The Civil War in the East

14th Vermont Infantry Regiment

 

The 14th Vermont Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 26 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 43 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg (right).

Monument to the 14th Vermont Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg

1862

October 21

Organized at Brattleboro for nine months under the command of Colonel William T. Nicholls

October 22-25

Moved to Washington, D.C.; Attached to 2nd Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, Military District of Washington

October 25-28

At Camp Chase, Arlington, Va.

October 29

At East Capital Hill

October 30

March to Munson's Hill

November 5

To Hunting Creek, at Camp Vermont

November 26-
December 5

Picket duty near Occoquan Creek

December 12

Duty near Fairfax Court House

December 29

Defence of Fairfax Court House from attack by Stuart's Cavalry

1863

January 20

At Fairfax Station

February

Attached to 2nd Brigade, Casey's Division, 22nd Army Corps

April

Attached to 2nd Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, 22nd Army Corps

March 24

At Wolf Run Shoals, Union Mills and on the Occoquan

June 25-July 1

March to Gettysburg

July

Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment brought 647 men to the field, losing 19 killed and 76 wounded.

July 4-18

Pursuit of Lee

July 18-21

Moved to Brattleboro, Vt.

July 30

Mustered out