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Port Hudson National Cemetery

20978 Port Hickey Road
Zachary, LA 70791
Phone: (225) 654-3767

Port Hudson National Cemetery is located on the site where Union and Confederate forces were engaged in the siege of Port Hudson. Nearly 4,000 Union troops were killed and almost all were buried in the cemetery; only 600 were known. Approximately 500 Confederate soldiers died during the battle and were buried in the trenches where they fell.

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There are 14 Vermonters known to be buried here:

Betzler, Matthews, enl 5/19/62, m/i 5/19/62, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, d/dis 1/29/64. Died: 1/29/1864

Carr, Jason, enl 8/22/62, m/i 10/4/62, PVT, Co. D, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63;
enl again 8/22/64, m/i 8/27/64, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, tr to 1st VHAC, 3/1/65, d/svc 6/13/65. Died: 6/13/1865

Crowley, James, enl 12/12/61, m/i 12/16/61, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, reen 1/2/64, d/dis 9/1/64. Died: 9/1/1864

Derome, Michael, enl 8/1/64, m/i 8/1/64, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, tr to 1st VHAC, 3/1/65, m/o 7/28/65. Died: 6/24/1865

Fadden, George E., enl 8/8/64, m/i 8/8/64, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, d/dis 12/8/64. Died: 12/8/1864

Geary, Horatio, enl 10/17/61, m/i 12/16/61, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, d/dis 8/21/63. Died: 8/21/1863

Goodell, Francis, enl 8/31/64, m/i 8/31/64, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, d/dis 11/26/64. Died: 11/26/1864

Greig, Thomas, enl 8/15/62, m/i 10/4/62, PVT, Co. H, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63;
enl again 1/4/64, m/i 1/13/64, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, d/dis 5/11/64. Died: 5/11/1864

Howard, Joseph N., enl 12/2/61, m/i 12/16/61, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, wdd, 7/2/63, reen 2/20/64, d/svc 4/12/64. Died: 4/12/1864

McLennon, Norman, enl 12/21/63, m/i 1/6/64, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, d/dis 10/5/64. Died: 10/5/1864

Naylor, Edward E., enl 8/11/64, m/i 8/11/64, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, d/dis 12/2/64. Died: 12/2/1864

Russell, Jacob, enl 12/29/63, m/i 1/4/64, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, pr Artificer 3/18/64, d/dis 5/2/64. Died: 5/2/1864

Snell, John, enl 8/29/62, m/i 10/23/62, PVT, Co. C, 16th VVI, m/o 8/10/63;
enl again 8/13/64, m/i 8/13/64, PVT, 2nd VVLAB, d/dis 6/12/65. Died: 6/12/1865

Whiting, John W., enl 9/18/62, m/i 10/21/62, Pvt, Co. K, 14th VVI, m/o 7/30/63
enl 12/10/63, m/i 12/24/63, PVT, 1st VVLAB, tr to 2nd VVLAB, 7/13/64, d/dis 8/31/64. Died: 8/31/1864


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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