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Battles
Lee's Mill
(aka Dam No. 1/Burnt Chimneys)
April 16, 1862

Vermont units present/engaged:

2nd Infantry
3rd Infantry
4th Infantry
5th Infantry
6th Infantry

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 Casualties

Adgate, Eleazer B., 18, Unknown; enl 9/17/61, m/i 10/31/61, Pvt, Co. B, 5th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 11/8/62

Axtell, Channing, 18, Bethel, VT; enl 9/26/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Ayer, Dana C., 18, Mount Holly, VT; enl 10/3/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, tr to VRC 4/15/64, m/o 10/17/64

Babcock, George C., 19, Poultney, VT; enl 9/26/61, m/i 10/15/61, SGT, Co. F, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, pr 1SGT 12/28/63, comn 1LT 4/14/64 (5/9/64), kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64

Backum, John C., 19, Johnson, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 10/31/62

Bailey, Andrew A., 28, Springfield, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. A, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/17/62

Bailey, Charles Francis, 40, Troy, VT; enl 9/25/61, m/i 10/15/61, 1SGT, Co. D, 6th VVI, comn 2LT, 1/11/62 (1/11/62), mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62 (leg), d/wds 5/1/62

Bailey, James, 40, Roxbury, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/dis 10/22/62

Barney, Mason, 18, Royalton, VT; enl 10/9/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. E, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Basconner, Mitchell, 27, Waitsfield, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Batten, Albert James, 19, Topsham, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Beeman, Lewis, 22, Milton, VT; enl 9/24/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. I, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 11/21/62

Bellows, Ruluf L., 36, Westford, VT; enl 9/9/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. I, 6th VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 5/13/62

Benson, Madison J., 20, Worcester, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 12/31/62

Bishop, Jeremiah, 43, Brighton, VT; enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 7/27/64

Bishop, Jerome, 18, Brighton, VT; enl 7/9/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 8/8/62

Blakely, Roger T., 20, Brandon, VT; enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Blodgett, Lorenzo W., 44, Northfield, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, mwia, Wilderness, 5/5/64, d/wds 8/30/64

Boynton, Austin L., 23, Pomfret, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Briggs, Lucius E., 19, Charleston, VT; enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Brown, Ephraim, 25, Belvidere, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 10/29/62

Buckley, John M., 19, Ludlow, VT; enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. B, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 9/24/61, m/i 10/15/61, SGT, Co. E, 6th VVI, pr 1SGT, 10/31/61, comn 2LT, 3/3/63 (3/17/63), wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, resigned 8/3/63 (alias Buckley, Henry W., Buckley, James)

Burnham, Charles L., 18, Groton, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 7/12/63

Bush, Sidney J., 26, Saint Albans, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. H, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/svc 9/23/62

Butterfield, John H., 22, Lincoln, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 5/4/62

Buzzell, Hiram D., 18, Mount Holly, VT; enl 10/3/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/svc 10/16/63 (surname Buswell on cenotaph)

Campbell, David Jr., 22, Canada; enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Carey, William W., 20, Cavendish, VT; enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 9/26/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. E, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, pr SGT-MAJ 1/1/63, comn 1LT, Co. F 5/15/64 (5/27/64), m/o 10/28/64

Carpenter, Lucius, 18, Burlington, VT; enl 6/2/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 5/1/62

Cenneville, Felix, 24, Saint Johnsbury, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Chandler, Edward Aiken, 24, Pomfret, VT; comn 2LT, Co. F, 3rd VVI, 5/24/61 (5/24/61), pr 1LT, 12/5/61 (12/5/61), wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 7/27/64 (more offsite)

Colburn, Chandler E., 19, Troy, VT; enl 10/3/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Connell, Philip, 39, Brandon, VT; enl 9/28/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Connell, Thomas, 22, East Montpelier, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 7/4/62

Conner, James, 18, Port Henry, NY; enl 9/24/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64

Connery, James, 31, Burlington, VT; enl 10/2/61, m/i 10/15/61, 1SGT, Co. F, 6th VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, pow, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/prison 4/28/62

Cookman, James, 26, Charleston, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Dana, Stillman Foster, 20, Waitsfield, VT; enl 7/2/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. H, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 7/27/64; Dascomb says wdd Spotsylvania as well

Danforth, Sewell, 24, Holland, VT; enl 9/22/61, m/i 10/29/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Daniels, Thomas, 27, Roxbury, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Davenport, David B., 39, Roxbury, VT; comn CPT, Co. H, 6th VVI, 10/4/61 (10/15/61), wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/dis 9/20/62, Alexandria, Va.; son Henry, Musician

Davis, Martin Warner, 25, Coventry, VT; enl 10/2/61, m/i 10/15/61, SGT, Co. D, 6th VVI, pr 1SGT, 1/11/62, comn 2LT, 5/1/62 (10/1/62), pr 1LT, 11/1/62 (1/14/63), pr CPT, 2/3/63 (2/13/63), wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 10/18/64 (more)

Davis, Wesley, 22, Charleston, VT; enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 7/27/64

Dibble, David J., 18, Wardsboro, VT; enl 8/19/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. I, 4th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Dodge, Edwin R., 27, Elmore, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. H, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Downer, William H., 21, Hartford, VT; enl 9/17/61, m/i 9/17/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Dunshee, Warren B., 18, Bristol, VT; enl 9/28/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. A, 6th VVI, pr SGT 6/28/62, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 10/31/62

Duphany, Antoine, 42, Pomfret, VT; enl 9/19/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 7/1/62

Dyke, Calvin, 34, Royalton, VT; enl 1/16/61, m/i 11/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, reen 12/21/63, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, wdd, Spotyslvania, 5/12/64, tr to Co. B, 7/25/64, m/o 3/9/65

Ellis, Daniel, 44, Granville, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 6/7/62

Emmons, William H., 20, Huntington, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, pr CPL, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, 12/13/62, and 6/3/64, m/o 9/20/64

Fairbanks, Luke Bowen, 22, Bethel, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. F, 3rd VVI, reen 12/21/63, pr SGT, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, pow, n.d., reported at camp par. 1/21/63, pr 1LT, Co. H, 6/26/64 (7/10/64), pr CPT, Co. C, 8/31/64 (9/29/64), m/o 7/11/65

Fales, John W., 18, Cabot, VT; enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, Wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, wdd, Banks Ford, 5/4/63, pow, Banks Ford, 5/4/63, prld 5/14/63, m/o 10/28/64

Farr, George V., 20, Brandon, VT; enl 9/27/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. F, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, wdd, 5/11/64, m/o 10/28/64

Ferris, James, 25, Roxbury, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 8/1/62

Fisk, Van Loren M., 23, Northfield, VT; enl 9/7/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. K, 4th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/svc 12/28/63

Fuller, Ephraim H., 20, Waitsfield, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. H, 6th VVI, red, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62 (both thighs), m/o 10/28/64

Fuller, William, 21, Addison, VT; enl 9/3/61, m/i 9/20/61, Pvt, Co. F, 2nd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Garrow, Solomon, 18, Granville, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dsrtd 9/1/62

Gibson, William M., 18, Wallingford, VT; enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Goddard, Elisha M., 21, Mount Holly, VT; enl 10/3/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 10/31/62

Godfrey, William W., 26, Orange, VT; enl 9/28/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Gould, Paige, 21, Middlesex, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, 1SGT, Co. H, 6th VVI, dsrtd 6/5/63, rtnd 5/18/65, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 6/26/65

Gove, Edwin R., 24, Lincoln, VT; enl 9/23/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. A, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 10/28/64

Graves, Luther, 23, Cavendish, VT; enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/24/62

Graves, Nathan, 21, Cavendish, VT; enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 4/20/63

Green, William H., 20, Sheffield, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. K, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 5/28/62

Grimes, Franklin Norton, 19, Weathersfield, VT; enl 8/22/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. C, 4th VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/28/62, memorial at Ascutneyville, Ascutney, VT

Grout, Austin, 26, Weathersfield, VT; enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. C, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Guirard, John, 25, Middlebury, VT; enl 10/2/61, m/i 10/15/61, PVT, Co. A, 6th VVI, pr SGT 11/1/62, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, pow, 10/11/63, Columbia SC, prld 12/6/64, m/o 2/15/65

Hamner, Truman T., 21, Lincoln, VT; enl 8/28/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. B, 5th VVI, dsrtd 9/15/63, rtnd 10/5/63, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 9/15/64

Hancock, William Burr, 29, Worcester, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. H, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 5/1/63 (more)

Harris, John P., 18, Danville, VT; enl 8/24/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. H, 4th VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 9/18/62

Henry, William, 21, Swanton, VT; enl 8/21/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. C, 5th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Hill, Chester K., 25, Eden, VT; enl 6/1/61, occ. farmer, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 10/31/62
enl 1/30/64, m/i 2/4/64, Pvt, Co. I, 56th MA INF, dis/dsb 5/15/65

Hill, Henry C., 18, Morgan, VT; enl 1/19/62, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/18/62

Hogan, Daniel, 21, Braintree, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dsrtd 4/20/63

Houghton, Horace A., 23, Windsor, VT; enl 10/4/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/dis 10/23/62

Hoyt, Albert J., 19, Hardwick, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 5/4/62

Hurd, William L., 18, Hartford, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Hutchinson, Alonzo, 26, Charleston, VT; enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. D, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/18/62

Ingram, Charles W., 21, Newfane, VT; enl 8/26/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. I, 4th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 10/31/62

Jones, Daniel S., 20, Wheelock, VT; enl 9/29/61, m/i 10/15/61, PVT, Co. E, 6th VVI, pr CPL, pr SGT 8/21/64, tr to Co. K, 10/16/64, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, reen 12/15/63, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, Cedar Creek, m/o 7/1/65

Kelley, John, 21, Danby, VT; enl 10/3/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. F, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, wdd, Marye's Heights, 5/3/63, reen 1/1/64, pr SGT 1SGT 5/6/64, kia, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64

Kibbie, George, 24, Hartford, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Kinney, Edwin R., 21, Burlington, VT; enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn 2LT, Co. I, 6th VVI, 10/7/61 (10/15/61), pr 1LT, 1/18/62 (1/18/62), wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, pr CPT, Co. G, 6/5/63 (7/21/63), wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, pr MAJ, 6/4/65 (6/17/65), m/o 6/26/65 as CPT, Co. G

Knapp, Charles H. P., 27, Stratton, VT; enl 8/26/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. I, 4th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 5/3/63

Labay, Joseph, 18, Derby, VT; enl 9/25/61, m/i 10/29/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, pow, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, Richmond, d/prison 4/21/62; orig buried Shockoe Cemetery, Richmond, reinterred

Lunge, Carlos, 22, Albany, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, pow 7/26/63, prld 12/16/64, d/svc 1/13/65

Macuin, Daniel, 27, Plymouth, VT; enl 9/24/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, reen 12/31/63, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 6/26/65

Mayo, Isaac, 24, Lincoln, VT; enl 8/22/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. B, 5th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/svc 10/26/62

McCarty, James, 25, Barton, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64

Metcalf, D. Frank, 23, Woodstock, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 2/18/63

Morrill, Frank, 22, Hartford, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Morse, D. Milton, 24, Brookfield, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Morse, Ira E., 22, Charleston, VT; enl 5/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/svc 11/29/62, removed from Antietam

Murdick, Newton, 24, Middlebury, VT; enl 8/24/61, m/i 9/16/61, PVT, Co. B, 5th VVI, reen 12/15/63, pr SGT 10/18/64, pr 1SGT, 5/12/65, comn 2LT, 6/4/65 (6/17/65), wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, wdd, Cold Harbor, 6/3/64, m/o 6/29/65 as 1SGT

Murphy, Thomas Parish, 21, Roxbury, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. H, 6th VVI, pr SGT, pr 1SGT, 7/10/63, reen 12/15/63, comn 2LT, Co. B, 5/15/64 (5/27/64), wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, wdd, Fredericksburg, 6/6/63, m/o 10/28/64

Neal, John, 18, Charleston, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Niles, Jason D., 23, Charleston, VT; enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, pr CPL 5/10/64, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, 5/10/64, m/o 7/27/64

Niles, Stephen B., 26, Halifax, VT; enl 8/27/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. I, 4th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, memorial/tombstone at Halifax, VT

Noyes, Annas C., 22, Chester, VT; enl 10/3/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Oakes, Joseph, 28, Bristol, VT; enl 10/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. A, 6th VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/25/62

Page, Charles H., 22, Barre, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 2/28/63

Page, Francis A., 18, Barnet, VT; enl 8/27/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. H, 4th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 12/12/62, 2LT, VRC, 12/3/64, m/o 9/13/66

Parker, George A., 18, Sherburne, VT; enl 9/25/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, reen 2/9/64, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, 6/1/64, m/o 6/26/65

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

Patch, Alfred H., 20, Wallingford, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. A, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dsrtd 12/16/62

Pearsons, Archie M., 19, Shrewsbury, VT; enl 8/27/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. I, 5th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, tr to VRC 9/1/63, m/o 4/24/64

Perry, Edward, 20, Woodstock, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 10/6/62

Perry, Jacob F., 22, Woodstock, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, 5SGT, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Pingree, Samuel Everett, 27, Hartford, VT; comn 1LT, Co. F, 3rd VVI, 5/24/61 (5/24/61), pr pr CPT, 8/13/61 (8/13/61), wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, pr MAJ 9/27/62 (10/6/62), pr LTC, 1/15/63 (2/2/63), m/o 7/27/64 (Medal of Honor!)

Pollard, Henry Z., 20, Ludlow, VT; enl 10/1/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. E, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 10/31/62

Reed, Alonzo C., 20, Pomfret, VT; enl 11/15/61, m/i 11/5/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 3/20/63

Reynolds, Edwin F., 31, Rutland, VT; enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. K, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
comn CPT, Co. F, 6th VVI, 10/8/61 (10/15/61), kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Reynolds, Thomas, 20, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada; enl 5/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 8/8/63

Rising, William H., 42, Warren, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, PVT, Co. H, 6th VVI, pr CPL, pr SGT 8/21/64, 1SGT 6/1/65, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, reen 12/15/63, wdd, 6/5/64, m/o 6/26/65

Robinson, John R., 30, Brownington, VT; enl 10/1/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 10/31/62

Rowell, Richard H., 23, Brighton, VT; enl 1/2/62, m/i 1/2/62, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 10/31/62

Royce, Charles H., 21, Woodstock, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, tr to VRC 3/15/64, m/o 11/27/65

Russell, James W., 32, Underhill, VT; enl 8/30/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 5th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Sabine, Alistine M., 18, Potton, PQ, Canada; enl 9/25/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 8/15/62

Savory, John H., 24, Clarendon, VT; enl 5/8/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. B, 2nd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/18/62

Scarbo, Midor, 23, Milton, VT; enl 9/5/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. I, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 10/31/62 (more)

Scott, William, 22, Groton, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, Sleeping Sentinal, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/17/62

Shepherd, Daniel P., 27, Warren, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. H, 6th VVI, red, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, reen 12/15/63, m/o 6/26/65

Shepherd, Mason C., 18, Waitsfield, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, tr to Co. G, 1/1/65, tr back to Co 5/18/65, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, reen 12/15/63, m/o 6/26/65

Shepherd, Oliver S., 26, Monkton, VT; enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. A, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/dis 12/25/62

Simonds, Joseph, 42, Roxbury, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 10/15/64

Smalley, John G., 21, Norwich, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 5/19/63

Smith, Clark W., 31, Rutland, VT; enl 10/12/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 6/21/62
enl 11/12/63, m/i 11/12/63, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VVC, wdd, 6/3/64, wdd, 6/13/64, tr to Co. B 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65

Smith, Jones M., 21, Stockbridge, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds, New York City hospital, 5/9/62

Snay, George H., 23, Rutland, VT; enl 9/26/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. A, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 11/6/62

Squier, Edwin D., 25, Vergennes, VT; enl 10/3/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. A, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 12/19/62

Stevens, Orlando C., 21, Brighton, VT; enl 11/12/61, m/i 12/6/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Sweetland, Samuel, 28, Troy, VT; enl 7/30/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, pow, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/prison. 5/5/62, Richmond; originally buried Shockoe Hill, Richmond; reinterred

Talbot, Lewis, 45, Coventry, VT; enl 9/21/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/17/62

Thayer, Rodney R., 23, Stockbridge, VT; enl 9/24/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/svc 7/8/62

Thomas, Frank J., 18, Burke, VT; enl 12/15/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Thompson, Samuel, 22, Pittsburgh, NH; enl 12/13/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Turner, Charles, 18, Johnson, VT; enl 6/5/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 10/15/62

Utton, Edmund E., 21, Worcester, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds 10/11/62;
enl 2/13/65, m/i 2/13/65, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, m/o 6/28/65

Vance, Walter P., 42, Columbia, NH; res. Columbia, NH;
enl again 11/24/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Vincelett, Trifley, 20, Plymouth, VT; enl 10/2/61, m/i 10/29/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 1/13/63

Wales, Lucius W., 18, Roxbury, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, SGT, Co. H, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Wales, Samuel W., 22, Roxbury, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, tr to VRC 9/1/36, m/o 7/16/64

Walker, Hiram, 44, Swanton, VT; enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. K, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/wds, 8/22/62

Waterman, Ezekiel D., 42, Roxbury, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Wells, Charles W., 18, Burke, VT; enl 12/1/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Whitcomb, Emerson E., 25, Springfield, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. A, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 7/27/64

Whitcomb, Willis, 24, Hartford, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 5/22/62

White, Henry, 18, Montpelier, VT; enl 10/3/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 11/14/62

White, Joseph, 33, Roxbury, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/svc 10/22/62

Whitney, Cyrus O., 23, Braintree, VT; enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, reen 12/15/63, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, m/o 6/26/65

Whittier, James J., 18, Lincoln, VT; enl 9/28/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. A, 6th VVI, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, reen 12/15/63, dis/wds, 2/22/65

Willey, Alonzo F., 24, East Montpelier, VT; enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Wilson, Amos H., 21, Charleston, VT; enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 7/28/64

Wilson, Don C., 22, Bethel, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Wilson, Jeremiah Emery, 24, Stockbridge, VT; enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. C, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Wilson, Richard, 21, Sherburne, VT; enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62

Wood, Louis, 26, Readsboro, VT; enl 5/13/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 5/1/62

Woodard, Dana C., 18, Woodstock, VT; enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, reen 12/31/63, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 6/26/65

Woodman, Thomas W., 27, Keeseville, NY; enl 3/15/62, m/i 4/12/62, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, reen 12/31/63, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, m/o 6/26/65

Wright, Alexis B., 44, Hartford, VT; enl 11/16/61, m/i 11/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, wdd, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, dis/dsb 7/22/62

Wright, Edwin C., 20, Bristol, VT; enl 10/4/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. A, 6th VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 6/1/62

 Medal of Honor

Holton, Edward A., biography (MOH)

Pingree, Samuel E., biography (MOH)

Scott, Julian A., biography (MOH)

 Readings

At Lee's Mill, April 16th, where the other regiments of the brigade received their first baptism of blood, the Second (Vermnont Infantry) was held back as a support, and lost but two men. (Footnote: William Fuller of Co. F., killed outright by a piece of shell, and John H. Savory, Co. B., mortally wounded. He died of his wound two days after. (Source: Benedict, i:101)

Benedict, Chapter 11 (1st Brigade, Williamsburg, Lee's Mill, Camp Griffin)

Scott, Julian A., obituary

 Links

Battle of Dam No. 1 (Lee's Mill)

The 1862 Peninsula Campaign

 Current Status

See the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields

If you are interested in helping to preserve a similar piece of America's heritage, please contact one of the partipating organizations in the Vermont Civil War Council.

 Battle, In Brief

The engagement known as that of Lee's Mill, was a notable one, as being the first assault on an entrenched line made by the Army of the Potomac, as an exhibition of remarkable bravery in the troops engaged, and as one of the bloodiest actions, in proportion to numbers engaged, in which the Vermont troops took part during the war. It was also one of the most useless wastes of life and most lamentable of unimproved opportunities recorded in this history. (Read further...)

Photographs

site of initial attack made by 3rd Vermont Infantry

Site of the initial attack made by the 3rd Vermont Infantry


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Trenches in the Confederate earthworks.


Parrot gun and ammo wagon

Parrot gun and ammo wagon.


Additional Confederate earthworks

Additional trenches in the Confederate earthworks.


Newport News, Va., City Park has preserved a good portion of the battlefield, as evidenced by the photographs above. Photographs courtesy of Erick Bush, 3rd-great-grandson of Private Michael Stack, 12th Vermont Infantry and Daniel Westford Sullivan, 1st Vermont Cavalry.


Additional Readings

Bravery at Lee's Mills

"Among the incidents of the fight at Lee's Mills, Va., on the 16th of April, 1862, was the recovery from a fever of Sergeant Fletcher, of Company E, Third Vermont, on the sick list, and excused from duty, and the use he made of his temporary health. He crossed the stream and went through the fight; then, on his return, was among those who went back and rescued the wounded. On his return to camp he went into hospital, and resumed his fever, with aggravation.

"John Harrington, a beardless orphan boy, of seventeen, unarmed, went over and rescued out of the rifle-pit a disabled comrade.

"Lieutenant Whittemore commanded Company E. This officer, with his revolver, covered Harrington in his hazardous expedition, and killed several rebels who aimed their pieces at they boy. His most intimate friend in the company, private Vance, had been killed in the rifle-pit. Whittemore, enraged with sorrow, burst into tears, and seizing the dead soldier's musket, stood over him, and threatened death to any who should retreat; and then stooping down, he took cartridge after cartridge from his friend's box, and killed his man with every fire -- raging with a divine fury the while.

"Among the phenomena of the fight was the condition of the uniform of Captain Burnett, of Company K, Third Vermont. It had eight bullet holes in it, one through the collar of his coat, one through the right coat sleeve, one through his pantaloons below the left knee, one through both pantaloons and drawers above the right knee, and four though the skirts of his coat. There was not a scratch upon this man's skin."

(Source: Waite's Vermont in the Great Rebellion, pp 278-9.)