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Introduction
They left Vermont and headed west (or east in some cases) for a variety of reasons, not the subject of our study here, but native Vermonters served in regiments from other states during the Civil War (and not all of them were Union soldiers). Select from the above menu for lists.
Based on the 1860 census, of the 413,852 native-born Vermonters in the United States, 174,765 (42.2%) lived outside Vermont. **
Given that statistic, one would assume a good number of native Vermonters served in other State's units, and indeed they did!
More than 9,900 in just seven states alone! More than 3,200 in New York, 1,500 in Illinois, almost 1,500 in New Hampshire, almost 1,450 in Massachusetts, 1,000 in Iowa, 660 in Wisconsin and 650 in Minnesota. There were others in all the other existing states except South Carolina, plus a few territories also attracted Vermonters into their military ranks.Select a state from the menu above.
** (William S. Rossiter, "Vermont. An Historical and Statistical Study of the Progress of the State." Publications of the American Statistical Association, volume XII, Nos. 93, March, 1911. Boston: American Statistical Association, 1912)