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Battles
Monocacy
July 9, 1864

Vermont units present/engaged:

Tenth Vermont Infantry

Casualties
Medal of Honor
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 Casualties

Axtell, Lorenzo D., 28, Winhall, VT; enl 8/4/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. E, 10th VVI, mwia, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/wds 7/10/64

Ayers, Jerome, 18, Waterbury, VT; enl 7/14/62, m/i 9/1/62, PVT, Co. B, 10th VVI, pr CPL 3/27/64, pr SGT 7/5/64, pr 1SGT, 5/20/65, comn 2LT, 6/15/65 (6/26/65), wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, wdd, Cold Harbor, 6/1/64, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, m/o 6/22/65 as SGT

Bartlett, Alonzo F., 23, Newbury, VT; enl 7/28/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. G, 10th VVI, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, m/o 5/13/65

Blatchley, Henry D., 20, Georgia, VT; enl 7/17/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. I, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/prison 1/2/65, Danville VA

Brooks, Robert, 25, Montpelier, VT; enl 7/24/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. B, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/prison 12/23/64, Danville VA

Calhoun, Joseph N., 18, Newport, VT; enl 8/9/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. K, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 2/22/65, m/o 9/28/65

Cane, Martin, 18, Stowe, VT; enl 12/8/63, m/i 12/31/63, Pvt, Co. B, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, Danville, d/prison 1/29/65

Cavanaugh, Michael, 25, Saint Albans, VT; enl 8/11/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. I, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 2/22/65, m/o 6/22/65

Curry, Charles D., 24, Dorset, VT; enl 6/17/62, m/i 9/1/62, 2SGT, Co. E, 10th VVI, red to CPL 7/22/63, pr SGT 2/8/64, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 2/22/65, m/o 6/22/65

Davis, Leander, 37, Marlboro, VT; enl 1/5/64, m/i 1/5/64, Pvt, Co. K, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/prison 1865, Danville VA

Dike, John W., 18, Pittsford, VT; enl 7/29/62, m/i 9/1/62, CPL, Co. C, 10th VVI, pr SGT 10/18/62, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, pr 1SGT, 4/1/65, m/o 6/22/65

Dougherty, Andrew, 21, Milton, VT; enl 7/14/62, m/i 9/1/62, 2SGT, Co. D, 10th VVI, red 12/26/62, pr CPL 2/8/64, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/prison 11/6/64, Danville

Douse, George M. D., 18, Peacham, VT; enl 7/5/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. A, 10th VVI, wdd, Orange Grove (Mine Run), 11/27/63, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, m/o 6/6/65

Dutton, William W., 17, Moretown, VT; enl 12/16/63, m/i 12/25/63, Pvt, Co. I, 10th VVI, kia, Monocacy, 7/9/64

Emery, Samuel H. R., 36, Springfield, VT; enl 8/6/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. H, 10th VVI, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, m/o 5/22/65

Farrell, Thomas T., 21, Kirby, VT; substitute - enl 8/31/63, m/i 8/31/63, PVT, Co. G, 4th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, escaped 9/26/64, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, tr to Co. F, 2/25/65, m/o 7/13/65

Forsyth, Robert M., 22, Bennington, VT; enl 8/5/62, m/i 9/1/62, PVT, Co. E, 10th VVI, pr CPL 10/1/62, pr SGT 1/20/63, mwia, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/wds 7/22/64, Frederick, MD

Freeman, Joseph O., 21, Waterbury, VT; enl 7/28/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. B, 10th VVI, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, dis/wds, 6/1/65

Graham, Walter, 21, Arlington, VT; enl 7/19/62, m/i 9/1/62, PVT, Co. E, 10th VVI, pr CPL 11/29/62, pr SGT 12/27/62, pr 1SGT, 12/31/62, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 2/22/65, comn 2LT 6/15/65 (6/26/65), m/o 6/22/65 as 1SGT

Henry, William Wirt, 31, Waterbury, VT; comn 1LT, Co. D, 2nd VVI, 5/20/61 (5/20/61), resigned 11/5/61;
comn MAJ, 10th VVI, 8/26/62 (8/30/62), pr LTC, 10/17/62 (10/29/62), pr COL, 4/26/64 (5/30/64), wdd, Cold Harbor, 6/3/64, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64; resigned 12/17/64; brevet BGen USV 3/7/65 (Medal of Honor!)

Hill, Adelbert R., 18, Weston, VT; enl 8/8/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. H, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 2/22/65, m/o 6/1/65

Hopkins, John, 0, Rutland, VT; drafted - enl 7/1/63, m/i 7/1/63, PVT, Co. C, 10th VVI, arrested and entered the service 1/20/64, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 9/1/64 m/o 5/13/65

Hopkins, Patrick, 0, Rutland, VT; drafted - enl 7/1/63, m/i 7/1/63, PVT, Co. C, 10th VVI, arrested and entered the service 1/20/64, mwia, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/wds 8/7/64, removed from Frederick to Monocacy

Johnson, Ezekiel Thomas, 32, Windsor, VT; enl 8/6/62, m/i 9/1/62, CPL, Co. H, 10th VVI, pr SGT 12/28/62, pr 1SGT 3/4/65, comn 2LT, Co. E, 12/19/64 (1/30/65), but never mustered; pr 1LT, Co. G, 3/22/65 (4/6/65), tr to Co. E, 5/20/65, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, m/o 6/22/65 (more)

King, Nelson, 22, Rutland, VT; enl 7/24/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. C, 10th VVI, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, dsrtd 12/28/64, rtnd n.d., m/o 6/22/65

Lander, Joseph, 21, Williston, VT; enl 8/6/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. D, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 10/17/64, m/o 6/22/65

Lillie, Myron, 22, Pownal, VT; enl 7/19/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. E, 10th VVI, pr CPL 1/20/63, kia, Monocacy, 7/9/64, Color Corp

Linehan, Thomas, 44, Duxbury, VT; enl 12/3/63, m/i 1/7/64, Pvt, Co. D, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 10/17/64, m/o 6/29/65

Locklin, Dennis, 33, Rutland, VT; enl 12/8/63, m/i 12/22/63, Pvt, Co. C, 10th VVI, mwia, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/wds 7/12/64, removed from Frederick, Monocacy, age 33

Lunderville, John H., 22, Marlon, PQ, Canada; enl 8/4/62, m/i 9/14/63, Pvt, Co. K, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 2/22/65, m/o 6/27/65

McKay, James, 19, Pownal, VT; enl 8/5/62, m/i 9/1/62, PVT, Co. E, 10th VVI, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, pr CPL, pr SGT 1/1/65, m/o 6/22/65

Monteith, John, 18, Berkshire, VT; enl 7/24/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. F, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 2/22/65, m/o 6/22/65

Moore, Edwin, 21, Sandgate, VT; enl 12/14/63, m/i 12/14/63, Pvt, Co. A, 10th VVI, wdd, 7/9/64, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/prison 12/25/64, Danville VA

Morgan, James, 26, Ireland; enl 7/15/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. D, 10th VVI, pr CPL 5/9/65, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 2/22/65, m/o 6/22/65

Noyes, Rufus, 43, West Windsor, VT; enl 12/7/63, m/i 1/2/64, Pvt, Co. H, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 9/1/64, d/parole 9/13/64, U.S. Gen. Hospital 2nd Div.

O'Brien, Thomas, 18, Burlington, VT; enl 8/1/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. D, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 2/24/65, disch 6/16/65 to enl 5th U.S. ARTY

Peabody, William, 21, Pittsford, VT; enl 7/21/62, m/i 9/1/62, 2SGT, Co. C, 10th VVI, pr 1SGT 10/6/62, mwia, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/wds 7/23/64, Frederick, MD

Pike, Lyman B., 25, Manchester, VT; enl 6/5/62, m/i 9/1/62, 5SGT, Co. E, 10th VVI, red 7/22/63, kia, Monocacy, 7/9/64

Poor, George L., 19, Williamstown, VT; enl 8/4/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. G, 10th VVI, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, m/o 8/31/65

Porter, George W., 22, Plainfield, VT; enl 12/16/63, m/i 1/5/64, Pvt, Co. I, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 3/10/65, d/parole 3/22/65, Camp Parole, MD

Reid, Thomas, 22, Sunderland, VT; enl 6/20/62, m/i 9/1/62, 4SGT, Co. E, 10th VVI, red 2/8/64, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 2/22/65, wdd, Orange Grove (Mine Run), 11/27/63, m/o 5/23/65

Rice, Charles, 18, Pownal, VT; enl 7/30/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. E, 10th VVI, mwia, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/wds 9/3/64

Schaffner, Charles, 26, Rutland, VT; enl 8/1/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. C, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 10/17/64, m/o 6/22/65

Sessions, Harry G., 18, Brandon, VT; enl 7/29/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. C, 10th VVI, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, pr CPL 6/12/65, m/o 6/22/65

Smith, Albert M., 18, Chelsea, VT; enl 8/1/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. I, 10th VVI, mwia, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/wds 8/8/64

Smith, John, 24, Cavendish, VT; (real name Hubert McEvilly) enl 7/18/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. H, 10th VVI, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, in gen. hosp. thru at least 8/31/64, kia, Petersburg, 3/25/65

Stafford, John A., 19, Stamford, VT; enl 7/25/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. E, 10th VVI, pr CPL 2/8/64, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, prld 2/22/65, m/o 6/22/65

Tiffany, Otis, 34, Chelsea, VT; enl 7/21/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. G, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, Staunton, d/svc 8/30/64

Tomb, Joseph T., 25, Manchester, VT; enl 12/19/63, m/i 1/5/64, Pvt, Co. E, 10th VVI, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, dis/wds, 4/11/65

Torrance, Ezra M., 18, Sandgate, VT; enl 12/18/63, m/i 1/5/64, Pvt, Co. E, 10th VVI, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, m/o 6/29/64

Vincent, Lewis B., 19, Franklin, VT; enl 12/12/63, m/i 12/23/63, Pvt, Co. F, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, Danville, d/svc 11/9/64

Waters, John L., 17, Manchester, VT; enl 7/22/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. E, 10th VVI, wdd, Orange Grove (Mine Run), 11/27/63, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, pr CPL 10/27/64, m/o 6/22/65

Wellman, Adin J., 18, Wallingford, VT; enl 7/16/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. C, 10th VVI, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, m/o 6/22/65

West, Henry F., 18, Weston, VT; enl 11/28/63, m/i 12/18/63, Pvt, Co. H, 10th VVI, wdd, Monocacy, 7/9/64, m/o 5/13/65

Woodbury, Lyman G., 43, Randolph, VT; enl 12/22/63, m/i 1/2/64, Pvt, Co. G, 10th VVI, pow, Monocacy, 7/9/64, d/prison 11/4/64, Danville VA

Wright, John G., 32, Rupert, VT; enl 7/31/62, m/i 9/1/62, CPL, Co. E, 10th VVI, kia, Monocacy, 7/9/64

 Medal of Honor

Davis, George E., biography (MOH)

Scott, Alexander Jr., biography (MOH)

 Readings

Davis, George E., photo

Davis, George E.; biography

Davis, George E.; correspondence

Monocacy; Civil War Battle Monument

 Links

Civil War Album - Monocacy

Map, battle of Monocacy

Monocacy National Battlefield

Official Records (Monocacy)

 Bibliography

Abbott, Lemuel Abijah. Personal Recollections and Civil War Diary 1864. Burlington, Vt.: Free Press Printing Co., 1908.

Benedict, George Grenville. Vermont in the Civil War, A history of the part taken by the Vermont Soldiers And Sailors in the War for the Union, 1861-5. Burlington, Vt.: Free Press Association, 1888.

Coffin, Howard. Full Duty: Vermonters in the Civil War. Woodstock, Vt.: Countryman Press, 1995.

Cooling, Benjamin Franklin. Monocacy: The Battle That Saved Washington. Shippensburg, Pa.: White Mane Publishing Company, Inc. 1996.

---. Jubal Early's Raid, 1864. Baltimore: Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company, 1989.

---. Symbol, Sword,   Shield: Defending Washington During the Civil War. Shippensburg, Pa.: White Mane Publishing Company, Inc. 1991.

Goldsborough, Edward Y. Early's Great Raid. He Advances Through Maryland, Battle of Monocacy, the Union Forces Under Gen. Lew Wallace Stubbornly Contest the Field Against Overpowering Numbers, Wallace Retreats, Narrow Escape Capture of Gen. E. B. Tyler and His Staff. Frederick, Md.: Historical Society of Frederick County, 1989.

Haynes, Edwin Mortimer. A history of the Tenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, with biographical sketches of the officers who fell in battle. 1st edition. Lewiston, Me.: Tenth Vermont Regimental Association, 1870.

---. A history of the Tenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. 2nd edition. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Co., 1894.

Marshall, Jeffrey D. A War of the People: Vermont Civil War Letters. Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England, 1999; includes letter from Private Henry P. Burnham, Company G, Tenth Vermont Infantry, to his sister, Emma, describing the battle of Monocacy.

McKee, Irving. "BEN-HUR" WALLACE. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1947.

Roe, Alfred S. Monocacy: A Sketch of the Battle of Monocacy, Md., July 9th, 1864. Baltimore, Md.: Toomey Press. Reprint of 1894 Original.

Wallace, Lew. Lew Wallace An Autobiography. New York: Harper   Brothers, 1906.

Worthington, Glenn H. Fighting For Time: The Battle of Monocacy. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Co., 1985; reprint of 1932 edition.



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.