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Yorktown National Cemetery

Colonial National Historical Park
P.O. Box 210
Yorktown, VA 23690
(757) 898-2410

There are 1,596 marked graves in the cemetery. Of the total of 2,204 burials, 747 are known and 1,436 unknown. Those buried here were for the most part Union Army soldiers, although 10 Confederate soldiers and three wives are also identified. Besides the burials at the cemetery, bodies were removed from Williamsburg in James City County, and altogether from twenty-seven different places in the surrounding country, within a distance of 50 miles.

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There are 7 Vermonters known to be buried here:

Axtell, Channing, enl 9/26/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Bailey, Andrew A., 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. Died: 4/17/1862

Barnard, William, enl 6/6/62, m/i 7/9/62, CPL, Co. E, 9th VVI, red 2/7/63, d/svc 8/12/63. Died: 8/12/1863

Barney, Mason, enl 10/9/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. E, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Basconner, Mitchell, enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Batten, Albert James, enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Bickford, Zebina Y., enl 10/7/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, d/dis 4/30/62. Died: 4/30/1862

Blakely, Roger T., enl 9/30/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Blayes, Joseph, enl 6/9/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. C, 9th VVI, d/svc 8/17/63. Died: 8/17/1863

Boynton, Austin L., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Campbell, David Jr., enl 4/22/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Cenneville, Felix, enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Clifford, Simeon, enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, d/dis 5/1/62. Died: 4/1/1862

Colburn, Chandler E., enl 10/3/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Connell, Philip, enl 9/28/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Cookman, James, enl 5/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Daggett, Charles R., drafted - enl 7/13/63, m/i 7/13/63, PVT, Co. B, 6th VVI, joined ambulance train 5/17/64, d/dis 5/17/64, Hanover county VA, buried 7/29/64 Yorktown . Died: 7/29/1864

Danforth, Sewell, enl 9/22/61, m/i 10/29/61, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Daniels, Thomas, enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Demareaux, Joseph, enl 11/18/62, m/i 12/30/62, Pvt, Co. M, 1st VVC, kia, 5/30/64. Died: 5/30/1864

Dibble, David J., enl 8/19/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. I, 4th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Dodge, Edwin R., enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, CPL, Co. H, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Downer, William H., enl 9/17/61, m/i 9/17/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Flint, Royal, enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, m/o 6/15/62. Died: 6/15/1862

Godfrey, William W., enl 9/28/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. F, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Hill, Henry C., enl 1/19/62, Pvt, Co. D, 3rd VVI, mwia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62, d/wds 4/18/62. Died: 4/18/1862

Hutchinson, Alonzo, 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. Died: 4/18/1862

Keyes, Ephraim, enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VVI, d/dis 4/27/62. Died: 4/27/1862

Locke, Sayles, enl 9/2/61, m/i 9/20/61, Pvt, Co. D, 2nd VVI, d/dis 4/26/62. Died: 4/26/1862

Marvin, Andrew J., enl 3/1/64, m/i 3/3/64, Pvt, Co. D, 17th VVI, mwia, 6/10/64, d/wds 6/10/64. Died: 6/10/1864

Monroe, Lester E., enl 6/2/62, m/i 7/9/62, CPL, Co. B, 9th VVI, dsrtd 10/27/62, rtnd 4/21/63, d/dis 9/26/63. Died: 9/26/1863

Morrill, Frank, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Morse, Henry E., enl 8/28/62, m/i 9/22/652, Pvt, Co. G, 9th VVI, accidently shot 9/23/63. Died: 9/23/1863

Niles, Stephen B., 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. Died: 4/16/1862

Oakes, Joseph, 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. Died: 4/25/1862

Perry, Jacob F., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, 5SGT, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Savory, John H., 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. Died: 4/18/1862

Scott, William, 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. Died: 4/17/1862

Shannon, Patrick, enl 6/13/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. E, 9th VVI, d/svc 9/14/63. Died: 9/14/1863

Sprague, Wooster C., enl 5/20/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. I, 2nd VVI, d/dis 4/22/62 (lung infection). Died: 4/22/1862

Stiles, Frank C., enl 10/4/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. D, 6th VVI, d/dis 4/17/62. Died: 4/17/1862

Talbot, Lewis, 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. Died: 4/17/1862

Tarbell, Walter S., enl 9/11/61, m/i 9/13/61, PVT, Co. F, 1st USSS, d/dis 7/27/62. Died: 7/27/1862

Thomas, Frank J., enl 12/15/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Thompson, Samuel, enl 12/13/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Vance, Walter P., res. Columbia, NH;
enl again 11/24/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Wales, Lucius W., enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, SGT, Co. H, 6th VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Waterman, Ezekiel D., enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Wells, Charles W., enl 12/1/61, Pvt, Co. E, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Wells, Seymour F., enl 12/29/63, m/i 3/1/64, Pvt, Co. B, 17th VVI, mwia, Cold Harbor, 6/8/64, d/wds 6/16/64. Died: 6/16/1864

Whitney, Orlando, enl 7/7/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VVI, d/svc 7/3/63. Died: 7/3/1863

Willey, Alonzo F., enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. K, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Wilson, Don C., enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, CPL, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Wilson, Richard, enl 6/1/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. F, 3rd VVI, kia, Lee's Mill, 4/16/62. Died: 4/16/1862

Wyman, John E., enl 9/25/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VVI, d/dis 4/17/62. Died: 4/17/1862


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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