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220 North 19th Street, During the Civil War, soldiers and sailors were buried at the present site. It was designated a national cemetery in 1867. Remains were brought to Baton Rouge National Cemetery from the battlefields near Baton Rouge as well as the surrounding area, including Louisiana and Arkansas, and it was reported that the government paid a bonus to anyone who discovered the grave of a Union soldier so that his remains could be reinterred here. VA website. |
There are 62 Vermonters known to be buried here:
Allen, Anderson, enl 2/11/62, m/i 2/12/62, Musician, Co. H, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/5/62. Died: 8/5/1862
Baldwin, George W., enl 12/19/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. G, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/1/62. Died: 8/1/1862
Barrett, Levi, enl 12/18/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, pow, Vicksburg, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, d/svc 10/4/63. Died: 10/4/1863
Billings, Bertrand W., enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. I, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 12/9/61, m/i 2/12/62, 5thCPL, Co. C, 7th VVI, mwia, 8/5/62, d/wds 8/6/62. Died: 8/6/1862
Blanchard, John F., enl 12/12/61, m/i 2/18/62, SGT, 1st VVLAB, red 1/1/63, d/dis 10/16/63. Died: 10/16/1863
Brill, David N., enl 12/4/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. C, 8th VVI, d/dis 8/28/63. Died: 8/28/1863
Carmody, Con, enl 6/17/62, m/i 6/17/62, Pvt, Co. G, 8th VVI, pow, Vicksburg, 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, wdd, 5/27/63, d/svc 7/23/63. Died: 7/23/1863
Caryl, Abraham, enl 12/19/63, m/i 1/2/64, PVT, 1st VVLAB, d/dis 7/24/64. Died: 7/24/1864
Cole, Daniel, enl 1/6/62, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. K, 8th VVI, d/dis 7/6/63. Died: 7/6/1863
Crandall, Everard, enl 1/30/62, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. I, 7th VVI, d/dis 7/30/62. Died: 7/30/1862
Croft, John W., enl 11/26/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. F, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/5/62. Died: 8/5/1862
Cull, Richard T., comn 2LT, Co. E, 7th VVI, 1/9/62 (2/4/62), d/dis 7/28/62. Died: 7/28/1862
Doane, Oramel, enl 12/1/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. E, 7th VVI, d/dis 7/18/62, listed as Davne. Died: 7/18/1862
Dockam, George F., enl 1/8/62, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. H, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/5/62. Died: 8/5/1862
Dorwin/Darwin, Orrin, enl 12/9/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. E, 7th VVI, d/dis 9/19/62, listed as Darwin. Died: 9/19/1862
Duncan, Henry A., enl 12/18/61, m/i 2/18/62, Artfcr, 1st VVLAB, red, d/dis 9/12/63. Died: 9/12/1863
Evans, Lyman B, enl 12/16/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. G, 8th VVI, pow, Vicksburg 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, wdd, 5/27/63, d/svc 9/13/63. Died: 9/13/1863
Flanders, Caleb, enl 1/10/62, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. H, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/2/62. Died: 8/2/1862
Foote, Levi B., enl 11/19/61, m/i 2/12/62, Musician, Co. B, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/3/62. Died: 8/3/1862
Fuller, George, enl 2/20/62, m/i 2/28/62, Pvt, Co. G, 7th VVI, d/dis 7/30/62. Died: 7/30/1862
Gray, Silas E., enl 1/21/62, m/i 2/12/62, CPL, Co. H, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/7/62. Died: 8/7/1862
Hawley, George W., enl 11/25/61, m/i 2/12/62, CPL, Co. E, 7th VVI, red 6/19/62, d/dis 7/21/62, listed as Hanley (more). Died: 7/21/1862
Hilliard, Gilbert G., enl 12/16/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. H, 8th VVI, d/svc 9/14/63. Died: 9/14/1863
Howard, Charles, enl 5/24/62, m/i 5/24/62, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, d/dis 4/6/63. Died: 4/6/1863
Howard, James W., enl 2/8/62, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, pow 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, wdd, 6/12/63, mwia, 6/24/63, d/wds 6/24/63. Died: 6/24/1863
Huntoon, Daniel, enl 12/6/61, m/i 2/12/62, CPL, Co. I, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/4/62. Died: 8/4/1862
Hurley, Elisha H., enl 1/3/62, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. I, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/5/62. Died: 8/5/1862
Kemp, Langdon, enl 1/23/62, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. G, 8th VVI, wdd, Port Hudson, 6/14/63, d/svc 7/16/63. Died: 7/16/1863
Kinney, Andrew J., enl 12/30/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. G, 8th VVI, pow, Vicksburg 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, d/svc 7/22/63. Died: 7/22/1863
Lathe, Ransom Goldthwaite, enl 11/9/63, m/i 12/7/63, PVT, 1st VVLAB, tr to 2nd VVLAB, 7/13/64, d/dis 7/24/64 (dysentery) . Died: 7/24/1864
Lee, William S., enl 12/2/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. B, 8th VVI, mwia, Port Hudson, 6/14/63, d/wds 7/3/63. Died: 7/3/1863
Lowell, Willis W., enl 1/20/62, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, 1st VVLAB, d/dis 10/20/63. Died: 10/20/1863
McCrillis, Rufus F., enl 11/30/61, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, 1st VVLAB, d/dis 8/31/63. Died: 8/31/1863
Morris, Thomas, enl 1/12/62, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. B, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/22/62. Died: 8/22/1862
Morrison, James K. P., enl 12/31/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. B, 7th VVI, d/dis 7/31/62. Died: 7/31/1862
Moshier, Lewis, enl 12/24/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. F, 8th VVI, d/dis 7/28/63. Died: 7/28/1863
Myers, Lyman D., enl 11/25/61, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, 1st VVLAB, d/dis 7/25/63. Died: 7/25/1863
Noyes, Wallace E., enl 1/23/62, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. B, 7th VVI, d/dis 7/14/62. Died: 7/14/1862
Palmer, Phineas S., enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. D, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 9/25/61, m/i 11/19/61, SGT, Co. D, 1st VVC, tr to Co. D, 8th VVI, as SGT, 12/17/61, dis/disb 7/29/63, d/svc in hospital 8/17/63. Died: 8/17/1863
Peters, Charles L., enl 11/27/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. B, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/3/62. Died: 8/3/1862
Pike, Milton E., enl 3/8/62, m/i 3/8/62, Pvt, Co. H, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/2/62. Died: 8/2/1862
Pingrey, Robbins R., enl 12/28/61, m/i 2/12/62, WGNR, Co. D, 7th VVI, d/svc 7/26/62. Died: 7/26/1862
Piper, Nathaniel A., enl 11/28/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. B, 8th VVI, d/dis 8/9/63, Thibodeaux LA. Died: 8/9/1863
Presby, Hollis W., enl 12/27/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. C, 8th VVI, d/dis 8/23/63. Died: 8/23/1863
Ricker, Allen G., enl 1/11/62, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. H, 7th VVI, d/dis 7/28/62. Died: 7/28/1862
Robbins, Clark, enl 2/5/62, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, 1st VVLAB, d/dis 7/30/63. Died: 7/30/1863
Robinson, Ansel H., enl 12/23/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. E, 7th VVI, d/dis 7/30/62. Died: 7/30/1862
Sendell, Joseph H., enl 1/11/62, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, 1st VVLAB, pr CPL 9/10/62, mwia, 5/26/63, d/wds 6/12/63. Died: 6/12/1863
Sheldon, Chauncey L., enl 12/20/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. I, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/5/62. Died: 8/5/1862
Shonnio, Luther, enl 11/21/61, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, 1st VVLAB, Mscn. 1/1/62, d/dis 9/3/63. Died: 9/3/1863
Small, George R., enl 12/17/61, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, 1st VVLAB, mwia, 5/26/63, d/wds 7/23/63. Died: 7/23/1863
Snow, George P., enl 12/16/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. H, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/4/62. Died: 8/4/1862
Stearns, Erastus, enl 2/10/62, m/i 2/12/62, Musician, Co. F, 7th VVI, d/accidental 8/20/62. Died: 8/20/1862
Trowbridge, Albert V., enl 12/9/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. H, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/6/62. Died: 8/6/1862
Wade, Stephen, enl 12/6/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. G, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/11/62. Died: 8/11/1862
Walker, Horace, enl 12/7/61, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. G, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/4/62. Died: 8/4/1862
Wells, Henry, enl 1/3/62, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. A, 7th VVI, d/dis 8/9/62. Died: 8/9/1862
White, Edward, enl 6/27/62, Pvt, Co. D, 8th VVI, mwia, 6/14/63, d/wds 6/25/63. Died: 6/25/1863
Willard, Zimri, enl 12/16/61, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, 1st VVLAB, d/dis 8/26/63. Died: 8/26/1863
Willey, Danforth, enl 1/28/62, m/i 2/12/62, Pvt, Co. H, 7th VVI, d/dis 7/29/62. Died: 7/29/1862
Winn, William H., enl 3/28/63, m/i 3/28/63, PVT, 1st VVLAB, d/dis 7/30/63. Died: 7/30/1863
Wood, William H., enl 12/16/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VVI, d/dis 7/14/63. Died: 7/14/1863
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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