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Leroy Monroe Bingham, 2nd VVI Leroy Monroe Bingham, 2nd VVI

Bingham, Leroy Monroe, age 16, credited to Fletcher, VT; enlisted 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Private, Co. H, 2nd VVI, pr Corporal, wounded, 5/3/63, mustered out 6/29/64 (more offsite); born: 4/10/1845, Burlington?; died 11/27/1911; buried: Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, VT

Benjamin W. Carpenter, 2nd VVI Benjamin W. Carpenter, 2nd VVI

Carpenter, Benjamin Walter, credited to Burlington, VT, commissioned Assistant Surgeon, 2nd VVI, 6/11/61 (6/11/61)
pr Surgeon, 9th VVI, 6/21/62 (6/21/62), resigned, 11/4/64 (more)

Howard, Rosalvo A., 1st VVC Howard, Rosalvo A., 1st VVC

Howard, Rosalvo A., age 26, credited to to Andover, VT; Service: enlisted 9/17/61, m/i 11/19/61, Private, Co. F, 1st VVC, reen 1/28/64, tr to Co. H, 11/19/64, promoted 1st Sergeant, 11/19/64, commissioned 1st Lieutenant, Co. H, 4/14/65 (4/26/65), mustered out 6/21/65 born: 1835, unknown; died 8/2/1904; buried: Oak Hill cemetery, Rockingham, VT

Herbert S. Pierce, 1st VVC Herbert S. Pierce, 1st VVC

Pierce, Herbert S., credited to Guilford, VT, enlisted 9/16/61, m/i 11/19/61, Private, Co. F, 1st VVC, mortally wounded in action 6/1/64, died of wounds 6/2/64; born: 1843, unknown; died 6/2/1864; buried: Christ Church cemetery, Guilford, VT

Joseph Monroe Poland, 15th VVI Joseph Monroe Poland, 15th VVI

Poland, Joseph Monroe, age 21, credited to Montpelier, VT; commissioned Adjutant, 15th VVI, 10/2/62 (10/8/62), mustered out 8/5/63; born: 4/24/1841, Johnson, VT; died 9/16/1891; buried: Marblehead, MA

Currently unidentified Unidentified

Major General John Pope

Currently unidentified Unidentified

Major General William S. Rosecrans

Samuel W. Thayer, Surgeon General Samuel W. Thayer, Surgeon General

Thayer, Samuel White, credited to Burlington, VT, Dean of UVM School of Medecine, and State Surgeon General (more)

Thomas F. Weaver, 86th NYI Thomas F. Weaver, 86th NYI

Weaver, Thomas F., credited to Elmira, New York, enl. 10/2/61, m/i, Co. E, 86th NY INF, mustered out 10/5/64, Elmira, NY

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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.