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THE NINTH REGIMENT.
With the departure of the Eighth Regiment for the front, it was con- fidently hoped that the government had men enough in the field to sub- due the rebellious South without further taxing the resources of the Northern states in the raising of troops. But no sooner had the cam- paign of 1862 got fairly under progress than General Banks met with a serious repulse and disaster in the Shenandoah Valley, necessitating a call for still more troops for service in that region. On the 2 1st of May Governor Holbrook received a message from the War Department, ask- ing for still another regiment of men from Vermont; and no sooner had the governor learned the fact than he ordered the Ninth to be raised as quickly as possible. So nobly did the men respond, that by the 14th of June the Swanton company was organized, the others following soon
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afterward. The regiment was mustered into service on the 9th of July, 1862, and at once proceeded to the field of action; and be it said to the ho mor of Vermont that the Ninth Regiment was the first in the land to be forwarded to the front in response to the then latest call for troops. One reason, perhaps, that impelled the men of the state to respond so promptly to this call for troops, was the fact of the presence of Colonel George J. Stannard, who had been authorized to visit the state for the purpose of assisting in the organization; and when it was organized Colonel Stannard was placed in command. Among the field and staff officers there also appears the name of Valentine G. Barney, of Swanton, who was appointed captain of company A, June 14. 1862 ; promoted lieutenant-colonel May 24, 1863, and mustered out of service June 13, 1865. Franklin E. Rice, of Isle La Motte, was commissioned quarter- master October 19, 1864, having enlisted June 17, 1862, as private ; promoted commissary-sergeant November 20, 1862, and then regimen- tal quartermaster ; mustered out June 13, 1865. Horace P. Hall, of St. Albans, commissioned assistant surgeon June 30, 1862 ; resigned March 13, 1863. Story N. Goss, of Georgia, commissioned assistant surgeon September 26, 1862 ; resigned October 15, 1863. Linus E. Sherman, of Montgomery, first lieutenant company A, June 14, 1862 ; promoted captain May 24, 1863 ; mustered out June 13, 1865. Eras- tus W. Jewett, of St. Albans, commissioned second lieutenant company A, June 14, 1862; promoted first lieutenant May 24, 1863; resigned November 21, 1864 Edmund F. Cleveland, of Richford, private com- pany A, June 4, 1862 ; promoted corporal, sergeant, first sergeant, sec- ond lieutenant company A, May 24, 1863; first lieutenant Novem- ber 28, 1864 ; mustered out June 13, 1865. John S. Halbert, of Fair- fax, private company A, May 29, 1862 ; promoted sergeant, first ser- geant, second lieutenant November 28, 1864. John W. Roberts, of Montgomery, private company H, June 8, 1862 ; promoted corporal, sergeant, first sergeant, second lieutenant June 13, 1865.
Battles of the Ninth Regiment: Harper's Ferry, September 13 and 15, 1862; Newport Barracks, February 2, 1864; Chapin's Farm, Sep- tember 29, 1864; Fair Oaks, October 27, 1864; Fall of Richmond, April 3, 1865.
Roll of Ninth Regiment .- Bakersfield, William Barber, Elias W. Baker, Daniel P. Bartram, Edward Belvel, Luther E. Fitch, George
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Hagan, Joseph G. Lamondy, Moses Lamondy, Thomas O'Regan, Luman P. Puffer, Eleazer Stanley, Theodore E. Turner, Orange S. Whitmore, Wesley C. Williams, John Hays, Henry W. Perkins. Berk- shire, Daniel Johnson, jr., Caleb A. Stanley. Enosburgh, Ami Arrell, Theophilus Blodah, Shelden A. Buzzell, Dolce Cartier, Henry O. Elliott, Heber E. Jackson, Charles A. Kilburne, Moses Larabee, Will- iam Larabee, James Leplant, Samuel M. Maynard, Mitchell Messier, Francis Parento, George Papaw, Harlow C. Smith, Edwin Spicer, George W. Spicer, Andrew Tanshet, Lewis M. Trundell, Edmund Vin- cent, Simeon O. Whipple, John S. Woodward. Fairfax, Benjamin M. Blake, Josiah B. Bowditch, John S. Halbert, Harrison Lowell, Roger W. Van Ormand, Edward E. Stickney. Fairfield, Edgar P. Bessey, War- ner Eldred, John D. Finnegan, Elbridge H. Gilly, George A. Gilly, Lucius W. Leach, Julius Wilcox. Fletcher, Horatio P. Fulton, Joshua A. Flanders, Harrison Lowell, Henry B. Lee, Gideon Wood. Franklin, Emery S. Parker, Flavey Young. Georgia, Augustus T. Bushnell, Joel W. Cummings, Columbus W. Carr, Nelson H. Carr, Edward D. Clarey, Silas S. Clarey, Orrin A. Clarey, Cornelius E. Clarey, Allen Church, Carlos Church, Joseph P. Church, Warner O. Campbell, Patrick Kiely, George H. McGrath, Wright Packard, David J. Pattee, Tyler Tuttle, Neil Trefren. Highgate, Charles D. Bradley, Lewis Castor, William J. Coney, Patrick Hannagan, John Martin, John Morits, Will- iam Sartwell, Alexander Shaw. Montgomery. William Barnard, Trifley Bashaw, Aaron W. Bundy, Darius Barnis, Charles K. Crook, Theodore M. Carey, George W. Cushing, Edward N. Davis, Sylvanus A. Davis, Will- iam C. Hair, Samuel Davis, Monroe Ingles, Prieste La Fleur, William J. Mincen, Hiram H. Morgan, Talma H. McAllister, Loyal S. Ovitt, Will- iam Parker, Charles E. Potter, John W. Roberts, Simeon H. Russell, Artemus Rockwell, James E. Smith, Levi T. Smith, Edward G. Thomas, Sylvester Thomas, Seymour Trowbridge, Laniel E. Wright, William Waters. Richford, Charles E. Barry, Edmund F. Cleveland, Levi Judd Austin Kennedy, Albert E. Rogers. Sheldon, Michael Carner, Francis Curtis, Michael Dynan, Joseph Marco, Joseph Murray, Peter Pelkey, Charles E. Stoliker, John Sullivan, Horatio Stoliker, Burchard E. Webster. St. Albans, Joseph G. Bartlett, Edgar L. Eaton, James Hearren, Leander Lario, Isaiah Massi, John Massi, John Nary, William
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Shelley, Louis Tonchet Swanton, Franklin Belrose, Harrison S. Meigs, Charles W. Walker, Henry Westover. Alburgh, Thomas Canliffe, Dennis Cronin, Charles Cullin, John Dwyer, Joseph Parent, John Sab- berville, Albert L. Olena, Jason Vosburgh, Stephen H. Curtis, Charles H. Partlow, Marshall Cannon, Nathan Donaldson. Grand Isle, John Bill- cock, Edgar Minckler, Frederick Brezette, Edward M. Buck, Wendell W. Jackson, James M. Tobias, Charles Watkins. Isle La Motte, Joseph Campbell, Franklin E. Rice. North Hero, Wellington Blanchard, Dan Hazen, Wayne Hazen, Henry Jackson, Oberon Payne, Thomas H. Pettit, Herman W. Phelps. South Hero, Abner B. White.
THE TENTH REGIMENT.
"Organize your Tenth Regiment. It is needed by the Government." This was the tenor of a message sent by Secretary of War Stanton to Governor Holbrook, in reply to a letter by the latter informing the sec - retary that the Ninth was nearly ready for service, and that another could be raised during the next fifty days. At once Governor Holbrook set about organizing the Tenth, for which purpose recruiting offices were established in various towns of the state, two of them being in Franklin county : the one at Swanton, under charge of Hiram Platt, and the other at St. Albans in charge of Charles G. Chandler. These men were chosen captains of their respective companies, Captain Platt's being or- ganized August 6th, and Captain Chandler's on the 12th. But not only Swanton and St Albans contributed to the companies organized in this county, but as well every town in the entire county, while the islands were represented by men from Grand Isle, Isle La Motte and South Hero. Companies F and I, held most of the local contingent, while D had more than a few, the last named being Captain Giles Appleton's Burlington company.
In the organization of the regiment Franklin county was not forgotten, as its commander was selected from Swanton, in the person of Albert B. Jewett, who was commissioned colonel on August 26, 1862, and who resigned April 25, 1864. Charles G. Chandler was commissioned cap - tain company I, August II, 1862; major October 17, 1862; lieutenant- colonel April 26, 1864; dishonorably discharged December 24, 1864. Charles H. Reynolds, of St. Albans, enlisted private company I, Au-
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gust 5, 1862 ; promoted regimental quartermaster January 1, 1863 ; promoted captain and assistant quartermaster U. S. Volunteers Decem- ber 12, 1864. Charles W. Wheeler, of St. Albans, enlisted private com- pany I, August 5, 1862 ; promoted corporal, first sergeant, second lieu- tenant August 9, 1864; wounded October 19, 1864; first lieutenant company K, February 9, 1865 ; regimental quartermaster March 22, 1865 ; mustered out June 28, 1865. Hiram Platt, of Swanton, commis- sioned captain company F, August 6, 1862; resigned April 1, 1864. Chester F. Nye, of Highgate, commissioned first lieutenant company F, August 6, 1862; captain June 6, 1864; wounded October 19, 1864 ; discharged for wounds December 27, 1864 .: William White, of Sheldon, enlisted private company I, August 9, 1862 ; promoted sergeant, first sergeant, second lieutenant April 2, 1864; first lieutenant August 9, 1864; wounded June 1, 1864, and October 19, 1864; captain June 15, 1865; mustered out as first lieutenant June 22, 1865. Alex. W. Chilton, of Swanton, commissioned second lieutenant company F, August 6, 1862; first lieutenant company I, December 27, 1862; captain com- pany K, August 9, 1864 ; mustered out June 22, 1865. William R. Hoyt, of St. Albans, enlisted private company I, September 23, 1863 ; promoted corporal, sergeant, sergeant-major, second lieutenant com- pany C, first lieutenant company A, March 22, 1865; mustered out June 29, 1865. Charles D. Bogue, of St. Albans, enlisted private com- pany I, July 14, 1862 ; promoted first sergeant, second lieutenant com- pany C, November 8, 1862 ; first lieutenant January 19, 1863 ; mus- tered out June 22, 1865. Silas H. Lewis, jr., of St. Albans, enlisted private company I, July 23, 1862; promoted sergeant, first sergeant, second lieutenant company F, first lieutenant company D, November 2, 1864; brevet captain April 2, 1865, for gallantry ; mustered out June 22, 1865. Charles M. Start, of Bakersfield, commissioned first lieutenant company I, August 11, 1862 ; resigned December 5, 1862. Darwin K. Gilson, of St. Albans, enlisted private company I, July 23, 1862 ; pro- moted sergeant September 1, 1862; first sergeant February 26, 1865 ; second lieutenant company I, February 9, 1865; first lieutenant June 15, 1865; mustered out June 22, 1865. Edward Vinclette, of Swanton, enlisted private company F, July 12, 1865 ; promoted sergeant, first sergeant, second lieutenant company K, first lieutenant, mustered out
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June 29, 1865. George W. Burnell, of Richford, enlisted private com- pany F, July 15, 1862; promoted sergeant, second lieutenant Janu- ary 19, 1863; discharged for promotion to U. S. Colored Troops. Ernest C. Colby, of St. Albans, commissioned second lieutenant com- pany I, August 11, 1862 ; resigned January 16, 1863. George Church, of St. Albans, enlisted private company I, August 12, 1862; promoted corporal, sergeant, sergeant-major, second lieutenant June 15, 1865. Austin W. Fuller, of St. Albans, enlisted private company I, August 9, 1862; promoted sergeant September 1, 1862; regimental commissary sergeant January 19, 1863; second lieutenant company K, June 16, 1864; wounded severely October 19, 1864; honorably discharged for wounds December 15, 1864. Of the men of the Tenth, and from this county (Franklin), some were advanced to command of United States Troops, viz : Lieutenant George W. Brunell, of company C, was ap- pointed captain Nineteenth Regiment U. S. Colored Troops ; Sergeant E. Henry Powell, of Richford, was appointed lieutenant-colonel Tenth U. S. Colored Troops ; Charles A. Powell, of Richford, appointed first lieutenant in Tenth U. S. Colored Troops; Leander C. Leavens, of Berkshire, appointed first lieutenant Thirty-second United States Troops
The Tenth Regiment was mustered into service September 1, 1862. Original numbers, and recruits whose term would expire previous to October 1, 1865, were mustered out June 22, 1865. The remainder was mustered out June 29, 1865. Official list of battles of the Tenth : Orange Grove, November 27, 1863; Wilderness, May 5 to 8, 1864; Spottsylvania, May 10 to 18, 1864; Tolopotomy, May 31, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 1 to 12, 1864; Weldon Railroad, June 22-23, 1864; Mo- nocacy, July 9, 1864 ; Winchester, September 19, 1864; Fisher's Hill, September 21-22, 1864 ; Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864; Petersburg, March 25 and April 2, 1865 ; Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865.
Roll of Tenth Regiment .- Bakersfield, Albert Davis, David Foster, Theodore Hutchinson, Sanford Newell, Asa A. Start, John Ryan. Berkshire, Levi R. Darling, Charles Dingham, William S. Dingham, John Doyen, Nathan F. Hamilton, Clark A. Hall, William A. Jewett, Edson B. Larabee, Charles Lature, Leander C. Leavens, George W. Monteith, John Monteith, Smith J. Peacock, Thomas D. Riley, Hannibal Whitney, Michael Carty, Joseph Russell. Enosburgh, John Cosgrove,
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Roderick Chaplin, Jules Derex, Silas E. Farnsworth, Hugh Green, Michael Green, Charles Hackett, Reuben Hamblett, Francis L. Hopkins, John La Fountain, Peter La Fountain, Henry Lagro, Joel Lagro, Henry Larose, Stephen B. Maynard, Richard Smith, Amos W. Samson. Fair- fax, John Cross, Jerome B. Casavant, Noble B. Daniels, Hiram H. Davis, Norman Dunbar, Myron W. Hickok, Edgar O. Howard, Fred- erick W. Howard, Alvah N. Leonard, Nelson Leonard, Edgar D. Mudgett, Jay O. Mudgett, Edward Naylor, Harmon H. Searls, Will- iam S. Shepard. Fairfield, John Baraboo, Stephen A Eldred, Wooster S. Flood, Lewis L. Fisher, Hannibal H. Gould, Palmer C. Leach, James McNany, Joseph Minor, Charles A. Powell, Edward H. Powell, Ibra Schoolcraft, Charles St. Germain, John St. Germain, Addison Wheelock, Alden D. Wheelock. Fletcher, John Taylor. Franklin, Charles Bill- ings, Erastus Cheney, John Chabannaux, Edward Gorman, George C. Hines, Joel L. Hoag, Dawson W. Johnson, William Lowe, Lewis Shiney, William G. Smith, Lewis B. Vincent. Georgia, Henry D. Batchley, John Bnasia, Lewis Darent, Henry Falkins, George Galore, David Goch- ney, James Manley, Lyman Maxfield, Ransom J. Smith, Romeo Smith, Samuel W. Smith, Albert C. Vandusen, Lyman Weeks. Highgate, Albert H. Allen, Carlos L. Cray, George Dart, Jacob Decker, Nelson Flinton, Harrison Flinton, Bernis W. Hines, George B. Hogaboom, Newell Lambert, Theodore Lambert, John Larose, Charles T. Magee, Orcemer R. McGowan, Albert N. Nye, Thomas L. Phelps, Eramus H. Rice, Lucius Sheperd, Horace L. Stimets, James Shaw, jr., John Shaw, Mitchell Tatro. Montgomery, Joseph Brooks, Francis Lapiere, Peter Shova. Richford, Nathaniel A. Bangs, Lawrence Burke, George W. Burnell, Marshall S. Bliss, Erastus Carpenter, Joseph Cassavant, Charles Downey, Marshall H. Downey, Martin M. Downey, Azro R. Doyne, Johnson Gibson, Burritt W. Goff, James M. Goff, Daniel P. Hamilton, Hermon H. Hamilton, William Miner, George A. Parker, Milo E. Royce, Enos W. Smith, James W. Smith, John T. Willey. Sheldon, George Austin, William H. Bailey, Adolphus Burt, John Hines, Thomas Hogle, Loyal P. Sheldon, Peter Tower, Mike Tower, Joseph Theberge, Moses Vancore, Oscar E. Wait, William White, Charles H. Whittle- more. St. Albans, Edward E. Bates, William Bates, Charles D. Bogue, William P. Brown, John W. Carpenter, Michael Cavanagh, George
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Church, Peter W. Crady, John Cross, William Curtis, Joseph R. Cornell, Allen E. Daniels, Benjamin B. Davis, John Dunn, Francis Delaney, Alvin J. Folsom, Austin J. Fuller, William W. Garvin, Darwin K. Gilson, Felix Hackett, Stephen D. Hopkins, William R. Hoyt, William Kelley, Charles Lavelle, David Lawrence, Silas H. Lewis, jr., Ronald McDougal, Orrin S. Powers, Charles H. Reynolds, De Will B. Sexton, James T. Smith, Andrew Stevens, Edwin W. Skeels, Charles W. Wheeler, Gid- eon D. Williams. Swanton, Philip Arsino, Alanson M. Aseltyne, John M. Aseltyne, Merritt B. Aseltyne, Albert Belloir, Phillier Belloir, Benjamin F. Brown, Charles M. Brow, Emanuel Brunetts, James Cald- well, Peter Campbell, Frank Gainley, Charles Garron, Elijah Grover, Al- . bert Janes, John Louiselle, John Martin, Joseph Martin, John McNally, Washington W. Munsell, Thomas Proper, Levi H. Robinson, Charles Roby, jr., Jean B. Rouilliard, Edward Vinclette, Alanson Watson. Grand Isle, James Carroll, Silas Dickinson. South Hero, John Mayo, Augustus Mercey. Isle La Motte, Duncan Carron.
THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
The Eleventh was the last of the three years' regiments raised in Ver- mont during the period of the war. Also it was raised during the same period in which the Tenth was in course of organization, and was mus. tered into the United States service on the Ist of September, 1862. To the numerical strength of the regiment every town in Franklin county contributed, and as well Grand Isle county furnished to it as many if not more men than the county had placed with any previous command. The Eleventh Regiment was raised and organized for the infantry branch of the service, but on account of the scarcity of artillery compa- ยท nies and regiments then in the field, an order of the War Department transformed the Eleventh into an artillery command under the name " First Artillery Eleventh Vermont Volunteers," with authority to in- crease its numbers to twelve companies of 150 men each. The change was made on the 10th of December, 1862.
Upon the organization of the Eleventh notwithstanding the splendid contribution of men from these counties, no representation of either ap- pears to have formed a part of the field and staff of the regiment; but George D. Sowles, of Alburgh, who raised and was the original captain
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of company K, was promoted and commissioned major on the 16th of October, 1864. Major Sowles while captain was wounded June 1, 1864.
Of the line officers Alvin G. Fleury, of Isle La Motte, enlisted as pri- vate company K, July 30, 1862; promoted sergeant September 1, 1862; second lieutenant company K, December 28, 1863; first lieutenant company E, May 13, 1865 ; transferred to company B, June 24, 1865 ; promoted captain company A, July 10, 1865; mustered out as first lieutenant August 25, 1865. John D. Sheriden, of Swanton, enlisted private company E, December 21, 1863; promoted sergeant, second lieutenant company M, September 2, 1864; first lieutenant company L, May 23, 1865 ; captain May 23, 1865; transferred to company A, June 24, 1865. Charles H. Brush, of Fairfax, enlisted private com- pany K, August 7, 1862; promoted corporal, sergeant, first sergeant, second lieutenant, September 2, 1864; transferred to company L, May 31, 1865 ; transferred to company B, June 24, 1865; promoted captain June 26, 1865. John R. Halburt, of Fairfax, commissioned first lieutenant company K, September 1, 1862; discharged for incompe- tency March 14, 1863. William D. Fleury, of Isle La Motte, commis- sioned second lieutenant company K, August 15, 1862 ; promoted first lieutenant March 29, 1863. Nathan Martin, of Alburgh, enlisted private company K, August 12, 1862 ; promoted corporal, sergeant, commis- sary, quartermaster-sergeant, first sergeant, second lieutenant May 13, 1865 ; mustered out June 24, 1865. Official list of battles of the Elev- enth : Spottsylvania, May 15 to 18, 1864; Cold Harbor, June I to 12, 1864; Petersburg June 18, 1864: Weldon Railroad, June 23, 1864; Washington, July 11, 1864 ; Charlestown, August 21, 1864; Gilbert's Ford, September 13. 1864; Opequan, September 19, 1864; Fisher's Hill, September 21-22, 1864; Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864; Peters- burg, March 25, 27 and April 2, 1865.
Roll of Eleventh Regiment .- Bakersfield, Charles Barns, Charles B. Chase. Berkshire, William H. Shepard. Enosburgh, Lewis Tatro, jr., Nelson M. Tracy, John McMurray. Fairfax, Abram K. Beach, Jerome W. Bell, Manly E. Bellus, Charles H. Brush, Julius M. Buck, Benjamin F. Chamberlain, Lysander I. Davis, Patrick Driscoll, James C. Farnsworth, Lionel Hammond, John S. Howard, Keyes Howard, Fred- erick S. Hunt, George Hunt, Henry H. Hunt, Palmer Hunt, Benjamin
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Kenfield, David F. Kennison, Nelson Kidder, Stillman A. Pierce, Henry Provost, Nelson Provost, George A. Robinson, Calvin J. Rowley, Jona- than M. Roberts, Henry Shepard, George H. Safford, Stephen W. Spaulding, Lewis Thomas, Page Ufford, Jacob Weaver. Fairfield, Jason Newton. Fletcher, Michael Carroll, John Noonan. Franklin, Edward Duval, Leonard K. Manley. Georgia, Andrew S. Loveland. Highgate, John Dyer, John E. Fisher, John Hunt, Michael McCarty, John Robin- son, Harland Warner. Montgomery, Charles Barnard, Morris D. Bra- man, Joseph Bresette, Peter Frasio, Reuben Jackson, Edgar Lackey, Joseph La Fountain, Peter Lambria, Antoine Laporte, John Larock, Joseph Larock, Frank Manosh, John Manosh, jr., Michael Manosh, Harding G. Moore, Henry L. Wright. Richford, Francis S. Bannister, Daniel Bronson, Reuben Bronson, Richard Colette, Homer C. Davis, Richard Gamelin, Thomas J. Gamelin, Artemas Gilman, Clemon Leasot, Edmund Lovelette, Moses Lovelette, Julius Minor, Antoine Rivers. Sheldon, George W. Dyke, Philo Johnson, David Ryan, Richard Shufelt. St. Albans, George Austin, Daniel Bird, Willard M. Davis, Albert Guyott, Fransic Lacroix, Joseph Lacy, William D. McClure, Matthias McIntyre, Henry H. Pettingill, Peter Plant, William Wilson, jr. Swan- ton, Martin L. Clarke, Albert M. Donaldson, William R. Donaldson, Michael Hoar, John Jordan, Perry Lake, jr., Gardner C. Mead, Edward Medore, Maxham Murray, Thomas Patterson, John D. Sheridan,
Henry G. Stearns, George H. Smith, Riley Watson. Alburgh, Thomas Babcock, William H. Babcock, Norman O. Bell, William H. Bell, James Bennie, Mitchel Campbell, John Clifford, Jackson Eddy, Willard Fox, Lewis Gonia, Joseph Gonga, John S. Heald, David Hemenway, Merritt Ingalls, Peter Labardie, Elmore Labardie, Nelson Labardie, Matthew Lillie, Jeddy Martin, Nathan Martin, Peter McKenna, George Moning, Edward H. Norris, James A. Norris, John O'Connell, Newcomb Parker, James Parr, Charles Patterson, John Roach, George C. Sherman, George D. Sowles, George H. Sowles, Austin O. Spoor, Hiran J. Spoor, Horace W. Stockman, William H. Stockman, John Sturgeon, Michael Sullivan, William Williams, James Ashline, John Bronson, George Burke, Abraham Campbell, Albert Campbell, George N. Carter, Fred- erick Gonga, Richard Sturgeon, George Labardie, Edward Searles, Homer Searles, Joseph Martin, Jesse Bohonnon, Napoleon Bumbard,
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Henry Lapoint, Herbert Phelps. Grand Isle, Joseph Gardner, Will- iam C. Irish, Joseph La Point, Orlando Maconder, David Martin, Mi- chael Savage, Charles Tobias, Henry B. Tobias, Andrew M. Weed, Mathew Patten. Isle La Motte, William Buchanan, Battice Busha, Mo- ses Demarse, Oliver Fadden, Edson Fiske, Charles L. Fleurey, John H. Fiske, Allen Fleurey, Alvin G. Fleurey, William D. Fleurey, Julius Goddard, George W. Jordan, John Norman, Heman G. Pike, George P. Kelley. South Hero, Proctor Landon, Bartney Lawrence, Albert Phelps, Peter Akey, Nelson Baker, Michael Mercy, Lewis Trowville, Peter Trowville.
THE TWELFTH REGIMENT.
The Twelfth was the first regiment of Vermont troops recruited for the nine months' service. The order under which the regiment was raised called for the enlistment of the enrolled militia, but the state at that time appears to have been short of the material, as the organized militia had formerly been in the three months' service, and the great majority of the men had enlisted in subsequent three years' regiments. However, the governor ordered the enrollment of all persons between the ages of eighteen and forty five years, from whom should be taken a number sufficient to fill the quota of the state, which amounted to 4,898. As fast as the companies were recruited they were organized into regi- ments, and when the quota became filled the whole was formed into the Second Vermont Brigade, comprising the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Four- teenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth regiments. To the Twelfth the towns, of Fairfield, Franklin, Georgia and St. Albans contributed company E, while the five from North Hero were a part of company C. The com- pany first named was known as the Ransom Guards of St. Albans, although but a small part of the company was from the town. The Twelfth was mustered into service October 4, 1862, and mustered out July 14, 1863. None of the field and staff officers were from either of these counties. Hamilton S. Gilbert, of Fairfield, was commissioned captain of company E, September 1, 1862, and served until muster-out. George W. Robinson, of Georgia, was commissioned first lieutenant September 1, 1862, and served throughout the term of enlistment, and George H. Kittridge, of St. Albans, was commissioned second lieuten- ant September 1, 1862, and served till muster-out. 25
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