USA > Vermont > Windsor County > History of Windsor County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers > Part 12
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104
THE TWELFTH REGIMENT-(NINE MONTHS).
This regiment, as well as those that followed it, was a part of the en- rolled militia-men of the State of Vermont. It was organized for active service early in the fall of 1862, and was mustered in on the 4th of Octo- ber of the same year. Two of the companies were from Windsor county, A and B, known as the West Windsor Guards, Charles L. Savage, cap- tain, and the Woodstock Light Infantry, Ora Paul, jr., captain.
On the 25th of September the regiment went into camp at Brattle- boro, where the men were thoroughly drilled preparatory to active serv- ice. On the 7th of October it left camp and proceeded to Washington,
I28
HISTORY OF WINDSOR COUNTY.
where it arrived a few days later, and was soon afterwards attached to Casey's division of the Reserve Army Corps for the defense of Washing- ton. Here the Eleventh remained for about three weeks, when, on the 30th October, the other Vermont regiments-Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth-having arrived, all were united and formed into the Second Vermont Brigade.
THE SIXTEENTH REGIMENT-(NINE MONTHS).
This regiment was organized almost wholly from the enrolled militia of Windsor and Windham counties. It had, by far, a stronger contingent of this county's men than any command that was recruited in the vicinity prior to its organization. The companies of the county in the Sixteenth were as follows : Company A, of Bethel, Henry A. Eaton, captain; Com- pany C, of Ludlow, Asa G. Foster, captain ; Company E, of Springfield, Alvin C. Mason, captain ; Company G, of Barnard, Harvey N. Bruce, captain ; Company H, of Felchville, Joseph C. Sawyer, captain ; Com- pany K, of Chester, Samuel Hutchinson, captain. The regiment was mustered into service on the 23d of October, 1862, having field and staff officers as follows: Colonel, Wheelock G. Veazey, Springfield ; lieuten- ant-colonel, Charles Cummings, Brattleboro ; major, William Rounds, Chester; adjutant, Jabez D. Bridgman, Rockingham; quartermaster, James D. Henry, Royalton; surgeon, Castanus B. Park, jr., Grafton ; assistant surgeon, George Spafford, Windham; chaplain, Rev. Alonzo Webster, Windsor.
The Sixteenth Regiment was mustered into service on October 23, 1862, and on the next day left its rendezvous for Washington, arriving there on the 27th. It was very soon afterward formed with the other nine months Vermont regiments into the Second Brigade. The brigade was then attached to Casey's division of the Reserve Corps. On the 30th of October the brigade broke camp at Capitol Hill and marched to occupy the position formerly held by General Sickel's brigade on the road to Mount Vernon, and in this vicinity it remained during the following month. Here preparatious for the winter were made, and " Camp Ver- mont" established, but before all was completed marching orders were received by which part of the brigade-the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Regiments-were sent to the vicinity of Union Mills, to picket
129
THE SIXTEENTH VERMONT REGIMENT.
the line of the Occoquan and Bull Run road, from which the last detach- ment did not return until the 5th of December. On the I Ith the brigade was ordered to occupy Sigel's vacated position near Fairfax Court House, to which place they marched on the 12th.
The only important event that occurred here during the winter was the movement made by the Confederate cavalry commanded by General Stuart, that crafty officer hoping to find some unguarded or unprepared post upon which to make an attack. As his forces approached they were fired upon by the brigade, and when he withdrew beyond range the ar- tillery opened fire upon them. The enemy, however, did not make an attack, nor remain in the neighborhood very long. During the latter part of January, 1863, the Second Brigade occupied the quarters vacated by General Slocum's Corps at Fairfax Station. On the 2d of February the troops on the defenses of the capital were organized into the Twenty- second Army Corps, under command of Major-General Heintzleman, and to this command the brigade was attached, still forming, however, a part of Casey's division. The events that occurred in this vicinity during the balance of the winter were occasionally interesting, but of no special im- portance. During the latter part of March, the Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Regiments were stationed at Wolf Run Shoals, while the Fif- teenth and Sixteenth were sent to Union Mills. On the 20th of April General George J. Stannard succeeded to the command of the brigade.
On the 25th of June General Stannard concentrated his brigade at Union Mills, under orders to follow the main army on the famous northward march that ended in the battle at Gettysburg. This order meant several days of severe marching, but it was accomplished, the brigade covering a distance of one hundred and twenty miles in six days, and reaching Emmitsburg, near the Pennsylvania line, on the evening of June 30. In the arrangement and disposition of the forces massed about Gettysburg, the Second Brigade was attached to the Third Division of the First Corps, the division commander being Brigadier- General Thomas A. Rowley. In an engagement so terrific and long continued as that at Gettysburg, it would seem impossible that any one division or brigade could perform a service so signal as to draw to itself the attention and commendation of the commanders of the whole army engaged, yet such appears to have been the case on the part of a portion of the Second Vermont Brigade.
17
I30
HISTORY OF WINDSOR COUNTY.
This special performance that at once made famous this body of men was the flank movement in the rear of Pickett's charging division of Confed- erates, just at the proper moment, neither too soon or too late, which had the effect of checking that impetuous charge, and finally turning the possibility of defeat into a glorious victory for the Union arms. This was the only engagement of any importance in which the Sixteenth Reg- iment participated, but in the short space of its duration the regiment and the brigade to which it belonged made a record more enviable than that achieved by some others in all their service of years. Four days after the battle three regiments of the brigade, among them the Six- teenth, left Middletown and marched to South Mountain; thence through Boonesboro, at the latter place in plain hearing of the battle then pro- gressing at Funkstown. On the 12th Funkstown was passed, not two hours previously having been in possession of the enemy, and the regi- ment then halted and formed near Hagarstown. Here, or not far from this place, a detachment of one hundred and fifty men from the Sixteenth Regiment did the last fighting of the brigade.
Then began the homeward march, although the term of enlistment had not quite expired. On the 20th of July New York was reached, and Brattleboro one day later. The regiments that comprised the Second Brigade were mustered out in the following order: The Twelfth, July 14; the Thirteenth, July 21 ; the Fourteenth, July 30; the Fifteenth, August 5 ; and the Sixteenth, August 10, 1863.
THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.
This regiment was recruited generally in the State, as many towns be- ing represented in its composition, probably, as could be found in any two previous regiments. The greater part of the Windsor county con- tribution to its strength was in Company D, which was commanded by Captain Henry A. Eaton, of Rochester, but other companies had among their members men from this shire. The regiment was mustered into service, by companies, during the early months of 1864, and at Alexan- dria, where it arrived April 22, was assigned to the Second Brigade of the Second Division of the Ninth Corps, the latter being under the com- mand of General Ambrose E. Burnside.
The field service of the Seventeenth commenced early in May, 1864,
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT AND FIRST VERMONT CAVALRY. 131
and ended with the last Petersburg battle, April 2, 1865. During this comparatively brief time the regiment took part in thirteen distinct en- gagements, several of which covered a number of days, and many of which were among the most sanguinary of the war. They were as fol- lows: Wilderness, May 6 to 9, 1864; Spottsylvania, May 12 to 15; Spottsylvania, May 18; North Anna, May 25-26; Tolopotomy, May 31; Bethesda Church, June 3; Cold Harbor, June 7-8; Petersburg, June 17; Petersburg Mine, July 30; Weldon Railroad, August 21 ; Poplar Spring Church, September 30; Hatcher's Run, October 27 and 28; Petersburg, April 2, 1865.
THE FIRST VERMONT CAVALRY.
This somewhat famous organization was the only one of its kind raised in Vermont during the war; moreover it was the largest com- mand sent out of the State in that time, numbering as it did, from first to last, 2,297 officers and men. This cavalry regiment was not recruited under the authority of the State, for the laws made no provision for such an organization. So when its originator, Lemuel B. Platt, proposed to Governor Fairbanks to raise a regiment of cavalry the latter was com- pelled to decline. Mr. Platt then turned to the general government and obtained the desired permission. This was at a time when the gov- ernor was recruiting infantry regiments, and it was thought that Mr. Platt might meet with some difficulty in accomplishing his task, but events proved to the contrary. Within forty-two days his regiment was full. It was mustered into service November 19, 1861. Windsor county representatives were scattered through several companies, but Company E had much the stronger contingent, in fact was considered a Windsor county company. Samuel P. Rundlett, of Royalton, was its first captain; Andrew J. Grover, of Hartford, first lieutenant ; and John C. Holmes, of Springfield, second lieutenant. When their term of en- listment expired many of the men became veterans, and thus served throughout the war. The First Cavalry took to the field about the mid- dle of December, 1861, but did not engage much in active service until the succeeding spring. From April 16, 1862, until the muster-out, however, there was no more busily occupied regiment in the service. Seventy-three engagements stand to their credit, commencing with
I32
HISTORY OF WINDSOR COUNTY.
Mount Jackson, April 16, 1862, and ending with Lee's surrender at Ap- pomattox Court House, on the 9th of April, 1865.
IN OTHER COMMANDS.
Among the regiments of Vermont soldiers to which the county of Windsor contributed recruits were those known as the United States Sharpshooters. These were not raised under the direct authority of the State, but of the United States government, the authority therefore being conferred upon Hiram Berdan, of New York. Of the eight States in which men for this special branch of the service were recruited, Ver- mont furnished a greater number than any other, being one-sixth of the gross number enlisted. The recruiting station in the vicinity of this county was located at Randolph, and of course the efforts of the officers in obtaining men naturally drew some recruits from this county. The county, however, had no original field or line officers, but Henry E. Kinsman, of Royalton, was raised from private in Company F through several grades, and was eventually commissioned first lieutenant, in the First Regiment. In the Second Regiment William F. Tilson, of Bethel, was, in 1864, promoted to the second lieutenancy of Company E, and Curtis Abbott, of the same town, to the rank of first lieutenant in Com- pany H. Such of the county's men as were privates in either of these or other companies will be found in the town rolls of volunteers on later pages.
In the Second, also the Third Battery of Light Artillery, the county was represented by recruits, mainly from the northern towns, Norwich and Rochester, perhaps, furnishing the largest number, while other towns sent a less number. In the Second, Charles H. Dyer, of Roch- ester, was at one time first lieutenant, having been promoted from a lower grade. In the Third Battery, John H. Wright, of Norwich, was second lieutenant and promoted first lieutenant. In the same command John W. Marsh was enlisted as private, and subsequently commissioned second lieutenant. These batteries also had privates from the county, as will be shown by reference to the town rolls.
The command known as the Frontier Cavalry also seems to have had at least two commissioned officers from Windsor county. These were George B. French, of Cavendish, captain of the Second Company, and Francis G. Clark, of Chester, a first lieutenant in the same command.
I33
ROSTER OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
ROSTER OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
The following is a complete roster of the field and staff and commis- sioned company officers that enlisted as residents of the several towns of Windsor county ; and is arranged with reference to regiment members, the three months' men being first. The same order is followed as is found in the adjutant and inspector-general's report, from which the following is compiled.
First Regiment, Three Months' Men .- Peter T. Washburn, lieutenant- colonel ; commisssioned April 26, 1861 ; mustered out of service August 16, 1861. William W. Pelton, captain Company B; commissioned April 27, 1861 ; mustered out of service August 15, 1861. Oscar S. Tuttle, captain Company E; mustered out of service August 15, 1861. An- drew J. Dike, first lieutenant company B; resigned June 18, 1861. Solomon E. Woodward, first lieutenant Company B; promoted from second lieutenant ; mustered out August 15, 1861. Asaph Clark, first lieutenant Company E ; mustered out of service August 15, 1861. Will- iam Sweet, second lieutenant Company B ; promoted from first sergeant June 19, 1861 ; mustered out August 15, 1861. Salmon Dutton, second lieutenant Company E; mustered out August 15, 1861.
Second Regiment, Three Years' Service .- Augustus A. Atwood, assist- ant surgeon ; resigned June 25, 1863. Orville Bixby, captain Company E; commissioned second lieutenant May 26, 1861; promoted first lieu- tenant January II, 1862; captain August 24, 1862 ; killed in action at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. Charles C. Morey, captain Company E ; private Company E April 22, 1861 ; promoted corporal June 20, 1861; sergeant February 10, 1862 ; first sergeant December 27, 1862 ; re en- listed January 31, 1864; first lieutenant Company C June 20, 1864 ; promoted captain December 24, 1864 ; killed in action before Peters- burg, Va., April 2, 1865. Volney S. Fullam, captain Company I May 22, 1861 ; promoted lieutenant colonel Seventh Vermont Volunteers January 18, 1862. Daniel S. White, captain Company I ; private May 7, 1861 ; sergeant June 20, 1861; first sergeant February 9, 1862 ; sec- ond lieutenant January 8, 1863 ; captain January 26, 1863 ; resigned and honorably discharged October 24, 1864, for wounds received at Wilder- ness, May 5, 1864. Sherman W. Parkhurst, first lieutenant Company
I34
HISTORY OF WINDSOR COUNTY.
I; resigned November 9, 1861. Harrison Dewey, second lieutenant Company E; enlisted private April 22, 1861 ; first sergeant June 20, 1861 ; dismissed from the service October 4, 1862, for absence without leave. George S. Adams, second lientenant Company E ; private April 22, 1861; corporal August 28, 1862; re-enlisted December 21, 1863 ; sergeant October 18, 1864 ; first sergeant February 7, 1865 ; mustered out as first sergeant July 15, 1865. Isaac N. Wadleigh, second lieuten- ant Company I; resigned December 14, 1861. Albert A. May, second lieutenant Company I ; private Company I May 7, 1861 ; corporal Au- gust 18, 1862; re enlisted December 21, 1863; wounded May 5, 1864; sergeant January 20, 1865; first sergeant February 15, 1865 ; mustered out July 15, 1865.
Third Regiment .- Thomas O. Seaver, colonel; captain Company F May 24, 1861 ; major August 13, 1861 ; lieutenant-colonel September 27, 1862 ; colonel January 15, 1863 ; mustered out of service July 27, 1864. Horace W. Floyd, colonel ; second lieutenant Company A May 21, 1861 ; first lieutenant Company F August 13, 1861 ; transferred to Company A December 1, 1861 ; captain Company C September 22, 1862; wounded June 21, 1864 ; major August 4, 1864; lieutenant-colo- nel October 18, 1864; brevet-colonel October 19, 1864, for gallantry and good conduct before Richmond and in Shenandoah Valley ; colonel June 4, 1865; mustered out of service July 11, 1865. Wheelock G. Veazey, lieutenant-colonel August 13, 1861; captain Company A May 21, 1861 ; promoted major August 10, 1861 ; promoted colonel Sixteenth Vermont Volunteer Militia September 27, 1862. Samuel E. Pingree, lieutenant- colonel ; first lieutenant Company F May 24, 1861 ; captain August 13, 1861 ; wounded severely April 16, 1862 ; major September 27, 1862 ; lieutenant-colonel January 15, 1863 ; mustered out July 27, 1864. Redfield Proctor, quartermaster ; commissioned June 19, 1861 ; promoted major Fifth Vermont Volunteers September 25, 1861. Fred- erick Crain, quartermaster ; first lieutenant Company A May 24, 1861 ; quartermaster September 25, 1861 ; mustered out of service July 27, 1864. Daniel A. Mack, chaplain January 11, 1862 ; mustered out July 27, 1864. Luke B. Fairbanks, captain Company C; enlisted private May 10, 1861 ; promoted corporal July 16, 1861 ; wounded April 16, 1862 ; re-enlisted December 21, 1863 ; first lieutenant Company H June 26,
135
ROSTER OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
1864; mustered out of service July 11, 1865. Thomas F. Leonard, cap- tain Company I; private Company F May 10, 1861 ; promoted corporal; to sergeant ; re-enlisted December 21, 1863 ; wounded July 10, 1863, May 6, 1864, and May 12, 1864; promoted second lieutenant Company C August 4, 1864; first lieutenant February 25, 1865 ; captain Com- pany I May 10, 1865 ; mustered out of service July 11, 1865. Leonard E. Bennett, captain Company K: private Company A May 21, 1861 ; first sergeant july 16, 1861; captain Company K August 16, 1861 ; wounded June 29, 1862; resigned November 26, 1862. Horace French, captain Company K; private Company F May 10, 1861 ; sergeant July 16, 1861 ; first sergeant ; second lieutenant Company F January 15, 1863; transferred to Company B by reason of consolidation of regiment July 24, 1864; captain Company K March 26, 1865 ; mustered out of service July II, 1865. Frank E. Rew, first lieutenant Company B; pri - vate Company F May 10, 1861; sergeant July 16, 1861; quartermaster- sergeant July 1, 1862; second lieutenant Company E November 10, 1862; first lieutenant Company B January 15, 1863 ; mustered out of service July 27, 1864. Orasmus B. Robinson, first lieutenant Company B ; private Company A June 1, 1861 ; corporal November 1, 1861; ser- geant November 7, 1863 ; re-enlisted December 21, 1863 ; sergeant· ma- jor July 24, 1864; wounded September 19, 1864; second lieutenant Company A October 18, 1864; first lieutenant Company B February 25. 1865 ; mustered out of service July 11, 1865. Edwin M. Noyes, first lieutenant Company C; second lieutenant May 23, 1861 ; first lieutenant November 7, 1861 ; died August 31, 1862. Gardner C. Hawkins, first lieutenant Company E; private Company F January 28, 1864 ; trans- ferred to Company I July 25, 1864; second lieutenant Company I October 18, 1864; first lieutenant Company E February 25, 1865 ; dis- charged June 2, 1865, for wounds at Petersburg, April 2, 1865. Ed- ward A. Chandler, first lieutenant Company F ; second lieutenant May 24, 1861 ; first lieutenant December 5, 1861 ; wounded severely April 16. 1862 ; mustered out of service July 27, 1864. Hubbard M. Phillips, first lieutenant Company H; private Company A June 1, 1861; sergeant July 16, 1861 ; first lieutenant August 13, 1861 ; second lieutenant Com- pany E January 15, 1863 ; on detached service from June 20, 1863, to March 31, 1864; first lieutenant Company H July 21, 1863 ; mustered
136
HISTORY OF WINDSOR COUNTY.
out of service July 27, 1864. John R. Seaver, second lieutenant Com- pany A; private Company F May 10, 1861 ; regimental commissary- sergeant July 13, 1862; second lieutenant Company A September 22, 1862 ; resigned February 14, 1863. Willis W. Wood, second lieutenant Company A; private June 1, 1861 ; corporal November 7, 1863 ; re- enlisted December 21, 1863; sergeant May 14, 1864; wounded August 21, 1864; first sergeant May 9, 1865 ; second lieutenant May 10, 1865 ; mustered out July 1I, 1865. Edmund E. Cushman, second lieutenant Company B ; private Company A July 2, 1861 ; corporal April 1, 1863 ; re-enlisted December 21, 1863 ; sergeant May 14, 1864 ; first sergeant August 31, 1864; wounded October 19, 1864 ; second lieutenant Com- pany B March 28, 1865 ; mustered out of service July 11, 1865. Louis A. Pierce, second lieutenant Company D; private Company A June I, 1861 ; sergeant July 16, 1861; second lieutenant Company D October 13, 1862 ; honorably discharged April 13, 1863, for disability. Philip V. Thomas, second lieutenant Company F ; private Company F May 10, 1861; first sergeant July 16, 1861 ; second lieutenant December 16, 1861 ; resigned October 18, 1862. Daniel B. Veazey, second lieutenant Company 1; private Company A June 20, 1861 ; second lieutenant Company I November 1, 1863 ; mustered out July 27, 1864. Abram J. Locke, second lieutenant Company K ; private Company F October 14, 1861 ; corporal June 1, 1863 ; re-enlisted December 21, 1863 ; sergeant August 27, 1864 ; sergeant-major November 13, 1864; wounded May 5, 1864, and April 2, 1865; second lieutenant Company K June I, 1865 ; mustered out of service July 11, 1865.
Fourth Regiment .- Stephen M. Pingree, lieutenant-colonel; first lieu- tenant Company E September 6, 1861; captain Company K April 21, 1862; major November 5, 1862; lieutenant-colonel April 30, 1864; mustered out of service July 13, 1865. George B. French, adjutant ; first lieutenant Company C September 3, 1861 ; promoted adjutant July 17, 1862; wounded May 5, 1864; mustered out of service September 30, 1864. Henry W. Spafford, quartermaster; enlisted as regimental com - missary-sergeant October 25, 1864; promoted quartermaster November 6, 1864; mustered out of service July 13, 1865. Samuel J Allen, sur- geon ; commissioned August 15, 1861 ; mustered out of service Septem- ber 30, 1864; Joseph P. Aikens, captain Company A; private Company
137
ROSTER OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
D August 28, 1861; promoted corporal; sergeant; first sergeant Janu- ary 1, 1863; re-enlisted December 15, 1863 ; first lieutenant Company C May 5, 1864; captain Company A August 9, 1864; wounded Octo- ber 19, 1864; honorably discharged March 8, 1865, for wounds. James H. Platt, jr., captain Company B; commissioned August 30, 1861 ; pris- oner May 30, 1864; paroled and mustered out of service November 21, 1864. Henry B. Atherton, captain Company C; commissioned Septem- ber 3, 1861 ; resigned August 12, 1862. Henry L. Terry, captain Com- pany E; commissioned September 6, 1861 ; discharged September 22, 1862, for disability. William C. Tracy, captain Company G; second lieu tenant Company K September 14, 1861 ; first lieutenant Company H No- vember 5, 1862; captain Company G May 5, 1864; wounded same day ; killed in action before Petersburg, Va., June 23, 1864. Daniel Lillie. captain Company I; second lieutenant Company E September 6, 1861 ; first lieutenant April 21, 1862 ; captain Company I August 1, 1862 ; died June 6, 1864, at Washington, D. C., of wounds received at Wilderness, May 6, 1864. Francis B. Gove, captain Company K; commis- sioned September 14, 1861 ; resigned April 13, 1862. George P. Spauld- ing, first lieutenant Company B; private Company C August 20, 1861 ; sergeant September 21, 1861 ; first sergeant ; re-enlisted December 15, 1863 ; second lieutenant Company K May 5, 1864 ; prisoner from June 20, 1864, to December 2, 1864; transferred to Company E; first lieu- tenant Company B June 4, 1865 ; mustered out as second lieutenant Company E July 13, 1865. Harlan P. Page, first lieutenant Company C; private Company E August 23, 1861 ; corporal September 21, 1861 ; sergeant May 18, 1862 ; first sergeant February 22, 1864; re-enlisted March 28, 1864; first lieutenant January 21, 1865 ; resigned May 9, 1865. Daniel D Wheeler, first lieutenant Company D ; commissioned April 21, 1862; transferred to Company G March 20, 1862 (see below). Thomas Ensworth, jr., first lieutenant Company D ; private Company K September 2, 1861 ; first sergeant September 21, 1861 ; second lieutenant Company C June 25, 1862; wounded May 4, 1863 ; first lieutenant Oc- tober 20, 1863; died of wounds May 7, 1864. Charles A. Read, first lieutenant Company F ; private Company C August 19, 1861 ; sergeant September 21, 1861; sergeant-major March 1, 1862; first lieutenant July 17, 1862; resigned January 2, 1863. Daniel D. Wheeler, first lieu-
18
I38
HISTORY OF WINDSOR COUNTY.
tenant Company G; second lieutenant Company C September 3, 1861 ; first lieutenant Company D April 21, 1862; transferred to Company G January 18, 1863; promoted captain and A. A. G. U. S. Volunteers June 30, 1864. Curtis Abbott, first lieutenant Company H ; private Company H Second U. S. S. S. November 12, 1861 ; corporal Decem- ber 1, 1862; re-enlisted December 21, 1863; wounded May, 1864; first sergeant November 1, 1864; first lieutenant Company H, U. S. S. S., January 22, 1865 ; transferred to Company H Fourth Regiment Febru- ary 25, 1865 ; mustered out of service July 13, 1865. Ransom W. Towle, second lieutenant Company A; private Company E August 24, 1861 ; sergeant September 21, 1861; wounded June 29, 1862; second lieu . tenant Company A May 17, 1864; died of wounds received at Win-
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.