FIRST
VERMONT CAVALRY
About one hundred and seventy men from Rutland county joined this
organization, distributed among the towns about as follows: Benson, 6;
Brandon, 2; Castleton, 19; Chittenden, 10; Clarendon, 10; Danby, 6; Fairhaven,
5; Ira, 2; Mendon, 2; Mount Tabor, 1; Pawlet, 6; Pittsford, 3; Poultney,
9; Rutland, 61; Shrewsbury, 2; Tinmouth, 5 ; Wallingford, 14; Wells, 4;
Westhaven, 1.
The regiment was mustered into the service November 19, 1861, for
three years. The original members, not veterans, were mustered out November
18, 1864. The recruits for one year and recruits whose term of service
would expire previous to October 1 1865, were mustered out June 21, 1865.
The remaining officers and men were then consolidated into a battalion
of six companies, which was mustered out August 9, 1865.
Of the officers who were from Rutland county Charles A. ADAMS was
second lieutenant of Company H from October 19, 1861; first lieutenant
Company H October 30, 1862; captain of Company H April 1, 1863; wounded
July 3, 1863, and October 11, 1863; prisoner of war from October 11, 1863,
to March 5, 1865; mustered out June 21, 1865.
John H. HAZLETON went out as a private in Company H, and was made
company quartermaster-sergeant November 19, 1861; first sergeant August
1, 1862; second lieutenant Company H October 30, 1862; first lieutenant
Company H April 1, 1863; captain of Company M July 6, 1863; mustered out
August 9, 1865.
Emmet MATHER went out as private in Company H, and was made corporal
November 19, 1861; sergeant December 4, 1861; first sergeant May 1, 1863;
wounded July 3, 1863; first lieutenant Company H July 6, 1863; captain
of Company H April 14, 1865; transferred to Company F June 2 1, 1865; mustered
out August 9, 1865.
Selah G. PERKINS, captain of Company H, killed in action September
22, 1862.
Franklin T. HUNTOON went out as second lieutenant of Company H,
and was promoted to captain October, 1862, and honorably discharged March
26, 1863.
Gilbert STEWARD went out as private in Company G; made second lieutenant
of Company G October 4, 1862; commissioned first lieutenant of Company
G April 28, 1863; wounded July 6, 1863, and died July 29, 1864, of wounds
received in action at Stony Creek Station, Va., June 28, 1864.
James BARRETT went out as private in Company G; was made bugler
and re-enlisted December 30, 1863; made first sergeant November 15, 1864
; promoted to second lieutenant May 9, 1865 ; mustered out June 21, 1865.
Carlos A. BARROWS, private in Company H, was made first sergeant
November 19, 1861; commissioned second lieutenant April 1, 1863; mustered
out June 21, 1865.
To attempt to give a history, however brief, in these pages of the
extended career of this organization is utterly impossible. The history
of cavalry regiments is always replete with stirring incidents -- rapid
marches, fearless and brilliant charges, and desperate hand-to-hand encounters,
the details of which, while often of paramount interest, require ample
space for their proper description. We are, therefore, forced to confine
ourselves here to mere statistics. The long list of engagements in which
the First Cavalry shared honorable and often the most important part, tells
the brief story of what they did and endured. Beginning with Mount Jackson,
they served in engagements of more or less importance at Port Republic,
April 27, 1862; Middletown, May 24, 1862; Winchester, May 25, 1862; Luray
Court-House, July 2, 1862; Culpepper Court-House, July 10, 1862; Orange
Court-House, August 2, 1862; Kelley's Ford, August 20, 1862; Waterloo Bridge,
August 22, 1862; Bull Run, August 30, 1862; Ashby's Gap, September, 1862;
Broad Run, April 1, 1863; Greenwich, May 30, 1863; Hanover, Pa., June 30,
1863; Huntersville, Pa., July 2, 1863; Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; Monterey,
July 4, 1863 ; Lightersville, Md., July 5, 1863; Hagerstown, Md., July
6, 1863; Boonesborough, Md., July 8, 1863; Hagerstown, July 13, 1863; Falling
Waters, July 14, 1863;
Port Conway, August 25, 1863; Port Conway, September 1, 1863; Culpepper
Court-House, September 13, 1863; Somerville Ford, September 14, 1863; Raccoon
Ford, September 26, 1863; Falmouth, October 4, 1863; James City, October
10, 1863; Brandy Station, October 5, 1863; Gainesville, October 18 and
19, 1863; Buckland Mills, October t9, 1863; Morton's Ford, November 28,
1863; Mechanicsville, March 1, 1864; Piping Tree, March 2, 1864; Craig's
Church, May 5, 1864; Spottsylvania, May 8, 1864; Yellow Tavern, May 11,
1864; Meadow Bridge, May 12, 1864; Hanover Court-House, May 31, 1864; Ashland,
June 1, 1864; Hawe's Shop, June 3, 1864; Bottom Bridge, June 10, 1864;
White Oak Swamp, June 13, 1864; Malvern Hill, June 15, 1864; Reams's Station,
June 22, 1864; Nottaway Court House, June 23, 1864; Keyesville, June 24,
1864; Roanoke Station, June 25, 1864; Stony Creek, June 28 and 29, 1864;
Reams's Station, June 29, 1864; Ridley's Shop, June 30, 1864; Winchester,
August 17, 1864; Summit Point, August 21, 1864; Charlestown, August 22,
1864; Kearneysville, August 25, 1864; Opequan, September 19, 1864; Front
Royal, September 21, 1864; Mooney's Grade, September 21, 1864; Milford,
September 22, 1864; Waynesborough, September 28, 1864; Columbia Furnace,
October 7, 1864; Tom's Brook, October 9, 1864; Cedar Creek, October 13,
1864; Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864; Middle Road, November 11, 1864; Middle
and Back Road, November 12, 1864l, 1865; Namozine Church, April 3, 1865;
Appomattox Station, April 8, 1865; Appomattox Court-House, April 9, 1865.
The total losses in this regiment during the term of service embracing
the above list of actions was three hundred and ninety-seven by death;
sixty-three of these were killed in action. No other cavalry regiment bears
a better record than the First Vermont.
THE
NINE-MONTHS MEN
Under the call of the president for 300,000 nine-months volunteers,
made August 4, 1862, five regiments were recruited in the State. In two
of these, the Twelfth and Fourteenth, were companies of Rutland men. In
the Twelfth we have already given the enlistment of the RutIand Light Guard,
as Company K. Of this regiment the colonel was Asa P. Blunt, of St. Johnsbury;
lieutenant-colonel, Roswell Farnham, of Bradford; major, Levi G. Kingsley,
of Rutland; the subsequent promotions of these officers will be found in
the closing pages of this chapter.
Of the Fourteenth Regiment four companies were recruited in this
county -- B, Captain John C. THOMPSON, Wallingford; Company F, Castleton,
Captain Joseph JENNINGS,; Company H, Rutland, Captain Walter C. DUNTON;
Company K, Danby, Captain Alonzo N. COLVIN. The colonel was Wm. T. NICHOLS,
of Rutland; lieutenant-colonel, Charles W. ROSE, of Middlebury; major,
Nathaniel B. HALL, Bennington; adjutant, Harrison PRINDLE, Manchester;
quartermaster, Charles FIELD, Dorset; surgeons, Edwin H. SPRAGUE, Middlebury,
and Adrian T. WOODWARD, Brandon; assistant surgeon, L. C. ROSS, Poultney;
chaplain, Wm. S. SMART, Benson. The subsequent promotions of these officers,
as far as they belonged to this county, are given in the closing pages
of this chapter.
The following statement shows the distribution of the Rutland county
volunteers in this regiment among the various towns: Benson, Co. D, 22.
Castleton, Co. F, 34. Chittenden, Co. H, 10. Clarendon, Co. B, 9. Danby,
Co. B, 20; Co. K, 5. Fairhaven, Co. F, 28. Hubbardton, Co. F, 12; Co. D,
1. Ira, Co. H, 7. Mendon, Co. H, 2. Middletown, Co. B, 7. Mount Holly,
Co. H, 11; Co. B. 1. Pawlet, Co. K, I; Co. B, 24. Pittsford, Co. H 3; Pittsfield,
Co. H, 5. Poultney, Co. F, 19; Co. K, 4. Rutland, Co. H, 33. Sherburne,
Co. H, 11. Shrewsbury, Co. H, 4; Co. B, 20. Sudbury, Co. F, 1. Tinmouth,
Co. B, 4. Wallingford, Co. B, 15; Co. K, 3; Co. H. 1. Wells, Co. K, 11.
Westhaven, Co. F, 7; Co. D, 4.
Wheelock G. VEAZEY was appointed colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment,
and Redfield PROCTOR of the Fifteenth, recruited under this call. The regiments
as fast as recruited went into camp at Brattleboro, the Twelfth on September
25, the Thirteenth, September 29; the Fourteenth, October 6; the Fifteenth,
October 8; the Sixteenth, October 9. They were brigaded together as the
Second Brigade and placed under command of Brigadier-General Edwin H. Stoughton.
He was subsequently captured, when the command was for a time assumed by
Colonel Asa P. BLUNT, of the Twelfth Regiment. In April, 1863, Brigadier-General
George J. STANNARD was assigned to the command until the expiration of
the term of service.
Until June, 1863, the brigade was stationed in front of Washington,
various regiments being located in the vicinity of Fairfax and Wolf Run
Shoals, and engaged principally in picket duty. On the 25th of June the
brigade left the line of works, under orders to report to Major-General
REYNOLDS, commanding the First Corps. On the evening of July 1 the brigade
joined that corps at Gettysburg, after an exhausting march of seven days,
during which they made more than one hundred and twenty-five miles. The
Twelfth and Fifteenth Regiments were ordered to the rear to protect wagon
trains and did not participate in the battles of the Second and Third,
although the Fifteenth, under Colonel PROCTOR, was advanced towards the
front after the first order to the rear; to the Twelfth and Fifteenth the
order was given that the regiment numbering the most men should go to the
front, and the Fifteenth slightly out-counted the Twelfth, but the service
of the latter proved fully as important as that of the other; the Fifteenth
being again sent to the rear the next day. On the evening of the 2d of
July the remaining regiments of the brigade were moved to the front line,
to fill the place of troops that had been had been shattered by the onslaughts
of the enemy. To give the reader an idea of the very important and gallant
service of this brigade in the Gettysburg battle of the 3d we cannot do
better than reproduce a portion of the official report of General STANNARD,
as follows:
"Before reaching the ground, the Twelfth and Fifteenth Regiments were detached
by order of General REYNOLDS as a guard to the corps wagon train in the
rear. The Fifteenth rejoined the brigade next morning, but was again ordered
back for the same duty about noon of that day. After the opening of the
battle of the 2d the left wing of the Thirteenth Regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel
MUNSON, was ordered forward as support to the skirmishers in our front.
While stationing them Captain A. G. FOSTER, assistant-inspector-general
of my staff, was seriously wounded by a ball through both legs, depriving
me of his valuable services for the remainder of the battle. Just before
dark of the same day, our army line on the left of the center, having become
broken, under a desperate charge of the enemy, my brigade was ordered up.
The right wing of the Thirteenth Regiment, under command of Colonel RANDALL,
was in advance and upon reaching the breach in the line was granted by
General HANCOCK, commanding upon the spot, the privilege of making effort
to retake the guns of Company C, Regular Battery, which had just been captured
by the enemy.
"This they performed in a gallant charge, in which Colonel RANDALL's horse
was shot under him. Four guns of the battery were retaken, and two rebel
field pieces, with about eighty prisoners, were captured by five companies
of the Thirteenth in this single charge. The front line thus re-established,
was held by this brigade for twenty-six hours. About two o'clock of the
3d instant the enemy commenced a vigorous attack upon our position. After
subjecting us for an hour and a half to the severest cannonade of the whole
battle from nearly one hundred guns, the enemy charged with a heavy column
of infantry. The charge was aimed directly upon my command, but owing apparently
to the firm front shown them, the enemy diverged midway and came upon the
line on my right. But they did not thus escape the warm reception prepared
for them by the Vermonters. As soon as the change of the point of attack
became evident, I ordered a flank attack upon the enemy's column. Forming
in the open meadow in front of our line, the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Regiments
marched down in column by the flank, changed front forward at right angle
to the main line of battle of the army, bringing them in line of battle
upon the flank of the charging column of the enemy, and opened a destructive
fire at short range, which the enemy sustained but a very few minutes before
the larger portion of them surrendered and marched in, not as conquerors,
but as captives. They had hardly dropped their arms before another rebel
column appeared charging upon our left. Colonel VEAZEY, of the Sixteenth,
was at once ordered back to take it in its turn upon the flank. This was
done as successfully as before. The rebel force, already decimated by the
fire of the Fourteenth Regiment, was scooped almost en masse into our lines.
The Sixteenth took in this charge the regimental colors of the Second Florida
and Eighth Virginia Regiments, and the battle-flag of another rebel regiment.
"The Sixteenth was supported for a time, in the now advanced position it
occupied after the charge, by four companies of the Fourteenth under command
of Lieutenant-Colonel ROSE.
"The movements I have briefly described were executed in the open field
under a heavy fire of shell, grape and musketry, and they were performed
with the promptness and precision of battalion drill. They ended the contest
on the center and substantially closed the battle.
"Officers and men behaved like veterans, although it was for most of them
their first battle, and I am content to leave it to the witnesses of the
fight whether or no they sustained the credit of the service and the honor
of our Green Mountain State."
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Little need be added of the brilliant part taken by this brigade
in that memorable battle. It is still characterized as a most important
feature of the engagement, particularly the action of the Sixteenth Regiment
under Colonel VEAZEY. The total killed in the brigade was reported as thirty-nine,
and wounded two hundred and forty-eight; of these the Fourteenth Regiment
lost seventeen killed and sixty-eight wounded.
The terms of service of the regiments in this brigade soon expired
and they were mustered out, the Twelfth on the 14th of July; the Thirteenth,
July 21; the Fourteenth, July 30; the Fifteenth, August 5; and the Sixteenth,
August 10.
SECOND
BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY
This account would be scarcely complete without some honorable mention
of this organization. The battery was mustered into the service December
16 and 24, 1861, for three years. The original members not veterans were
mustered out September 20, 1864; the excess of recruits being then organized
as the first company of Heavy Artillery, Vermont Volunteers, March 1, 1865.
This battery was mustered out July 31, 1865. In the battery were about
eighty-seven men from Rutland county, distributed among the towns about
as follows: Benson, 1; Brandon, 34; Castleton, 7; Chittenden 1; Clarendon,
1; Hubbardton, 11; Ira, 1; Pittsford, 1; Poultney, 6; Rutland, 9; Sudbury,
13; Wallingford, 1.
The officers in the battery from Rutland county were John W. CHASE,
of Brandon, who went out as second lieutenant and was promoted first lieutenant;
November 1, 1862.
John A. QUILTY, second lieutenant, also of Brandon; resigned August
26, 1862.
Henry F. TOWER, of Ira, went out as a private; was made corporal
March' 28, 1864; and quartermaster-sergeant September 1, 1864.
The battery left the State for New Orleans on the 6th of February,
1862. Its entire operations were confined to the Department of the Gulf,
of which we have but meager details. In March, 1863, they were at Baton
Rouge, and during the latter part of the same year and down to the time
of their muster out, they were established at Port Hudson, in the siege
of which position they did honorable and valuable service. The losses of
the battery were fifty-four total by death, forty-seven of whom died from
disease. After the muster out of the original members the battery was largely
reinforced, and thus retained its organization.
The battery was mustered out at Burlington on the 31st of July,
1865.
To conclude this necessarily brief record of the immense services
of the men of Rutland county in suppressing the most gigantic rebellion
the world has ever known, it should be stated that many recruits from this
county and vicinity were enlisted in other organizations, the records of
which it cannot be expected we should follow in these pages; their history
will be properly traced by abler hands in other volumes
In order that the individual promotions of Rutland county men whose
deeds brought them commissions as officers may be understood by the reader,
we give space to the following roster. In the absence of more detailed
personal sketches, for which space in these pages cannot be allowed, the
record will be of great value. It should also be remembered that complete
rolls of enlisted men in the various towns in the county will be found
in the histories of the towns in later pages of this work. They are placed
in that position in order to render each of the town histories complete
in itself, and in connection with this chapter, form a very perfect military
record of the county:
ROSTER
OF OFFICERS
Charles A. ADAMS, of Wallingford, age 23, second lieutenant, Co.
H, First Cavalry, October 19, '61; first lieutenant, October 30, ‘62; captain,
April 1, '63; major, November 18 '64; wounded, July 3,'63 and October 11,
'63; prisoner of war from October 11, '63 to March 5, '65; mustered out
of service June 21, '65.
Henry H. ADAMS, of Wallingford, age 20, private, Co. C, Tenth Regiment,
July 16, ‘62; corporal, September 1, '62; sergeant, August 6, '63; regimental
quartermaster-sergeant, July 1, '64; mustered out of service June 22, '65.
Charles T. ALLCHINN, of Pittsford, age 33, first lieutenant, Co.
G, Fifth Regiment, September 4, '61; resigned November 22, '61.
George C. BABCOCK, of Poultney, age 19, private, Co. F, Sixth Regiment,
September 26, '61; sergeant, October 15, '61; wounded April 16, '62; first
sergeant, December 28, '63; re-enlisted January 31, '64; first lieutenant,
April 14, '64; killed in action at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64.
Charles C. BACKUS, of Brandon, age 24, private, Co. G, Sixth Regiment,
September 23, '61; sergeant, October 15, '61; second lieutenant, June 14,
‘62; first lieutenant. November 1, '62; mustered out of service October
28, '64.
Hiram BAILEY, of Brandon, age 35, private, Co. B, Second Regiment,
May 17, '61; corporal, June 20, '61; sergeant, March 7, '62; second lieutenant,
November 24, '62; killed in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, '64.
Edwin M. BALDWIN, of Wallingford, age 24, second lieutenant, Co.
M, Frontier Cavalry, January to, '65; first lieutenant, March 24, '65;
captain, April 6, '65; mustered out of service June 27, '65.
Wallace E. BALDWIN, of Brandon, age 19, private, Co. H, Fifth Regiment
September 4, '6t1; sergeant, _____; first sergeant, _____; re-enlisted
December 15, ‘63; wounded May 5, '64; first lieutenant Co. D, November
19, '64; mustered out of service June 29, '65.
Alfred C. BALLARD, of Tinmouth, age 28, second lieutenant, Co. B,
Ninth Regiment, June 20, ‘62; first lieutenant, May 1, ‘63; resigned June
27, '64.
Henry BALLARD, of Tinmouth, age 28, second lieutenant, Co. I, Fifth
Regiment, September 12, '61 ; resigned July 30, '62.
James BARRETT, of Rutland, age 22, private, Co. G, First Cavalry,
November 19, '61; bugler; re-enlisted December 30, '63; first sergeant,
November 15, '64; second lieutenant, May 9, ‘65; mustered out of service
June 21, '65.
Carlos A. BARROWS, of Wallingford, age 27, private, Co. H, First
Cavalry, September 23, '61; first sergeant, November 19, '61; second lieutenant,
April 1, '63; mustered out of service June 21, '65.
Adoniram J. BLAKELY, of Pawlet, age 28, first lieutenant, Co. B,
August 17, ‘62; mustered out of service July 30, '63.
William H. BOND, of Danby, age 21, private, Co. A, Second Regiment,
May 7, '61; corporal, January 16, '62 ; sergeant, November 19, '62; re-enlisted
December 2I, '63; first sergeant, August 6, '64; wounded August 21, '64;
mustered out of service July 15, '65.
Julius H. BOSWORTH, of Fairhaven, age 34, first lieutenant, Co.
F, Fourteenth Regiment, September 3, ‘62; discharged July 29, '63, for
wounds received in action at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63.
Charles W. BOURNE, of Pawlet, age 24, private, Co. C, Eleventh Regiment,
August 12, '62; hospital steward, December 22, '62; assistant surgeon,
November 15, '64; mustered out of service June 24, '65.
William H. BREED, of Pittsford, age 20, private, Co. G, Fifth Regiment,
August 21, '61; corporal, _____; re-enlisted December 15, ‘63; sergeant,
February 1, '64, wounded May 12, '64; first sergeant, March 27, '65; second
lieutenant, June 4, '65; mustered out of service June 29, '65.
Martin V. BRONSON, of Rutland, age 25, second lieutenant, Co. F,
First Regiment, U. S. S. S., August 15, '61; first lieutenant, August 2,
'62; resigned February 21, '63.
Harry BROWNSON, of Rutland, age 34, quartermaster, Twelfth Regiment,
September 19, '62; mustered out of service, July 14, '63.
Nathaniel A. BUCKLIN, of Sudbury, age 19, private, Co. H, Fifth
Regiment, September 4, ‘61; corporal, September 16, ‘61; re-enlisted December
15, ‘63; regimental quartermaster-sergeant, November 1, '64; second lieutenant,
Co. F, June 4, ‘65; first lieutenant, Co. I, June 9, ‘65; mustered out
of service as quartermaster-sergeant, June 29, '65.
Samuel BUEL, of Rutland, age 24, Seventh Regiment, quartermaster-sergeant,
February 12, ‘62; second lieutenant, Co. D, March 1, ‘63; mustered out
of service, August 30, '64.
Joseph BUSH, of Brandon, age 34, captain, Co. G, First Regiment,
April 25, ‘61; mustered out of service, August 15, '61.
Carlos W. CARR, of Brandon, age 23, private, Co. E, Fourth Regiment,
September 4, ‘61; sergeant, September 21, ‘61; first sergeant; second lieutenant,
Co. I, July I9, '62; first lieutenant, Co. F, May 5, '64; transferred to
Co. A, by reason of consolidation of regiment, February 25, ‘65; transferred
to Co. C; paroled prisoner; honorably discharged May 1, '65.
Harvey S. CASTLE, of Castleton, age 22, private, Co. M, Eleventh
Regiment, August 15, ‘63; corporal, Februrary 21, '64; sergeant, June 8,
'64; transferred to Co. D, June 24, '65; second lieutenant, Co. A, June
26, ‘65; mustered out of service August 25, '65.
John W. CHASE, of Brandon, age 36, second lieutenant Second Battery
Light Artillery, December 13, ‘61; first lieutenant, November 1, ‘62; captain,
October 12, ‘63; mustered out of service July 31, '65.
Philip E. Chase, of Mount Holly, age 28, private Co. 1, Second Regiment,
May 7, ‘61; sergeant, June 20, ‘61; first sergeant, October 15, ‘61; second
lieutenant, Co. A, January 24, ‘62; first lieutenant, Co. A, May 21, ‘62;
wounded May 5, '64; captain, Co. G, October 17, '62; mustered out of service
June 29, '64.
William H. Cheney, of Brandon, age 21, private, Co. H, Fifth Regiment,
August 26, ‘61; sergeant, September 16, ‘61; wounded, June 29, ‘62; second
lieutenant, March 1, ‘63; mustered out of service September 15, '64.
Willard A. Child, of Pittsford, age 31, assistant surgeon, First
Regiment, April 26, ‘61; mustered out of service August 15, ‘61; re-entered
the service as assistant surgeon, Fourth Regiment, August 15, '61; promoted
surgeon, Tenth Vermont Volunteers, August 6, ‘62; mustered out of service
June 22, '65.
Alanda W. Clark, of Rutland, age 28, first lieutenant Fourteenth
Regiment, September 10, ‘62; mustered out of service July 30, '63.
Charles CLARK, of Poultney, age 23, first lieutenant, Co. I, Seventh
Regiment, February 1, ‘62; captain Co. I, August 28, ‘62; resigned December
7, '63.
Lathrop J. CLOYES, of Brandon, age 26, second lieutenant, Co. G,
Twelfth Regiment, September 22, ‘62; first lieutenant, March 16, ‘63; mustered
out of service July 14, '63.
Henry N. COLBURN, of Rutland, first lieutenant, First Battery Light
Artillery, January 15, ‘62; drowned in Neuse River, near Camp Parapet,
La., August 7, '62, while bathing.
Alonzo N. COLVIN, of Danby, age 36, captain, Co. K, Fourteenth Regiment,
September 18, ‘62; resigned, February to, '63.
Daniel CONWAY, of Rutland, age 30, second lieutenant; Co. H, Fourteenth
Regiment, September to, ‘62; mustered out of service July 30, '63.
Charles V. COOL, of Sudbury, age 29, private, Co. H, Fifth Regiment,
August 28, '61; corporal, _____; sergeant, _____; re-enlisted December
15, ‘63; sergeant-major, December 19,'64; first lieutenant, Co. B, March
1, ‘65; mustered out of service, June 29, '65.
George H. CRAMER, of Brandon, age 22, private, Co. C, Seventh Regiment,
January 10, ‘62; wagoner, February 12, ‘62; commissary-sergeant, December
10, ‘62; re-enlisted February 18, ‘64; first lieutenant, Co. F, September
13, '64; honorably discharged May 23, '65, for disability.
George E. CROFT; of Rutland, age 23, second lieutenant, Co. D, Seventh
Regiment, January 7, '62; captain Co. D, March 1, ‘63; major, Seventh Regiment,
December 13, ‘65; mustered out of service March 14, '66.
William CRONON, of Brandon, age 22, first lieutenant, Co. G, First
Regiment, April 25, '61; mustered out of service August 15, '61; re-enlisted
as captain, Co. B, Seventh Regiment, January 6, ‘62; resigned May 30, '63.
George D. DAVENPORT, of Brandon, age 29, private, Co. H, Fifth Regiment,
September 2, '61; first sergeant, September 16, '61; first lieutenant,
Co. G, November 22, ‘61; captain, Co. B, December 2, ‘62; killed in action
at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64.
Willard G. DAVENPORT, of Brandon, age 18, private, Co. H, Fifth
Regiment, August 22, '61; corporal, September 16, '61; sergeant; sergeant-major,
February 1, '63; wounded June 5, '63, and May 5, '64; first lieutenant,
November 1, '63; mustered out of service September 15, '64.
William A. DODGE, of Shrewsbury, age 18, private, Co. B, Ninth Regiment,
May 29, '62; sergeant, July 9, '61; second lieutenant, April 7, '64; wounded
September 28,'64, and October 27, '64; first lieutenant, October 19, '64;'
resigned and honorably discharged as second lieutenant, June 7, '65, for
wounds.
James J. DOTY, of Clarendon, age 21, private, Co. M, Eleventh Regiment,'
July 13, ‘63; corporal, October 7, ‘63; sergeant, June 17, ‘65; transferred
to Co. D, June 24, ‘65; second lieutenant, Co. A, June 26, ‘65; mustered
out of service, August 25, '65.
David MCDEVITT; of Rutland, age 31, second lieutenant, Co. A, Thirteenth
Regiment, September 11, '62; mustered out of service, July 21, '63.
John Q. DICKINSON, of Benson, age 24, second lieutenant, Co. C,
Seventh Regiment, January 15, ‘62; first lieutenant, October 9, ‘62; quartermaster;
September 13, '64; captain, August 22, ‘65; honorably discharged as quarter-master,
October 10, '65, for disability.
John W. DICKINSON, of Rutland, age 22, private, Co. L, Eleventh
Regiment, December 7, ‘63; corporal, March 23, ‘64; sergeant, May 29, ‘64;
first sergeant, second lieutenant, Co. B, June 4, ‘65; discharged as first
sergeant, Co. L, June 22, '65,
Walter C. DUNTON, of Rutland, age 31, captain Co. H, Fourteenth
Regiment, September 10, ‘62; mustered out of service, July 30, '63.
Francis M. EDGERTON, of Poultney, age 21, private Co. B, Second
Regiment, May 16 '61; sergeant, June 20, '61; second lieutenant, Co. F,
January 25, ‘62; adjutant, August 4, ‘62; mustered out of service, June
29, '64.
Thomas EVERETTS, of Brandon, age 28, private, Co. B, Seventh Regiment,
November 30, '61; corporal, February 12, '62; sergeant, March 1, ‘63; re-enlisted
February 30, '64; first sergeant, July 6, '65; second lieutenant, March
1, '66; mustered out of service as first sergeant, March 14, '66.
Edson H. FIFIELD, of Poultney, age 24, private, Co. B, Second Regiment,
May 8, '61; corporal, June 20, '61; regimental quartermaster-sergeant,
April 26, 62 ; mustered out of service, July 15, '65,
Frank N. FINNEY, of Brandon, age 28, private, Co. B, Seventh Regiment,
November 16, '61; sergeant, February 12, ‘62; second lieutenant, Co. G,
September 24, '62; first lieutenant, Co. D, March 1, ‘63; captain, Co.
H, February 28, ‘65; retained in service beyond muster-out of regiment,
as mustering officer; mustered out of service, April 2, 66.
Cornelius H. FORBES, of Brandon, age 27, first lieutenant, Co. H,
Fifth Regiment, September 6, '61; adjutant, January 8, ‘62; mustered out
of service September 15, '64.
Henry S. FOOT, of Rutland, age 23, second lieutenant, Co. C, Eleventh
Regiment, August 13, ‘62; resigned, December 8, '62.
George O. FRENCH, of Castleton, age 18, private, Co. C, Eleventh
Regiment, August 6, ‘62; sergeant, September 1, ‘62; first sergeant, January
23, '64; wounded October 19, '64; second lieutenant, June 28, '64; killed
in action before Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65.
Rollin M. GREEN, of Poultney, age 26, private, Co. I, Seventh Regiment,
January 9, ‘62; corporal, February 12, ‘62; sergeant, July 3, '62; second
lieutenant, October 9, ‘62; first lieutenant, Co. H, March 1, '63; died
November 17, '63, at Barrancas, Fla., of disease.
Elbridge H. GRISWOLD, of Brandon, age 31, first lieutenant, Co.
G, Twelfth Regiment, September 22, ‘62; resigned March 14, '63.
William GOODRICH, of Castleton, age 24, first lieutenant, Co. C,
Eleventh Regiment, August 13, '62; captain, July 11, '63; honorably discharged
for disability October 17, '64.
Charles S. HALE, Brandon, age 27, chaplain, Fifth Regiment, May
2¢, '62; resigned May 25, ‘63; re-enlisted August 8, ‘63; mustered
out of service 'September 15, '64.
Dan K. HALL, of Pittsford, age 19, private, Co. G, Twelfth Regiment,
August 18, ’62; first sergeant, October 4, ’62, second lieutenant, March
16, ’63; mustered out of service July 14, '63.
George R. HALL, of Rutland, age 24, regimental commissary sergeant,
Fifth Regiment, September 16, '61; second lieutenant, Co. I, August 9,
'62; first lieutenant, March 1, '63; honorably discharged April 5, '64,
for disability.
Henry M. HALL, of Danby, age 28, second lieutenant, Co. E, Second
Regiment U. S. S. S., October y, '61; resigned March 16, '62.
William H. HAMILTON, of Fairhaven, age 28, private, Co. F, Fourteenth
first sergeant, October 21, ‘62; second lieutenant, Co. I, January 16,
‘63; died July 3, '63, of wounds received in action at Gettysburg, Pa.,
July 3, '63.
Arthur W. HATHAWAY, of Tinmouth, age 24, private, Co. B, Ninth Regiment,
May 31, '62; sergeant, July 9, ‘62; first sergeant, February to, '64; second
lieutenant, October 19, ‘64; mustered out of service as first sergeant
June 13, '65.
Edwin M. HAYNES, of Wallingford, age 27, chaplain, Tenth Regiment,
August 18.
Eben S. HAYWARD, of Rutland, age 32, captain, Co. I, First Regiment,
April 23, '61; mustered out of service August 15, '61.
John H. HAZELTON, of Rutland, private, Co. H, First Cavalry, September
18, '61; company quartermaster-sergeant, November 19, '61; first sergeant,
August 1, '62; second lieutenant, October 30, '62; first lieutenant, April
1, ‘63; captain, Co. M, July 6, ‘63; major, May 23, ‘65; mustered out of
service August 9, '65.
Edwin B. HENDRY, of Brandon, age 21, private, Co. B, Seventh Regiment,
November 27, ‘61; sergeant, February 12, '62; first sergeant, October 18,
'62; re-enlisted February 17, '64; first lieutenant, April 23, '65; honorably
discharged March 1, '66.
Edwin H. HIGLEY, of Castleton, age 19, private, Co. K, First Cavalry,
September 30, ‘61; first sergeant, November 19, ‘61; second lieutenant,
July 16, ‘62; wounded June 23, ‘64; prisoner June 29, '64; paroled; mustered
out of service May 15, '65.
Daniel G. HILL, of Wallingford, age 18, commissary sergeant, Tenth
Regiment, September 1, ‘62; second lieutenant, Co. H, January 19, '63;
first lieutenant, Co. G, June 17, '64; died of wound received at Opequan,
Va., September 19, '64.
Ezbon W. HINDS, of Rutland, age 22, private, Co. F, U.S.S.S., September
3, ‘61; sergeant, September 13, ‘61; second lieutenant, August 2, ‘62;
first lieutenant, February 21, '63; captain, May 15, ‘63; honorably discharged
November 7, '63, for disability.
Erwin V. N. HITCHCOCK, of Pittsford, age 20, first lieutenant, Co.
C, Seventh Regiment, January 15, ‘62; captain, August 28, ‘62; resigned
June 1, '64.
Patrick HOBON, of Brandon, age 20, private, Co. C, Ninth Regiment,
June 4, ‘62; corporal, July 9, ‘62; second lieutenant, Co. I, June 22,
‘63; first lieutenant, Co. F, May 8, '64; captain, Co. F, March 13, ‘65;
transferred to Co. B by reason of consolidation of regiment, June 13, ‘65;
mustered out of service December 1, '65.
David R. HOSFORD, of Poultney, age 26, private, Co. I, Fifth Regiment,
September 2, '61; corporal, September 16, '61; sergeant; re-enlisted December
15, ‘63; wounded May 12, ‘64; first sergeant, September 1, '64; first lieutenant,
Co. I, November 10, '64; captain, Co. A, June 9, '65; mustered out of service
as first lieutenant, Co. I, June 29, '65.
John HOWE, of Castleton, age 27, first lieutenant, Co. B, May 16,
'61; resigned August 14, '61.
Franklin T. HUNTOON, of Rutland, age 20, second lieutenant, Co.
H, First Cavalry, October 19, '61; captain, October 20, ‘62; honorably
discharged March 28, '63.
Matthew HUSSEY, of Brandon, age 25, private, Co. C, Sixth Regiment,
October 3, '61; corporal, October 15, '61; sergeant, November 20, ‘61;
first sergeant, _____; re-enlisted December 13, ‘63; second lieutenant,
April 21, '64; wounded September 19, '64; first lieutenant, May 15, '64;
mustered out of service October 28, '64.
George C. HUTCHINS, of Sherburne, age 29, private, Co. E, Eighth
Regiment, January 10, ‘62; first sergeant, August 1, '63; re-enlisted January
5, '64; second lieutenant, February 20, '64; first lieutenant, February
23, ‘65; mustered out of service June 28, '65.
James T. HYDE, of Castleton, age 37 captain, Co. C, Eleventh Regiment,
August 13, ‘62; resigned November 20, '62.
Joseph JENNINGS, of Castleton, age 26, captain, Co. F, Fourteenth
Regiment, September 3, ‘62; mustered out of service July 30, '63.
Enoch E. JOHNSON, of Castleton, age 23, captain, Co. D, Second Regiment,
promoted major, June 17, '64; lieutenant-colonel, June 7, '65; mustered
out of service July 15, '65.
George E. JONES, of Rutland, age 21, regimental commissary-sergeant,
Seventh Regiment, February 12, '62; second lieutenant, Co. E, December
9, '62; promoted captain and commissary of subsistence, U. S. Volunteers,
May 15, .64.
Willis F. KEELER, of Pittsford, age 18, private, Co. H, Second U.
S. S. S., December 11, '61; re-enlisted December 21, '63; corporal, March
12, '64; wounded May, '64; sergeant, November 1, ‘64; transferred to Co.
H, Fourth Vermont Volunteers, February 25, ‘65; second lieutenant, January
22, ‘65; mustered out of service July 13, '65.
Edward L. KELLEY, of Clarendon, age 22, private Co. B, Ninth Regiment,
June 18, ‘62; first sergeant, July 9, ‘62; second lieutenant, May 1, ‘63;
first lieutenant, December 22, '63; captain, May 20, ‘65; mustered out
of service as first lieutenant, June 13, '65.
Samuel H. KELLEY, of Clarendon, age 26, first lieutenant, Co. B,
Ninth Regiment, June 20, ‘62; captain, May 1, ‘63; mustered out of service
June 13, '65.
Samuel F. KILBORN, of Poultney, age 19, private, Co. I, Fifth Regiment,
August 29, '61; corporal, _____; sergeant, _____; re-enlisted December
15, '63; wounded May 5, '64 ; first lieutenant, Co. F, June 9, '64; captain
Co. I, November 19, '64; mustered out of service June 29, '65.
John B. KILBURN, of Rutland, age 36, captain, Co. D, Seventh Regiment,
January 9, ‘62; resigned January 11, '62.
William P. KIMBERLY, of Brandon, age 19, private, Co. H, Fifth Regiment,
August 22, '61; re-enlisted December 15, ‘63; corporal, December 24, ‘63;
sergeant, October 12, '64; first sergeant, April 2, ‘65; second lieutenant,
June 4, ‘65; mustered out of service June 28, '65.
Henry W. KINGSLEY, of Rutland, age 22, quartermaster-sergeant, Tenth
Regiment, September 1, ‘62; second lieutenant Co. F, December 27, ‘62;
wounded severely November 26, '63; first lieutenant, June 6, '64; captain,
February 9, ‘65; appointed captain and com. Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers,
January 23, '65.
Levi G. KINGSLEY, of Rutland, age 28, second lieutenant, Co. K,
First Regiment, February 8, '60; mustered out of service August 15, ‘61;
re-enlisted major Twelfth Regiment, September 26, ‘62; mustered out of
service July 14, '63.
Charles C. KINSMAN, of Brandon, age 21, private, Co. E, Fourth Regiment,
September 4, '61; first sergeant, September, 21, ‘61; second lieutenant
Co. D, May 15, '62; first lieutenant, September 23, ‘62; resigned April
17, '63.
Walter C. LANDON, of Rutland, age 31, captain, Co. K, Twelfth Regiment,
September 27, '62; resigned February 9, '63.
Daniel H. LANE, of Mount Tabor, age 32, private, Co. I, Seventeenth
Regiment, February 27, '64; musician, April 12, '64; sergeant, January
1, ‘65; mustered out of service July 14, '65.
Moses W. LEACH, of Clarendon, age 36, private, Co. K, Twelfth Regiment,
August 8, '62; first sergeant, October 4, '62; second lieutenant, February
14, '63; mustered out of service July 14, '63.
Judson A. LEWIS, of Poultney, age 22, private, Co. C, Eleventh Regiment,
August 11, '62 corporal, March 13, '63; regimental commissary-sergeant,
September 11, '63; second lieutenant, December 28, '63; wounded September
22, '64; first lieutenant, December 2, '64; mustered out of service June
24, '65.
John H. MACOMBER, of Fairhaven, age 26, private, Co. C, Eleventh
Regiment, August 12, ‘62; corporal, September 1 ‘62; sergeant, April 12,
'63; first lieutenant, Co. I, July 11, ‘63; wounded June 7, '64; brevet
captain, April 2, '65, for gallantry in the assault on Petersburg; captain
Co. L, May 23, '65; transferred to Co. C, June 24, ‘65; mustered out of
service August 25, '65.
Asa F. MATHER, of Fairhaven, age 24, private, Co. C, Eleventh Regiment,
August 9, '62; corporal, September 1, '62; sergeant, October 30, ‘63; company
quartermaster-sergeant, December 28, '63; second lieutenant, May 13, ‘65;
mustered out of service as quartermaster-sergeant, June 24, '64.
Emmet MATHER, of Fairhaven, age 21, private Co. H, First Cavalry,
October 5, '61; corporal, November 19, '61; sergeant, December 4, '61;
first sergeant, May 1, ‘63; wounded July 3 ‘63; first lieutenant, July
6, ‘63; captain, April 14, ‘65; transferred to Co. F, June 21, '65, by
reason of consolidation of regiment; mustered out of service August 9,
65.
John E. MCGINNIS, of Rutland, age 18, private, Co. B, Ninth Regiment,
December 16, ‘63; corporal, September 26, '64; transferred to Co. C, by
reason of consolidation of regiment, June 13, ‘65; first sergeant, June
15, ‘65; first lieutenant, July 3, ‘65; died November 10, '65, of disease.
Martin J. MCMANUS, of Rutland, age 22, second lieutenant, Co. G,
Fifth Regiment, September 4, '61; resigned November 22, '61.
William V. MEEKER, of Poultney, age 22, private, Co. C, Eleventh
Regiment, August 5, ‘62; first sergeant, September 1, ‘62; second lieutenant,
March 29, ‘63; first lieutenant, December 28, ‘63; mustered out of service
June 24, '65.
Edmund A. MORSE, of Rutland, age ___, surgeon, First Regiment, April
26, ‘61; mustered out of service August 15, '61; re-enlisted, quartermaster,
Seventh Regiment, December 5, 61; resigned August 26, '62, to accept promotion
as captain and assistant quartermaster U. S. Volunteers.
Oliver P. MURDICK, of Rutland, age 18, private, Co. D, Seventh Regiment,
December 9, '61; re-enlisted February 17, '64; sergeant, June 1, '65; regimental
quartermaster-sergeant, February 1, '66; second lieutenant, March 1, '66;
mustered out of service as quartermaster-sergeant, March 14, '66.
Henry J. NICHOLS, of Sudbury, age 18, private, Co. C, Eleventh Regiment,
August 6, ‘62; sergeant, September 1, ‘62; second lieutenant, Co. M, October
7, ‘63; first lieutenant, Co. B, March 29, '64; brevet captain and brevet
major, April 2, '65, gallantry in the assault on Petersburg; captain, Co.
D, June 26, ‘65; mustered out of service August 25, '65,
Joel T. NICHOLS, of Brandon, age 24, private, Co. D, Seventh Regiment,
January 6, '62; sergeant, February 12, '62; re-enlisted February 16, '64;
first sergeant May 2, ‘65; first lieutenant, August 22, ‘65; mustered out
of service March 14, '66.
William T. NICHOLS, of Rutland, age 33, colonel Fourteenth Regiment,
September 25, '62; mustered out of service July 30, '63.
Thomas NOONAN, of Clarendon, age 21, private, Co. G, Fifth Regiment,
September 7, '61; re-enlisted December 15, ‘63; sergeant, October 12, '64;
first lieutenant, November 10, '64; dismissed the service February 28,
'65.
Franklin NOYES, of Brandon, age 31, private, Co. F, Sixth Regiment,
October 4, '61; sergeant, October 15, '61; second lieutenant, March 15,
‘63; honorably discharged November 21, '63, for disability.
Charles J. ORMSBEE, of Brandon, age 20, second lieutenant, Co. H,
Fifth Regiment, September 6, '61; captain, Co. D, September 7, ‘62; killed
in action at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64.
Ebenezer J. ORMSBEE, of Brandon, age 26, second lieutenant, Co.
G, April 25, '61; mustered out of service August 15, '61; re-enlisted,
captain, Co. G, Twelfth Regiment, September 22, ‘62; mustered out of service
July 14, '63.
Jackson V. PARKER, of Brandon, age 27, second lieutenant, Co. B,
Seventh Regiment, January 6, ‘62; first lieutenant, December 9, ‘62; captain,
October 22, ‘63; mustered out of service March 14, '66.
Phineas C. PAUL, of Wells, age 24, private, Co. K, Fourteenth Regiment,
September 18, '62; first sergeant October 21, ‘61; first lieutenant, February
15, ‘63; mustered out of service July 30, '63.
Robert PRATT, of Brandon, age 18, private, Co. H, Fifth Regiment,
September 3, '61; corporal, re-enlisted December 15, ‘63; sergeant, July
1, '64; first lieutenant, Co. H, November 10, '64; captain, Co. F, May
to, ‘65; mustered out of service June 29, '65.
George P. PHALON, of Shrewsbury, age 21, private, Co. I, Seventh
Regiment, February 15, '62; corporal, March 19, ‘62; sergeant, November
28, ‘62; first sergeant, March 23, ‘63; re-enlisted February 15, '64; first
lieutenant, July 13, '65; mustered out of service March 14, '66.
Edwin PHILIPS, of Tinmouth, age 27, private, Co. G, Sixth Vermont
Volunteers, October 15, ‘61; assistant surgeon, Fourth Vermont Volunteers,
August 5, ‘62; surgeon, Sixth Vermont Volunteers, October 28, ‘63; mustered
out of service June 26, '65.
Nathan A. PRIEST, of Mount Holly, age 24, private, Co. I, Second
Regiment, May 7, '61; sergeant, June 20, ‘61; first sergeant, January 29,
'63; wounded July 21, ‘61 June 27, '62, and May 12 ‘64 first lieutenant,
February 10, '63; mustered out of service June 29, '64.
John A. QUILTY, of Brandon, age 23, second lieutenant, Second Battery
Light Artillery, December 13, '61; resigned, August 26, '62.
Charles A. RANN, of Poultney, age 39, second lieutenant, Co. F,
Fourteenth Regiment, September 3, '62; mustered out of service July 30,
'63.
Edwin F. REYNOLDS, of Rutland, age 32, captain, Co. F, Sixth Regiment,
October 8, '61; killed in action at Lee's Mills, Va., April 16, '62.
Edwin H. RIPLEY, of Rutland, age 22, captain, Co. B, Ninth Regiment,
June 20, '62; major, March 20, ‘63; lieutenant-colonel, May 16, ‘63; colonel,
May 22, ‘65; brevet brigadier-general, August 1, '64; mustered out of service
June 13, '65. [He left Union College, Schenectady, while a senior to
enlist as a private.]
William Y. W. RIPLEY, of Rutland, age 28, captain, Co. K, first
regiment, October 21, '59; mustered out of service August 15, ‘61; re-enlisted,
lieutenant-colonel, First Regiment, U. S. S. S., January 1, ‘62; wounded
severely, July 1, ‘62; discharged August 6, ‘62; for promotion.
George T. ROBERTS, of Rutland, age 36, first lieutenant, Co. K,
First Regiment, October 21, '59; mustered out of service August 15, ‘61;
re-enlisted colonel, Seventh Regiment, December 5, ‘61; died August 7,
'62, of wounds received in action at Baton Rouge, La., August 6, '62.
William B. ROBINSON, of Brandon, age 22, private, Co. H, Fifth Regiment,
August 25, ‘61; sergeant, September 16, ‘61; first sergeant, _____ second
lieutenant, Co. K, April 19, ‘62; transferred to Co. G, _____; first lieutenant,
Co. D, October 22, '61; wounded, May 5, '63; honorably discharged August
8, '63, for wounds.
George ROSS, of Brandon, age 22, private, Co. B, Seventh Regiment,
November 16, '61; sergeant, February 12, ‘62; second lieutenant, December
9, ‘62; first lieutenant, October 22, ‘63; prisoner of war from February
9, '64, to March 7, '65; mustered out of service March 15, '65.
Lucretius D. ROSS, of Poultney, age 34, assistant surgeon, Fourteenth
Regiment, October 8, ‘62; mustered out of service July 30, '63.
Edgar M. ROUNDS, of Rutland, age 29, second lieutenant, Co. K, Twelfth
Regiment, September 27, ‘62; first lieutenant, February 14, ‘63; mustered
out of service July 14, '63.
Charles C. RUGGLES, of Poultney, age 23, captain, Co. I, Seventh
Regiment, February 1, ‘62; died July 24, '62, at Carrolton, La., of disease.
Charles V. H. SABIN, of Wallingford, age 25, private, Co. F, First
Cavalry, October 20, '61; regimental quartermaster-sergeant, December 1,
'61; quartermaster, December 20, ‘62; promoted, captain and assistant quartermaster
U. S. Volunteers, April 13, '69.
William H. H. SABIN, of Wallingford, age 19, second lieutenant,
Co. C, ` Tenth Regiment, first lieutenant, November 8, ‘62; resigned,
January 19, '63.
John A. SALSBURY, of Tinmouth, age 34, first lieutenant, Co. C,
Tenth Regiment, August 5, ‘62; captain, Co. I, November 8, ‘62; brevet
major, October 19, '64, for gallantry before Richmond, and in the Shenandoah
Valley; mustered out of service as captain Co. I, June 22, '65.
E.K. SANBORN, of Rutland, age ___, assistant surgeon, First Regiment,
April 26, '61; mustered out of service August 15, '61.
Charles W. SEAGER, of Brandon, age 22, captain, Co. H, Fifth Regiment,
September 6, '61; wounded June 29, ‘62; resigned November 17, '62.
Francis R. SHAW, of Pawlet, age 20, private, Co. C, Eleventh Regiment,
August 12, '63; corporal, October 10, ‘63; sergeant, December 28, '63;
first sergeant, November 24, '64; second lieutenant, May 23, '65; mustered
out of service as first sergeant, June 24, '65.
Harley G. SHELDON, of Rutland, age 22, private, Co. H, Fourteenth
Regiment, September 10, ‘62; first sergeant, October 21, ‘62; second lieutenant,
Co. K, March 12, ‘63; mustered out of service July 30, '63.
Elijah J. SHERMAN, of Brandon, age 30, second lieutenant, Co. C,
Ninth Regiment, June 25, ‘62; resigned January 7, '63.
Merritt H. SHERMAN, of Clarendon, age 20, private, Co. C, Eleventh
Regiment, August 5, ‘62; sergeant, September 1, ‘62; first sergeant, April
12 ‘63; second lieutenant, December 28, ‘65; killed in action before Petersburg,
Va., June 23, '65.
John T. SINNOTT, of Rutland, age 25, first lieutenant, Co. A, Thirteenth
Regiment, September 11, ‘62; died July, '63, of wounds received in action
at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63.
Darwin A. SMALLEY, of Brandon, age 20, first lieutenant, Co. B,
Seventh Regiment, January 6, ‘62; captain, Co. A, October 15, ‘62; major,
September 1, ‘65; mustered out of service October 15, '65.
William S. SMART, of Benson, age 29, chaplain, Fourteenth Regiment,
October 8, ‘62; mustered out of service July 30, '63.
Claudius B. SMITH, of Brandon, age 23, chaplain, Second Regiment,
June; 6, '61; resigned July 8, '62.
Henry F. Smith, of Castleton, age 32, assistant surgeon, Third Regiment,
September 15, ‘62; honorably discharged April 22, '65.
William H. SMITH, of Clarendon, age 23, private, Co. I, Seventeenth
Regiment, December 5, '63; sergeant, April 12, '65; first sergeant, July
1, '65; first lieutenant, June 20, ‘65; wounded April 2, ‘65; mustered
out of service July 15, '65.
William P. SPAULDING, of Poultney, age 36, first lieutenant, Co.
I, Fifth Regiment, September 12, ‘61; resigned July 7, '62.
Stephen G. STALEY, of Rutland, age 37, first lieutenant, Co. K,
Twelfth Regiment, September 27, ‘62; captain, February 15, ‘63; mustered
out of service July 15, '63.
Gilbert STEWARD, of Clarendon, age 23, private Co. G, First Cavalry,
October 15, '61; second lieutenant, October 5, '62; captain, April 28,
'63, wounded July 6,'63; died June 29, '65, of wounds received in action
at Stony Creek Station Va., June 28, '65.
Thomas J TARBELL, of Mount Tabor, age 27, private, Co. E, Second
Regiment, U. S. S. S., October 16, '61; sergeant, November 9, '61; first
sergeant, December 31, ‘63; re-enlisted January 23, '65; second lieutenant,
March 13, '65; died October 9, '65, at Danby, Vt., of wounds received at
Wilderness Va., May 6, '65.
Marquis E. TENNEY, of Mendon, age 18, private, Co. B, Second Regiment
August 13, ‘62; wounded May 3, ‘63; sergeant, August 22, '65; first sergeant,
December 26, '65; second lieutenant, June 7, ‘65; mustered out of service
June 19, '65.
John C. THOMPSON, of Danby, age 31, captain, Co. B, Fourteenth Regiment,
August 27, '62; mustered out of service July 30, '63.
William B. THRALL, of Rutland, age 27, first lieutenant, Co. D,
Seventh Regiment, February 12, ‘62; resigned September 27, '62.
Henry
F. TOWER, of Ira, age 28, private, Second Battery Light Artillery, December
18, ‘63; corporal, March 28, '69; quartermaster-sergeant, September 11
'69; second lieutenant, May 1, '65; mustered out of service July 31,'65.
Julius M. WALLACE, of Sudbury, age 40, private, Co. H, Fifth Regiment,
August 29, '61; corporal, September 16, '61; _____ sergeant; _____first
sergeant; _____ second lieutenant, Co. K, August g, ‘62; first lieutenant,
January 24, ‘63; resigned March 17, '63.
Rollin C. WARD, of Castleton, age 23, private, Co. B, Second Regiment,
May 17, '61; sergeant, June 20, '61; first sergeant; wounded May 12, ‘62;
first lieutenant, October 1, '62; captain, December 20, ‘62; mustered out
of service September 14, '64.
Austin E. WOODMAN, off Pawlet, age 32, second lieutenant, Co. I.
Seventh
Regiment,
February 1, ’62; first lieutenant, Co. I, August 28, ’62; captain, Co.
I, December 21, ‘63; resigned June 28, 65.
John W. WOODRUFF, of Benson, age 38, first lieutenant, Co. D, Fourteenth
Regiment, August 29, '62; resigned April 13, '63.
Adrian T. WOODWARD, of Brandon, age 36, surgeon of Fourteenth Regiment,
February 9, ‘63; mustered out of service July 30, '63.
Henry L. York, of Shrewsbury, age 30, second lieutenant, Co. B,
Fourteenth Regiment, August 27, ‘62; mustered out of service July 30, '63.
THE
VERMONT VOLUNTEERS.
Three cheers
for the Green Mountain Boys, old Vermont.
Who fought
for our country so dear,
When dangers
were threatened they marched to the front,
Three cheers
for each brave volunteer.
The thunder
of Sumter aroused all their pride,
As its echoes
fell sad on the ear,
And to join
in the conflict each young hero sighed,
Three cheers
for the brave volunteer.
Thy valleys
shall shout to their fame, old Vermont,
And hilltops
re-echo the cheer,
And granite
and marble proclaim o'er their dust,
Thy love for
the brave volunteer.
The spirit
of Allen and Stark strung their newel,
They never
knew failure nor fear,
And the Swiss
love of freedom burned bright in the soul
Of each gallant
and brave volunteer.
Ah! Dear to
each heart was thy fame, old Vermont,
And the pathway
of duly was clear,
And thy ancient
renown a new luster has won
By the deeds
of each brave volunteer,
A halo of
glory shall circle each brow,
The dead be
embalmed in our tears,
And a country
united, when victory is ours,
Shall honor
thy brave volunteers.
Then hurrah
for thy Green Mountain Boys, old Vermont!
Their boys
shall grow green with the years;
With patriot
soldiers from each loyal State,
Sid by side
stood thy brave volunteers.
They struck
for their country, for freedom and right,
And God for
their help did appear,
And millions,
unborn, of the wise and the good,
Shall huzza
for the brave volunteer.
~ Rev. William
Ford, 1862.
"History
of Rutland County Vermont with Illustrations &
Biographical
Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men & Pioneers"
Edited
by H. Y. Smith & W. S. Rann, Syracuse, N. Y.
D.
Mason & Co., Publishers, 1886
History
of Rutland County
Chapter
IX.
(pages
121-140)
Transcribed
by Karima, 2002
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