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Battles
First Bull Run
July 21, 1861

Vermont units present/engaged:

2nd Vermont Infantry


Casualties
Medal of Honor
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 Casualties

Austin, Harvey K., 20, Weston, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, CPL, Co. I, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, dis/wds, 11/23/61

Baldwin, Edward P., 18, Marlboro, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. C, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, d/dis 1/22/62

Bell, John H., 34, Essex, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (slight), m/o 6/29/64

Benjamin, Russell H., 30, Brattleboro, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, CPL, Co. C, 2nd VVI, kia, Bull Run, 7/21/61

Blood, Dorr, 24, Putney, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. C, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, tr to VRC 9/1/63, m/o 4/1/64

Bolton, Jeremiah, 19, Castleton, VT; enl 5/8/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. B, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (thigh), pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, prld 5/11/62, m/o 5/22/62

Bover, David, 23, Rutland, VT; enl 5/9/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. B, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, dis/dsb 5/5/63

Brackinreed, Hammond L., 21, Rutland, VT; enl 5/9/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. B, 2nd VVI, pr CPL 5/7/62, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 1/3/62, m/o 6/29/64

Clury, Thomas, 20, Williamstown, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. F, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (head, slight), m/o 6/29/64

Conro, Henry White, 19, South Hero, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd VVI, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, prld 6/2/62, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, pr CPL, m/o 6/29/64

Diamond, James, 19, Moretown, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, 12/13/62, m/o 6/29/64

Dillingham, Charles D., 25, Waterbury, VT; comn CPT, Co. D, 2nd VVI, 5/20/61 (5/20/61), wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (grazed scalp)
pr MAJ, 8th VVI, 1/18/62 (1/19/62), pr LTC, 12/24/62 (2/2/63), resigned 12/12/63

Drew, John Theophilus, 25, Burlington, VT; comn CPT, Co. G, 2nd VVI, 5/20/61 (5/20/61), pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Salisbury prision, at least 7/62, prld 8/17/62, resigned 10/8/62; 13th Regt, and 26th Co., 2nd Btln, VRC 63-65

Dunbar, Norman, 34, Fairfax, VT; enl 5/21/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. H, 2nd VVI, (wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (arm)), dis/dsb 9/14/61

Fife, Royal O., 23, Halifax, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, CPL, Co. C, 2nd VVI, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, prld 1/3/62, dis/dsb 4/10/63

Flaherty, Patrick H., 34, Waterbury, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 1/3/62, dis/dsb 12/18/62 (chronic diarrhea, loss of teeth)

Gifford, Warren, 29, Danby, VT; enl 5/8/61, m/i 6/20/61, PVT, Co. B, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (hand), pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 1/3/62, reen 12/21/63, pr CPL 4/1/65, pr SGT 6/19/65, m/o 7/15/65 (more)

Gilson, Edward P., 19, Brattleboro, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, PVT, Co. C, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61; pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, d/prison, 8/13/61, Richmond VA

Glines, Moses C., 27, Tunbridge, VT; enl 4/22/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. E, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, dis/dsb 1/4/62

Goodrich, Victor, 23, Roxbury, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. F, 2nd VVI, kia, Bull Run, 7/21/61

Gowing, John, 22, Providence, RI; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, mwia, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (foot), pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, d/prison 8/21/61

Graves, Albert L., 19, Vernon, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. C, 2nd VVI, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 1/3/62, dsrtd 9/29/62

Grinnell, Edgar E., 19, Weybridge, VT; enl 5/21/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. K, 2nd VVI, reen 1/31/64, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 1/3/62, dsrtd 3/21/64

Guinan, William, 31, Montpelier, VT; enl 6/6/61, m/i 6/20/61, SGT-MAJ, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (hand), dis/wds, 9/21/61;
enl again 2/29/64, m/i 3/3/64, SGT, Co. E, 17th VVI, dis/dsb 10/20/64

Harran, Charles, 27, Berlin, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. F, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (thigh), wdd, Cold Harbor, 6/1/64, m/o 6/29/64

Hill, Andrew, 22, Cabot, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (leg), d/dis 6/14/62

Hitchcock, Robert Emmet, 0, Shoreham, VT; USMC, KIA, Bull Run, 7/21/61, top of his head severed by a cannonball, body never recovered, 1st Marine and first Vermont officer killed in civil war

Howard, Abial G., 23, Castleton, VT; enl 5/8/61, m/i 6/20/61, 1SGT, Co. B, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, dis/dsb 3/7/62
Co. K, 2nd VRC

Jaquith, Thomas J., 26, Londonderry, VT; enl 5/20/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. I, 2nd VVI, (wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61), wdd, Fredericksburg, 12/13/62, wdd, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, m/o 6/29/64

Jones, William L., 21, Burlington, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (slight), m/o 9/1/61

Keables, Elisha L., 18, Brattleboro, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, CPL, Co. C, 2nd VVI, mwia, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (face), pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, d/wds 8/6/61, Richmond (more)

Kinsley, Alonzo, 25, Fletcher, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. H, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, tr to VRC 3/15/64, m/o 6/21/64

Knox, Edward, 21, Benson, VT; enl 5/8/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. B, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, m/o 6/29/64

Lawrence, Anthony, 21, New Haven, VT; enl 5/23/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. K, 2nd VVI, (wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61), d/dis 9/16/61

Leazer, Samuel, 23, Barre, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (arm), dis/dsb 3/9/62 (surname Leazer)

Leonard, John, 19, Shrewsbury, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. I, 2nd VVI, mwia, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (arm), pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, d/wds 9/7/61, Richmond

Lesser, Alphonzo, 23, Marshfield, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, CPL, Co. D, 2nd VVI, pr SGT 1/8/63, pr 1SGT, 11/1/64, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, reen 1/31/64, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, comn 1LT, 12/24/64 (1/31/65), m/o 7/15/65

Lewis, George H., 46, Shrewsbury, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Musician, Co. I, 2nd VVI, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 1/3/62, m/o 6/29/64;
enl again again, 2/13/65, Hancock's 1st A.C., 4th Regt, Co. C, m/o 2/13/66

Lloyd, Patrick, 28, Rutland, VT; enl 5/10/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. B, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, dsrtd 9/14/63

Marsh, Vernon A., 19, Andover, VT; enl 6/17/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. I, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, dis/wds, 10/4/61

Marshall, Frederick, 22, Waterville, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. H, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, reen 12/21/63, kia, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64

Martin, Benjamin, 27, South Hero, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd VVI, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, prld 6/2/62, pow 5/4/63, prld 5/15/63, m/o 6/29/64

Martin, George A., 19, Corinth, VT; enl 5/10/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. E, 2nd VVI, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 1/3/62, dis/dsb 9/10/62
Co. I, 4th ME INF

McCartny, James, 23, Fairfax, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. H, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, dis/wds, 9/14/61

McKean, John, 21, Castleton, VT; enl 5/8/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. B, 2nd VVI, pr CPL, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64

Merrill, Adrian J., 18, Fairfax, VT; enl 5/20/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. H, 2nd VVI, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, 5/3/63, m/o 7/29/64

Murphy, Edward, 22, Moretown, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, (wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (head), dsrtd 8/28/62

Murray, John H., 23, Moretown, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 1/3/62, wdd, 5/3/63, dis/wds, 4/4/64

Nelson, Ferguson, 24, Burlington, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (slight), dis/wds, 12/16/61

Noyes, Andrew J., 18, Bennington, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (thigh), pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, prld 1/3/61, dis/wds, 4/3/62

Ormsbee, Charles E., 21, Calais, VT; enl 6/17/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. H, 2nd VVI, reen 12/21/63, pr CPL 3/1/65, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, m/o 7/15/65

Parris, Alonzo W., 22, Fairfax, VT; enl 5/20/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. H, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 2/20/62, d/dis 8/26/62

Pecu, John, 24, Ferrisburgh, VT; enl 5/18/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. K, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, dis/dsb 7/26/62

Pember, Daniel B., 28, Randolph, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. E, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, dis/dsb 7/30/62
Co. I, 51st and Co. D 53rd WI INF

Pierce, George W., 25, Royalton, VT; enl 4/22/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. E, 2nd VVI, (wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61), dis/dsb 8/28/61
Co. G, 13th VRC and 24th Co., 2nd Btln, VRC

Pratt, Richard Morton, 22, Newfane, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. C, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (arm/amp.), pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, prld 10/5/61, dis/wds, 11/1/61

Priest, Ethan Allen, 24, Mount Holly, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, SGT, Co. I, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (thigh), wdd, Golding's Farm, 6/27/62, pr 1SGT, 1/20/63, comn 1LT, 2/10/63 (2/23/63), wdd, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, m/o 6/29/64

Redmond, John, 22, Carterville, NY; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, PVT, Co. G, 2nd VVI, pr CPL 3/20/64, pr SGT 9/1/64, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, reen 12/21/63, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, prld 6/2/62, wdd, 5/3/63, m/o 6/14/65

Rice, Charles B., 22, Brattleboro, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, CPL, Co. C, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (leg), pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, prld 1/16/62, dis/wds, 11/29/62

Selleck, Albert H., 20, Waitsfield, VT; enl 5/20/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. F, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, dis/dsb 3/21/63

Stearns, Henry, 39, Montpelier, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. F, 2nd VVI, pr CPL 10/1/61, red, n.d., (wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61), pow, Savage's Station, 6/29/62, prld 8/5/62, m/o 6/29/64

Stephens, Henry Albert, 28, Weston, VT; enl 5/27/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. I, 2nd VVI, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, prld n.d., dis/dsb 7/11/62

Stickney, Daniel K., 18, Berlin, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 1/3/62, dis/dsb 2/5/63

Streeter, George, 26, Colchester, VT; enl 5/25/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. H, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (leg), pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, prld 10/5/61, m/o 12/16/61

Streeter, John Gordon, 20, Castleton, VT; enl 5/8/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. B, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, dis/dsb 11/29/62

Streeter, Philander Alonzo, 20, Vernon, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. C, 2nd VVI, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 1/3/62, m/o 6/29/64 (more)

Taylor, Benjamin, 23, Montpelier, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Musician, Co. F, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 1/3/62, dis/dsb 9/21/63

Todd, Edward A., 21, Brattleboro, VT; comn CPT, Co. C, 2nd VVI, 5/17/61 (5/17/61), wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61 (throat), resigned 1/8/62;
comn 2LT, Co. K, 11th VVI, 3/29/63 (4/8/63), pr 1LT, 12/28/63 (1/12/64), pr CPT, Co. G, 9/2/64 (10/24/64), resigned 4/18/65

Tole, Henry, 32, Mount Holly, VT; enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. I, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, m/o 6/29/64

Waldo, Albigence, 23, Royalton, VT; enl 4/27/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. E, 2nd VVI, mwia, Bull Run, 7/21/61, d/wds 7/21/61

Walker, James, 21, Lincoln, VT; enl 5/23/61, m/i 6/20/61, PVT, Co. K, 2nd VVI, reen 12/21/63, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, pow, Savage's Station, 6/29/62, prld 8/5/62, wdd, Marye's Heights, 5/3/63, reen 12/21/63, pr CPL 4/64, red 2/20/65, wdd, Petersburg, 4/2/65, pr SGT 6/16/65, m/o 7/15/65

Wheeler, Joseph R., 22, Brattleboro, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. C, 2nd VVI, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, Richmond, prld 1/3/63, wdd, 12/13/62, dis/wds, 4/22/64

Woodbury, Urban Andrain, 23, Elmore, VT; enl 5/25/61, m/i 6/20/61, 1SGT, Co. H, 2nd VVI, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61, pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, prld 10/5/61, disch/wds 10/18/61;
comn CPT, Co. D, 11th VVI, 11/17/62 (11/17/62), tr to VRC 6/17/63, resigned 3/27/65 [Governor of VT 1894-1896] (more)

 Medal of Honor

There were no Medals of Honor awarded as a result of this battle.

 Readings

Pending

 Links

Pending.

 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.