlisted 1 June. (Adams)
07.16.1862	David Farragut promoted to Rear Admiral, the first officer to hold that rank in the history of the US Navy. (NavHist)
07.16.1863	Captain Emmons, USS Monongahela at Donaldsonville, to Rear Admiral Farragut: 'I have the honor to report that I have made a careful reconnaissance of the Mississippi River between here and Port Hudson, and have discovered no hostile demonstrations. (ORN)
07.16.1864	Captain Melancton Smith, Senior Officer in James River, ordered USS Agawam, Lieutenant George Dewey, to proceed to Four Mile Creek and assist Commander Nichols in dislodging the enemy, ' Who have a battery in position near the edge of the woods in that vicinity.' Lieutenant Dewey was to return to his station after dark. (ORN)