Vermont Civil War

Battles
Antietam (Sharpsburgh)
September 17, 1862

Vermont units present/engaged: 2nd Infantry 3rd Infantry 4th Infantry 5th Infantry 6th Infantry U.S. Sharpshooters	Casualties Medal of Honor Readings Links Bibliography
Casualties Coolidge, John T., 20, Ludlow, VT; enl 10/1/61, m/i 11/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 2nd USSS, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, dis/wds, 12/19/62 Cooper, Edward S., 18, Rochester, VT; enl 9/9/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. E, 4th VVI, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, tr to VRC 9/1/63, m/o 4/15/64 Drake, Oliver B., 21, Bristol, VT; enl 5/22/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. K, 2nd VVI, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, dis/wds, 4/19/63 Holbrook, Manlius, 18, Lemington, VT; enl 11/11/61, m/i 11/29/61, PVT, Co. E, 2nd USSS, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, wdd, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, reen 12/21/63, pr CPL 1/7/64, pr SGT 1/1/ 1865, tr to Co. G, 4th VVI, 2/25/65, m/o 7/13/65 Holcomb, Chester, 18, Windsor, VT; enl 8/31/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. K, 4th VVI, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, dsrtd 10/28/62 Howard, Silas W., 20, Royalton, VT; enl 12/16/61, m/i 11/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 2nd USSS, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, dis/wds, 3/5/63 Lewis, Luke Monroe, 22, Duxbury, VT; enl 10/30/61, m/i 11/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 2nd USSS, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, m/o 11/9/64 (more) Marks, Lorenzo J., 18, Shelburne, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd VVI, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, wdd, 5/18/64, m/o 6/29/64; enl again again, 1/25/65, Hancock's 1st A.C., 7th Regt, Co. I, m/o 1/30/66 Martin, William Henry, 22, Williamstown, VT; enl 8/19/61, m/i 9/21/61, 1SGT, Co. B, 4th VVI, comn 2LT, Co. A, 7/17/62 (9/29/62), wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, wdd, Funkstown, 7/10/63, mwia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, d/wds 5/8/64 McClallen, Byron, 18, Westford, VT; enl 11/2/61, m/i 11/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 2nd USSS, kia, Antietam, 9/17/62 Pasha, Antoine, 21, Burlington, VT; enl 10/4/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, mwia, Antietam, 9/17/62, d/wds 5/18/63 Richardson, George A., 22, Jamaica, VT; enl 12/7/61, m/i 12/31/61, PVT, Co. H, 2nd USSS, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, dis/wds, 12/4/62 (occupation: cooper, 6' 4 1/4", dark complexion, black eyes, dark hair) Richardson, Israel Bush, 0, Fairfax, VT; USMA 36, 2LT, 3rd U.S. INF 41, brevet CPT and MAJ for gallant conduct in battles of the war with Mexico, CPT, 3rd U.S. INF 51, resigned 55, COL 2nd MI INF, 4/61, BGEN USV, 5/17/61, commanded bgd at the first Bull Run, MGEN USV, 7/4/62, commanded 1st Div, 2nd AC, 62, mwia, Antietam, 9/17/62, d/wds 11/3/62 (more) Rollins, Andrew J., 24, Greensboro, VT; 12th MA INF, occ. painter, enl, Boston, 6/61, PVT, Co. D, kia, Antietam, 9/17/62 (minnie ball in side) Sanborn, Asa J., 18, Stowe, VT; enl 10/30/61, m/i 11/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 2nd USSS, reen 12/31/63, wdd, 6/4/64, mwia, Antietam, 9/17/62, d/wds 6/21/64 Slade, George H., 21, Bennington, VT; enl 9/9/61, m/i 10/4/61, PVT, Co. F, 89th NY INF, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, dis/dsb 6/5/63, Frederick, MD (more) Stanton, John, 20, Charleston, VT; enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Antietam, 9/17/62 Stockwell, Arthur E., 22, Stowe, VT; enl 10/28/61, m/i 11/9/61, Pvt, Co. E, 2nd USSS, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, reen 12/21/63, wdd, Wilderness, 5/6/64, tr to Co. G, 4th VVI, 2/25/65, pr CPL 5/1/65, m/o 7/13/65 Thompson, Samuel H., 36, Cabot, VT; enl 8/20/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. H, 4th VVI, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, kia, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64 Tyler, George E., 22, Readsboro, VT; enl 5/27/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VVI, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, dis/wds, 8/26/63 Whitman, John Norton, 33, Brighton, VT; enl 8/24/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. D, 4th VVI, pr CPL, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, dis/wds, 11/3/62 Whitman, Shepard B., 23, Newbury, VT; enl 11/5/61, m/i 11/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 2nd USSS, wdd, Antietam, 9/17/62, dis/wds, 12/4/62 Winship, David H., 19, (Bradford, VT); 9th NH INF, mwia, Antietam, 9/17/62, d/wds, 11/14/62, Falmouth, VA
Medal of Honor There were no Medals of Honor awarded as a result of this battle.
Readings 'Horace,' letter from Harper's Ferry Benedict, Chapter 13 (1st Brigade, Antietam, Frederick, Mud March)
Links 1st Vermont Brigade Monument at Antietam Brooks, William T. H.; Antietam Butterfield, Franklin G.; biography Grant, Lewis A.; biography Recollections of the Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign Richardson, Israel Bush; biography Shotgun's Home of the Civil War
Bibliography Pending.

Legend: A.C. - Army Corps; AG - Adjutant General; AAG - Assistant Adjutant General; AAAG - Acting Assistant Adjutant General; AACS - Acting Assistant Commissary of Subsistence; AAQM - Acting Assistant Quartermaster; ACT - Acting; ADC - Aide-de-Camp; AIG - Assistant Inspector General; A&IG - Adjutant & Inspector General; AoP - Army of the Potomac; A.P.M. - Additional Paymaster; AQM - Assistant Quartermaster; Artfcr - Artificer; BGLR - Bugler; Bndmstr - Bandmaster; BGen - Brigadier General; Blksmth - Blacksmith; Bvt - brevet; enl - enlisted; CS - Commissary of Subsistence; com - commissioned; cred. - credited to; CS - Commissary of Subsistence; CSA - Confederate States Army; d/dis - died of disease; d/prison - died in prison*; d/svc - died in service (cause unknown); d/wds - died of wounds; dis/dsb - discharged for disability; dis/dischon - dishonorable discharge; DRMR - Drummer; dsrtd - deserted; ENG - Engineer (rank); ENGNRS - Engineers (unit); FFR - Fifer; GCM - general court martial; gsw - gunshot wound; Hosp. - Hospital; IG - Inspector General, kia - killed in action; MGen - Major General; m/i - mustered in; m/o - mustered out; Muscn - Musician; mwia - mortally wounded in action; n.d. - no date; nfr - no further record; P.M. - Paymaster; pow - taken prisoner; pr - promoted; prld - paroled; Rcrt - Recruit; red - reduced (demoted); resgd - resigned; RQM - Regimental Quartermaster; SOWD - Special Order, War Department; Stew. - Steward; tr to/from - transferred to/from; USA - US Army; USCA - US Colored Artillery; USCI - US Colored Infantry; USSS - US Sharpshooters; USV - US Volunteers; VVLB - Vermont Volunteer Light Battery; VHAC - Vermont Heavy Artillery Company; VRC - Veterans Reserve Corps; VVC - Vermont Volunteer Cavalry; VVI - Vermont Volunteer Infantry; Wgnr - Wagoner; wdd - wounded
* NOTE: d/prison includes those who died on parole as a result of imprisonment

Source of roster information: basic information on enlistments, promotions, casualties, etc. comes from the 1892 "Revised Roster of Vermont Volunteers," and additional information from a variety of sources, including cemetery, pension, census and other records as well as published biographies of individuals.

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