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6th Vermont Infantry
Company Unknown
Charles Crafts Cleveland - Private
Drafted in the summer of 1863. Was assigned to the 6th Vermont, then engaged at Spotsylvania. Just four days after joining the command, on May 18, 1864, he was killed by a shell fragment which ''passed through his body''.
Contact Name: Beth Summerfield
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Date Added: 12/29/2004

Company Unknown
Edwin R Kinney - Major
Edwin started out as a private and ended as a Major--Staff--no company assigned. Twice wounded. See these pages for more info:


http://vermontcivilwar.org/
Contact Name: Mary Jo Bailey
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Date Added: 7/14/2002

Company A
George H. Snay - Private
He was my grandmothers ,grandfather,wounded at Lees Mills,Va.1862,His son Joseph was in Spanish American War.Wondering if there is pictures of complete unit? Thanks ,Bill simmons
Contact Name: William J. Simmons
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Date Added: 3/10/2008

Company B
Charles Austin Goddard - Sergeant
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Contact Name: Howard Knapp
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Date Added: 6/13/2016

Company B
Charles E. Weeks - Private
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Contact Name: Tina LaForest
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Date Added: 4/30/2002

Company D
Moses Abbott - Sergeant
Enlisted as a Corporal on 4 September 1861.
Mustered in Company D, 6th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 15 October 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant.
Killed on 10 July 1863 at Funkstown, MD.
Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 6/1/2010

Company D
Hiram Morse Hunter - Private
Wounded at the battle of Savage Station. Discharged for wounds
in 1863.
Contact Name: Keith Giles
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Date Added: 4/24/2003

Company E
Horace Agard Webster - Private
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Contact Name: Dr. Thomas D. Gauthier
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Date Added: 12/4/2005

Company F
Rogers T. Blakley - Private
If anyone has burial info for casualties of the Battle of Lee''s MIll, please let me know...
Contact Name: Andrea Foley
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Date Added: 5/22/2002

Company F
Horace Frederick Cole - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 30 September 1861.
Mustered in Company F, 6th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 15 October 1861.
Transferred into Regiment U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps on 1 December 1863.
Discharged from Regiment U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps on 15 October 1864.
Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 6/9/2010

Company F
John M Storrs - Private
Company: H
Unit: 12 West Virginia Infantry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Union
Contact Name: Fred Rose
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Date Added: 1/19/2009

Company G
Ethan Ernest Burroughs - Sergeant
Period of service-15 Oct.1861- 3 June 1864.
Enlisted Montipelier, Vermont , student ,age 18, for 3 years.
Wounded & taken prisioner 1 July 1862 at Malvern Hills ( White Oaks), confined at Richmond, Virginia. Pardoned 3 August 1862. Returned to City Point,Virginia. Appears on the list of sick & wounded. Sent to Washington D.C. hospital on 28 Sept.1862. Returned to company 8 Dec. 1862. Promoted Sergeant 30 March 1863.Wounded in action 10 July 1863, Battle of Funkstown, Maryland.In general hospital July- October 1863. Returned to company November 1863. Wounded in action 1 June 1864 at Battle of Cold Harbor,Virginia. Died of wounds 3 June 1864. Originally buried at 6 Corps field hospital near J. Leary's farm, Cold Harbor.In 1866,remains moved to Cold Harbor National Cemetery, Mechanicsville,Virgina.
Stone marker
# 359
E.E. Burroughs
Sgt.
VT.
(Section A )
Contact Name: Joanne Mack
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Date Added: 8/12/2006

Company G
William N.S. Claflin - Private
Wounded on 3 May 1863 at the Battle of Marye's Heights, Virginia.
Died of his wounds as a prisoner on 20 May 1863.
Contact Name: Marty Craig
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Date Added: 9/13/2010

Company G
Asa Emerson Corliss - Private
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Contact Name: Kenneth Corliss
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Date Added: 1/26/2004

Company G
Charles Bingley Corliss - Private
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Contact Name: Kenneth Corliss
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Date Added: 1/26/2004

Company G
Frank A. Trask - 1st Lieutenant
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Contact Name: Matthew Fischer
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Date Added: 9/23/2007

Company H
John Putnum - Private
A underage soldier who enlisted at the age of 15 on 19 March 1862. He was mortally wounded via gunshot on 29 June 1862 at the Battle of Savage's Station and died that day in the field hospital. His brother Cornelius Putnam was in the 8th Vermont Infantry. He was my 1st Cousin 5 times removed.
Contact Name: Christopher Douglas
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Date Added: 3/3/2021

Company I
Léandre PAQUETTE - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 23 August 1861 Enlisted in Company I, 6th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 15 October 1861. Wounded on 06 June 1863 at Fredericksburg, VA Reenlisted in Company I, 6th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 15 December 1863 Wounded on 05 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA Killed on 21 August 1864 in Charles Town, WV.

Battles 4/6/1862, Warwick Creek, Va., 4/16/1862, Lee's Mill, Va., 5/5/1862, Williamsburg, Va., 6/27-28/1862, Golding's Farm, Va., 6/29/1862, Savage's Station, Va., 6/30/1862, White Oak Swamp, Va., 9/14/1862, Crampton's Gap, Md., 9/17/1862, Antietam, Md., 12/13/1862, Fredericksburg, Va., 4/1/1863, Broad Run (Miskell Farm), Va., 5/3/1863, Marye's Heights, Va., 5/3/1863, Salem Heights, Va., 5/4/1863, Banks' Ford, Va., 6/5/1863, Fredericksburg, Va.
5/5/1864, Wilderness, Va., 5/10-18/1864, Spotsylvania, Va. 6/1-12/1864, Cold Harbor, Va., 6/18/1864, Petersburg, Va., 6/23/1864, Weldon Railroad, Va., 6/29/1864, Reams's Station, Va., 7/12/1864, Fort Stevens, Md., 8/21/1864, Charlestown, Va.
Contact Name: Cheri Rodgers Amarna
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Date Added: 1/2/2012

Company K
Louis Oliver Christian - Musician
looking for photo of this co. taken at camp griffin
Contact Name: Christian R. Tast
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Date Added: 8/6/2008

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