Organization of the Regiment

• Company A – Captain John A. Pratt
• Company B – Captain James H. Platt, Jr.
• Company C – Captain Henry B. Atherton
• Company D – Captain George Tucker
• Company E – Captain Henry L. Terry
• Company F – Captain Addison Brown, Jr,
• Company G – Captain George F. Foster
• Company H – Captain Robert W. Laird
• Company i – Captain Leonard A. Stearns
• Company K – Captain Francis B. Gove

Peninsula Campaign

Moved by ship to the Virginia Peninsula, landing near Fort Monroe and moving to Newport News.

Siege of Yorktown

Siege of Yorktown

Battle of Williamsburg

Seven days before Richmond

Garnett’s Farm

Savage Station

White Oak Swamp Bridge

Malvern Hill

Maryland Campaign

Crampton’s Pass, South Mountain

First Lieutenant George Hooker earned the Medal of Honor when he “rode alone, in advance of his regiment, into the enemy’s lines, and before his own men came up received the surrender of the major of a Confederate regiment, together with the colors and 116 men.” His story and photograph are on the Medal of Honor Recipients wayside marker at Crampton’s Gap.

Battle of Antietam

Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Stoughton. The regiment was not heavily engaged at Antietam and suffered only light losses.

From the War Department marker for Brooks’ brigade on the Antietam battlefield:

Brooks’ Brigade left its camp in Pleasant Valley at 6 A.M. of the 17th, crossed the Antietam at Pry’s Ford and reached the field about noon. It was ordered to the support of Sedgwick’s Division, Second Corps, on the Union right but, before getting into position, was ordered to the support of French’s Division and formed in Mumma’s Cornfield, on ground vacated by the 14th Connecticut, its left connecting with French, its right resting on Mumma’s Lane, facing south parallel to and about 170 yards from the Bloody Lane.

It was subjected to a galling fire of both Artillery and Sharpshooters, causing some loss.

It remained in this position until the morning of the 19th.

• Colonel Edwin Stoughton was promoted to Brigadier General.
• Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Stoughton was promoted to Colonel
• Major Foster was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
• Captain Stephen M. Pingree of Company E was promoted to Major
• First Lieutenant Abiel L. Fisher was promoted to Captain of Company K

Battle of Fredericksburg

The regiment lost 56 men. Captain George W. Quimby of Company D was killed. First Lieutenant Charles W. Boutin of Company K was promoted to Captain of Company D.

Burnside’s Second Campaign, “Mud March”

Chancellorsville Campaign

Maryes Heights, “Second Fredericksburg”

Salem Church

Sergeant Robert J. Coffee was awarded the Medal of Honor when he “single-handedly captured 2 officers and 5 privates of the 8th Louisiana Regiment (C.S.A.)”

First Lieutenant Deniel Wheeler of Compeny G was awarded the Medal of Honor when he exhibited “distinguished bravery in action where he was wounded and had a horse shot from under him.”

Banks’ Ford

Second Lieutenants Frank Hastings of Company B, Willis W. Morton of Company C and Thomas Ensworth, Jr. of Company D were wounded.

Franklin’s Crossing

Battle of Gettysburg

Commanded by Colonel Charles B. Stoughton. It brought 437 men to the field and suffered one wounded.

From the Vermont Brigade monument on the Gettysburg battlefield:

Reaching this field by a forced march of thirty two miles in the evening of July 2, the brigade took position on the left Union flank near this point in anticipation of an attack by the enemy and held the same July 3d and 4th.

Battle of Funkstown

Colonel Charles Stoughton was badly wounded, losing his right eye.

Bristoe Campaign

Rappahannock Station

Mine Run Campaign

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James

Battle of the Wilderness

Out of 551 men engaged seven officers were killed and eleven wounded, one mortally, 41 enlisted men were killed and 223 wounded, 43 mortally, and four enlisted men were missing. This was the greatest casualties suffered by any Vermont regiment in a single battle, and one of the highest casualty rates for a single battle suffered by any Union regiment in the war.

Killed or Mortally Wounded

• Captains Dennie W. Farr of Company C and Joseph W.D. Carpenter of Company G, First Lieutenant Isaac A. Putnam of Company C, and Second Lieutenant Winfield S. Wooster were killed.
• Captain Daniel Lillie of Company I and First Lieutenant Thomas Ensworth, Jr. of Company D were mortally wounded.

Wounded

• Colonel George Foster was badly wounded in the thigh.
• Captains George H. Amidon of Company E,  J. Byron Brooks of Company H, and Abial Fisher of Company K
• First Lieutenants Charles H. Newton of Company E, Edward D. Carter of Company G, William C. Tracey of Company H, and Charles A. Dam of Company K
• Second Lieutenants Charles H. Carleton of Company C, Luther B. Scott of Company E, Nathan A. Smith of Company F, and Willis W. Morton of Company H

First Lieutenant Howard C. Chapin was promoted to Captain of Company C and William C. Tracey was promoted to Captain of Company H .

From the Vermont Brigade monument on the Wilderness battlefield:

In these woods, during the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5 and 6, 1864, Vermont’s “Old Brigade” suffered 1,234 casualties while defending the Brock Road and Orange Plank Road intersection.

First Sergeant Carlos H. Rich of Company K was awarded the Medal of Honor when he “saved the life of an officer.”

Spotsylvania Court House

Assault on the Salient (Spotsylvania)

First Lieutenant Joseph B. Needham of Companyn H was wounded.

North Anna River

Totopotomoy

Captain James H. Platt, Jr. of Company B was captured.

Cold Harbor

First Lieutenant Abel K. Parsons was killed. First Lieutenant Charles G. Fisher was promoted Captain of Company I.

Grant’s First Assault on Petersburg

Siege of Petersburg

Jerusalem Plank Road (Weldon Railroad)

The regiment was in the lead in an advance against the Weldon Railroad when the Confederates broke through the line with a strong force. 137 enlisted men were surrounded and captured, but the colors were saved by the color guard.

• Captain William C. Tracy of Company G was killed.
• Major John E. Pratt and Captains Chapin of Company C and Charles W. Boutin of Company D were captured
• Lieutenants William Towle of Company A, William Pierce of Company B, Carlos W. Carr of Company F, Joseph B. Needham of Company H, Charles G. Fisher of Company I, and George P. Spaulding of Company K were captured
• First Lieutenant Edward W. Carter was promoted to Captain of Company G.

Sergeant James Drury of Company C was awarded the Medal of Honor when he “saved the colors of his regiment when it was surrounded by a much larger force of the enemy and after the greater part of the regiment had been killed or captured.”

Repulse of Early’s attack on Fort Stevens

Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Near Charlestown

Second Lieutenant Luther B. Scott of Company F was killed.

Third Battle of Winchester (Opequan)

Colonel George Foster commanded the brigade. Second Lieutenant Ransom W. Towle of Company A was killed.

Fisher’s Hill

Battle of Cedar Creek

Captains Joseph P. Aikens of Company A and George H. Amidon of Company G were wounded. First Lieutenant Charles A. Dam of Company K was wounded.

Siege of Petersburg

Returned to siege at Petersburg. Went into winter quarters near Squirrel Level Road.

Fort Fisher, before Petersburg

Appomattox Campaign

Fall of Petersburg

Second Lieutenant William F. Tilton of Company G was wounded.

Sailor’s Creek

Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army.