Organization of the Regimenr

• Company A – Captain Wheelock G. Veazey
• Company B – Captain Augustine C. West
• Company C – Captain David T. Corbin
• Company D – Captain Fernando C. Herrington
• Company E – Captain Andrew J. Blanchard
• Company F – Captain Thomas O. Seaver
• Company G – Captain Lorenzo D. Allen
• Company H – Captain Thomas F. House
• Company I – Captain Thomas Nelson
• Company K – Captain Elon O. Hammond

• Colonel William Smith was promoted to brigadier general
• Lieutenant Colonel Hyde was promoted to colonel
• Captain Wheelock Veazey of Company A was promoted to lieutenant colonel
• Captain Thomas O. Seaver of Company F was promoted to major
• Captain Elon O. Hammond of Company K resigned
• First Lieutenant Leo Hyde of Comany C was promoted to Captain of Company A.
• First Lieutenant Samuel E. Pingree was promoted to Captain of Company F.
• First Sergeant Leonard E. Bennett was promoted to Captain of Company K.

Skirmish at Lewinsville

One man was killed, one mortally wounded and five wounded by and artillery shell.

Peninsula Campaign

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

Siege of Yorktown

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac

Lee’s Mills

First Lieutenant Edward A. Chandler of Company F was wounded.

Captain Samuel E. Pingree of Company F was awarded the Medal of Honor when he “gallantly led his Co. across a wide, deep creek, drove the enemy from the rifle pits, which were within 2 yards of the farther bank, and remained at the head of his men until a second time severely wounded.”

Sixteen year old Drummer Julian A. Scott of Company E “crossed the creek under a terrific fire of musketry several times to assist in bringing off the wounded.”

Battle of Williamsburg

Seven days before Richmond

Garnett’s Farm, Savage Station

Second Lieutenant John W. Ramsey of Company C was killed, and Captain David T. Corbin of Company C was wounded and taken prisoner.

White Oak Swamp Bridge

Malvern Hill

Maryland Campaign

Crampton’s Pass, South Mountain

First Lieutenant Daniel J. Kenesson was promoted to Captain of Company D.

Battle of Antietam

Commanded by Major Thomas O. Seaver. 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.

Battle of Fredericksburg

• Lieutenant Colonel Seaver was promoted to colonel.
• First Lieutenant William A. Pierce was promoted to Captain of Company G
• First Lieutenant Sidney S. Brigham was promoted to Captain of Company H
• First Lieutenant Burr J. Austin of Company E was promoted to Captain of Company I
• First Lieutenant Amasa T. Smith was promoted to Captain of Company K

Burnside’s Second Campaign, “Mud March”

Chancellorsville Campaign

Maryes Heights, “Second Fredericksburg”

Salem Heights

Lieutenant Ronald A. Kennedy of Company I was wounded by a shell in his left side.

Banks’ Ford

Second Lieutenant Richard P. Goodall of Company G was wounded,

Franklin’s Crossing

Battle of Gettysburg

Commanded by Colonel Thomas O. Seaver. It brought 428 men to the field and had no casualties.

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.

Funkstown, Md.

Bristoe Campaign

Rappahannock Station

Mine Run Campaign

Colonel Thomas Seaver took temporary command of the brigade until February

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James

Battle of the Wilderness

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.

Captain Enoch H. Bartlett of Company B was killed. Captain Erastus Buck of Company I was killed. Second Lieutenants Charles E. Osgood of Company A and Richard P. Goodall of Company G, and Charles H. Woodbury of Company I were wounded.

Spotsylvania Court House

Upton’s Assault at Spotsylvania Court House

Colonel Seaver was awarded the Medal of Honor when he “At the head of three regiments and under a most galling fire, attacked and occupied the enemy’s works.”

Assault on the Salient, Spottsylvania Court House

Captain Horace W. Floyd of Company C was wounded in the hand.

North Anna River

Totopotomoy

Cold Harbor

First Lieutenant Henry C. Miller of Company A was mortally wounded. Captain Daniel J. Kenesson of Company D and Charles H. Woodbury of Company I were wounded.

Grant’s First Assault on Petersburg

Siege of Petersburg

Jerusalem Plank Road

Repulse of Early’s attack on Fort Stevens

Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Near Charlestown

Second Lieutenant Williis W. Wood of Company A was wounded.

Third Battle of Winchester (Opequan)

First Lieutenant George W. Bonett of Company A, Sergeant Major Orsamus B. Robinson of Company B, and Second Lieutenant Hartwell L. Collins of Company E were wounded.

Fisher’s Hill

Battle of Cedar Creek

Captain William H. Hubbard of Company I, First Lieutenant Augustus D. Lyon of Company D and Second Lieutenants Edmond E. Cushman of Company B and Marshall T. Hatch of Company C were wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Horace W. Floyd was breveted Colonel for gallantry.

Siege of Petersburg

Went into winter quarters near Squirrel Level Road.

Fort Fisher, before Petersburg

Appomattox Campaign

Fall of Petersburg

First Lieutenant Gardner C. Hawkins was wounded. Captain George W. Bonett of Company A was breveted Major for gallantry.

First Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant Gardner C. Hawkins of  Company E was awarded the Medal of Honor “when the lines were wavering from the well-directed fire of the enemy, this officer, acting adjutant of the regiment, sprang forward, and with encouraging words cheered the soldiers on and, although dangerously wounded, refused to leave the field until the enemy’s works were taken.”

Sailor’s Creek

Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army.