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June 10, 1861
- The first military action seen by Vermonters was at the Battle of Big Bethel on June 10, 1861, where a battalion of the 1st Vermont Infantry was engaged.
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St. Albans, Vermont, is the site of the northernmost land action in the Civil War, the St. Albans Raid. On October 19, 1864, Confederate raiders, under the command of Lieutenant Bennett H. Young, robbed three banks, escaped to Canada, were captured, and put on trial.
Soon the Second Vermont Regiment was sent to the war zone, enlisted for three years as part ofthe Army of the Potomac, the largest of all Union armies. On July 21 the regiment fought in the first major battle of the Civil War, along a stream called Bull Run some 25 miles southwest of Washington. The Vermonters were briefly
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Jul 31, 2023 · When President Abraham Lincoln issued the call for volunteers after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, Vermont responded swiftly and decisively. The state sent more than 34,000 of its sons to fight for the Union, despite having a population of less than 350,000 at the time.
A private at the war's start, William Wells rose the ranks to become Brigadier General of Volunteers in May 1865, making him the most-promoted Vermont officer of the American Civil War. Learn about the Union cause, abolitionists, and the northernmost Civil War battle in Vermont during the Civil War.
- Introduction
- Vermont Military Units
- Cemeteries
- 1890 Census Veterans Schedules
- Service and Pension Records
- State Old Soldiers Home
- State Roster
- Unit Histories
- Other Source Material
Vermont mustered in more than 28,100 men to serve in Vermont volunteer units plus an additional 5,000 Vermonters served in the units of other states, in the U.S. Army or in the U.S. Navy.. Vermont had "17 infantry regiments, 1 cavalry regiment, 3 light artillery batteries, 1 heavy artillery company, 3 companies of sharpshooters, and 2 companies of ...
Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and unassigned companies. The information in the lists of Vermont Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailorswebsite. This website can also be searched by the name of a soldier.
Cemetery Database, Vermont in the Civil War (accessed 20 September 2011) has links to many Vermont cemeteries, National cemeteries, and cemeteries in other states, as well as other categories of bu...
The 1890 Census Veterans Schedules, the "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123) are available online for the state of Vermont. The schedules list Union veterans and their widows. For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see Union Census Records...
Service and pension records are available at the National Archives. Indexes to service and pension records of Union Army soldiers are available on film at the National Archives and the FamilySearch Library. FamilySearch has an online Index to Pension Applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. ...
Vermont maintained a soldiers home for veterans in Bennington, Vermont. Reports of Vermont Old Soldiers Home was established in 1884. The Vermont Department of Libraries has copies of these reports in: 1. Vermont. Old Soldiers Home. Reports. (State Library V362.8 V59re, not at FamilySearchLibrary.) The reports include the soldier’s name, unit, disa...
A state roster of soldiers is: 1. Vermont. Adjutant General’s Office. Revised Roster of Vermont Volunteers: And Lists of Vermonters Who Served in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion, 1861–66. Montpelier, Vermont: Watchman Publishing, 1892. (FamilySearch Library book 974.3 M2va; film 1036000, item8.) This source is...
An important inventory for finding Civil War military histories is: 1. A Guide to the Microfiche Edition of Civil War Unit Histories: Regimental Histories and Personal Narratives. Part 2, The Union—New England. Bethesda, Maryland.: University Publications of America, 1993. (FS Library book 973 M2cwu pt.2.) Vermont units are listed on pages 73–78. T...
Vermont in the Civil War [database on-line]. N.p., 2013 (cited 22 January 2013). This site includes the names of over 35,500 soldiers, sailors, and marines including their town, regiment, and compa...Jul 4, 2013 · From Howard Coffin’s Full Duty, Vermonters in the Civil War: “Lee had ordered more than 12,000 men- 11 brigades – to advance across a mile of open ground to attack, and breach if possible, the middle of the long Union line. Maj.Gen. George Pickett and his 5,000 soldiers from Old Dominion were to lead the charge.”.
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During the American Civil War, the State of Vermont continued the military tradition started by the Green Mountain Boys of American Revolutionary War fame, contributing a significant portion of its eligible men to the war effort.
