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12th Vermont Infantry
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Benedict, George Grenville, enl 8/23/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. C, 12th VVI, pr 2LT, Co. C, 1/23/63 (2/24/63), ADC to BGEN Stannard, 2nd Vt. Bgd, m/o 7/14/63 (Medal of Honor!), born: 12/10/1826, Burlington, VT; died: Camden, NC, 4/8/1907; buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Burlington, VT

Blunt, Asa Peabody, comn Adjutant, 3rd VVI, 6/6/61 (6/6/61), pr LTC, 6th VVI, 9/25/61 (10/14/61)
pr COL, 12th VVI, 9/19/62 (10/2/62), m/o 7/14/63, brevet BGEN, 3/13/65 for faithful and meritorious services (more), born: 10/19/1826, Danville, VT; died: 10/4/1889; buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, NH

Burgoyne, Charles, enl 8/30/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. E, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63, born: 1835, unknown; died: 1916; buried: Village Cemetery, Coventry, VT

Cram, Henry, enl 8/22/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. D, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63, born: 1843, unknown; died: 10/1/1921; buried: Prince's Hill Cemetery, Barrington, RI

Duphiney, Philip, enl 8/25/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. B, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63;
enl again 12/23/63, m/i 12/23/63, Pvt, Co. D, 9th VVI, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Andersonville, prld 4/28/65, m/o 5/23/65 (more), born: about 1831, St. Jule, PQ, Canada; died: 6/15/1904; buried: Notre Dame Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI

Farnham, Roswell, comn 2LT, Co. D, 1st VVI, 5/2/61 (5/9/61), m/o 8/15/61;
comn MAJ, 12th VVI, 9/19/62 (10/2/62), m/o 7/14/63 (more), born: 7/23/1827, Boston, MA; died: 1/5/1903; buried: Village Cemetery, Bradford, VT

Gilson, George Fredom, enl 8/18/62, m/i 10/4/62, CPL, Co. I, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63, born: 1/14/1840, Rockingham, VT; died: 4/12/1893; buried: Pleasanton Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Pleasanton, CA

Jackson, William Henry, enl 8/19/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. K, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63, born: 4/4/1843, Keesville, NY; died: New York, NY, 6/30/1942; buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA

Leach, Moses W., enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. K, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 8/8/62, m/i 10/4/62, 1SGT, Co. K, 12th VVI, pr 2LT, 2/14/63 (2/20/63), m/o 7/14/63, born: unknown, unknown; died: 1/27/1914; buried: Oakwood Hill Cemetery, Tacoma, WA

Lufkin, Daniel M., enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, PVT, Co. D, 1st VVI, m/o 8/15/61;
enl again 8/16/62, m/i 10/4/62, CPL, Co. H, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63, born: 7/6/1843, unknown; died: 1/27/1932; buried: Pocassat Cemetery, Cranston, RI

McEnany, Peter, enl 9/1/62, m/i 10/4/62, CPL, Co. E, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63, born: 1837, unknown; died: 11/24/1894; buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, St. Albans, VT

Ormsbee, Ebenezer Jolls, comn 2LT, Co. G, 1st VVI, 4/25/61 (4/25/61), m/o 8/15/61;
comn CPT, Co. G, 12th VVI, 9/22/62 (10/2/62), m/o 7/14/63 [Governor of VT 1886-1888] (more), born: 6/8/1834, unknown; died: 4/3/1924; buried: Pine Hill Cemetery, Brandon, VT

Sanford, James M., enl 8/22/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. D, 12th VVI, m/o 7/14/63;
enl 8/30/64 cred. Topsham, m/i 9/10/64, PVT, Co. F, 1st USSS, tr to 2nd USSS, Co. E, 12/23/64, tr to 4th VVI, Co. G, 2/25/65, m/o 6/19/65 (tombstone), born: 7/29/1829, NY; died: 2/1/1909; buried: Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, VT


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.