Pensions and other Records

Record of Events

Sometimes, additional information about a soldier's war activities can be deduced from the compilations of the activities of each company known colloquially as the "record of events." These records, which were compiled from information on the original muster rolls and returns, are uneven in content; some give day-by-day narratives of a company's activities, while others simply note that the company was stationed at a certain place during the reporting period (usually 2-months). Although they rarely name individual soldiers, the descriptions of the activities and movements of the company can be used, in conjunction with the soldier's CMSR and pension file, to determine where the soldier was and what he was doing. These records are known as "Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Volunteer Union Organizations," M594 (225 rolls)

This microfilm publication reproduces the compiled records that give histories of military units in volunteer Union organizations. Most of the records are arranged alphabetically by state or territory, thereunder by type of unit (cavalry, artillery, or infantry), followed by militia, reserve, sharpshooter, and other organizations. Whenever possible, the units are arranged numerically within each type, for example, the 1st Cavalry, 1st Veteran Cavalry, 1st Mounted Rifles, and 2d Cavalry of New York.

The records for units from states and territories are followed by the records of units that were not limited to any one state or territory, such as the U.S. Colored Troops, U.S. Volunteers, and U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps. (Note: only those listed relevant to Vermont are included.)

Vermont

191	1st Cavalry 1st Heavy Artillery 1st Co., Heavy Artillery 1st-3d Battery, Light Artillery 1st Infantry, 3 months, 1861--3d Infantry
192	4th-8th Infantry
193	9th Infantry 10th Infantry 12th-17th Infantry 1st Co., Drafted Men 2d Co., Drafted Men
U.S. Colored Troops
204	1st-5th Cavalry 5th Massachusetts Cavalry 6th Cavalry 1st Heavy Artillery 3d-5th Heavy Artillery
205	6th Heavy Artillery 8th-14th Heavy Artillery 1st Light Artillery 2d Light Artillery Independent Battery, Light Artillery 1st Infantry 1st Infantry, 1 year, 1864
206	2d Infantry 3d Infantry 3d Tennessee Infantry 4th-11th Infantry
207	12th-21st Infantry
208	22d-29th Infantry 29th Connecticut Infantry 30th-33d Infantry
209	34th-43d Infantry
210	44th-52d Infantry
211	53d-58th Infantry
212	59th-72d Infantry
213	73d-82d Infantry
214	83d-95th Infantry
215	96th-104th Infantry 106th-108th Infantry
216	109th-118th Infantry
217	119th-125th Infantry 127th Infantry 128th Infantry 135th-138th Infantry Capt. Powell's Regiment, Infantry Co. A, Unassigned, Infantry Co. A, Southord Infantry, Pa., 100 days, 1864 Pioneer Corps, Cavalry Division, 16 Army Corps (A.D.) Pioneer Co., 1st Division, 16 Army Corps, Infantry (A.D.) Brigade Band, No. 1 Brigade Band, No. 2 Brigade Band, No. 1, Corps d'Afrique Brigade Band, No. 2, Corps d'Afrique Quartermaster Detachment, Infantry
U.S. Volunteers:
218	1st Sharp Shooters 2d Sharp Shooters Signal Corps 1st Veteran Volunteers, Engineers 1st-9th Veteran Volunteers, Infantry (1 Army Corps)
U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps:
219	1st-4th
220	5th-14th
221	15th-24th
222	1st Battalion 2d Battalion 1st-49th Co.
223	50th-107th Co.
224	108th-174th Co.
225	1st-7th Independent Co. Unassigned Detachments