First "Old" Vermont Brigade

The Vermont Brigade "was composed almost entirely of native Vermont men, race of the soil, hardy, self-reliant and courageous, and always ready for the serious business of warfare." -- Major General James Harrison Wilson.

First Brigade Monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (photo courtesy of Tom Ledoux, webmaster).

First Brigade Monument at the Wilderness, Virginia (photo courtesy of Russ Smith, National Park Service).

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