Fifth Vermont Enlisted Men
Bushey, John, credited to Pittsford, VT, enlisted 8/24/61, m/i 9/16/61, Private, Co. G, 5th VVI, promoted Sergeant 1st Sergeant 7/23/64, red 3/27/65, promoted Sergeant 5/1/65, wounded, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, mustered out 6/29/65
Carrier, Henry, credited to Salisbury, VT, enlisted 8/27/61, mustered in 9/16/61, Private, Co. F, 5th VVI, reen 12/15/63, dsrtd 9/10/62, rtnd 4/2/63, wounded, Wilderness, 5/5/64, mustered out 6/29/65
James, George W., age 24, credited to to Starksboro, VT; enlisted 9/11/61, m/i 9/16/61, Private, Co. K, 5th VVI, reen 12/15/63, Musician, mustered out 6/29/65 (See corps badge in the John Gibson Collection)
Huntley, Henry S., age 18, credited to to Georgia, VT; enlisted 8/4/62, m/i 9/30/62, Private, Co. A, 5th VVI, wounded, Petersburg, 4/2/65, mustered out 5/22/65
Isham, William H., credited to Colchester, VT, enlisted 11/18/63, m/i 12/19/63, Private, Co. I, 5th VVI, killed in action, the Wilderness, 5/5/64
Lockwood, Munson M., credited to New Haven, VT, enlisted 9/4/61, m/i 9/16/61, Private, Co. F, 5th VVI, reen 12/15/63, promoted Corporal 3/1/64, wounded, Wilderness, 5/5/64, mustered out 6/29/65
Loomis, Silas W., credited to Canton, NY, enlisted 8/23/61, m/i 9/16/61, Private, Co. G, 5th VVI, mustered out 9/15/64;
enl again 2/13/65, Co. I, 7th Regt, Hancock's 1st A.C., mustered out 2/13/66
Monroe, Charles S., credited to Shrewsbury, VT, enlisted 8/22/61, m/i 9/16/61, Private, Co. G, 5th VVI, reen 2/20/64, pow 5/5/64, Andersonville, sent to Florence SC, d/prison 2/9/65
Paine, George H., age 21, credited to to Starksboro, VT; enlisted 8/27/61, m/i 9/16/61, Corporal, Co. K, 5th VVI, wounded, Savage's Station, 6/29/62, wounded, Spotsylvania, 5/10/64, dis/wds, 9/15/64
Wilson, Allen B., credited to Middlebury, VT, enlisted 8/24/61, m/i 9/16/61, Private, Co. F, 5th VVI, reen 12/15/63, promoted Sergeant, pow, Spotsylvania, 5/10/64, Andersonville, d/prison 2/21/65
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; BGen - Brigadier General; 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/dishon - dishonorable discharge; dsrtd - deserted; ENG - Engineer (rank); 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; 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.
