A Melancholy Affair
at the
Weldon Railroad
JUNE 23, 1864

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APPENDIX  C

 FEDERAL CASUALTIES ON JUNE 23, 1864 AT THE PETERSBURG & WELDON RAILROAD

 

Austin Malley (aka Austin Gill) Co. F 11th Vermont Infantry.

"At the battle of Petersburgh, Virginia, on the 23d day of June, 1864, he was wounded in the left arm above the elbow by a musket ball which so injured the arm that it had to be amputated about three inches from the shoulder on the day following."

The photograph is to be found in his Disability Pension file #41687dated 5/1/1865 at the National Archives. The positive has been printed with the image reversed. He was age about 27 at that time it was taken.

 

SECOND REGIMENT

Charles H.  Price  Co. F. Wounded. "a Minie ball passed through the calf of the right leg while on the skirmish line." Spent two weeks in Grant Hospital at Gillette Point, New York, then furloughed.  Discharged 7/15/65 at Washington D.C. Was a farmer and a laborer. The Elizabethtown (New York) Post & Gazette of 2/15/1894 reported:  Mr. Charles Price has been confined to the house for six weeks with consumption and we fear his recovery is doubtful.   Died at Port Henry, New York, on 5/29/94 of "phthisis [tuberculosis] and alcoholic addiction."  Buried in the St. Patrick's Cemetery at  Moriah, New York, Section J Lot 452. The grave is marked by a simple marble stone inscribed:

Charles Price

May 29, 1894

Æ 52 years

There is no notation of his Civil War service nor a graveside GAR marker.  Granted an invalid pension in 1879.  Mary Price granted a widow's pension in 1894 from New York.

 

THIRD REGIMENT

none.

FOURTH REGIMENT

 

Killed

Captain William Carter Tracy Co. G. "shot through the neck." Buried in the South Church Cemetery at Windsor, Vermont. In the church yard there is                                             a weathered and almost illegible stone that reads:

Memoria pii aeterna

Capt. William Carter Tracy

Co. G 4th Vt. Vol.

Born in Windsor, Vt. July 14, 1838

Killed near Petersburgh, Va.

June 23, 1864

A Volunteer

at the first call to arms

in the war of the Great Rebellion,

he served his country in the ranks and as

an officer with earnest devotion, until he fell at the head of his command.

A fearless, dutiful soldier.  An honest, capable, exemplary officer.

A Christian man.

 

Come from the din of battle and in peace

Soldier go home: for thee the fight is won.

Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory

Through our Lord Jesus Christ

Martha S. Tracy granted a mother's pension, unknown date. William Carter Tracy of the class of 1858 is on the list published in The Dartmouth Review 6/2/2005 of Dartmouth College alumni who died in the service of their country.

George H. Cushman Co. G. Probably buried near the Fenn House and reinterred in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery at Petersburg, Virginia, as an "unknown U.S. Solider."

Joseph Minott  Co. A.  Buried on "Mrs.  Finn's farm" (Fenn property). Reinterred in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery at Petersburg, Virginia, grave #2966 as J. Minot.  Henry Minett  and Mary Minett granted father and mother's pensions in 1877.

Oscar W. Paine    Co. K.  Buried (may be a cenotaph) in Maplewood Cemetery at Stockbridge, Vermont. The gravestone is inscribed:

In memory of

OSCAR W. PAINE

Killed in battle near

PETERSBURGH

June 23, 1864

Æ 31 yrs.

Edwina E. Perkins Paine granted a widow's pension in 1864.

Charles A. Smith Co. C.  G. G. Benedict says he is one of 3 enlisted men from the 4th Vermont KIA (plus 3 more mortally wounded) on 6/23/64 but Peck's Roster lists his death as occurring 6/21/64. Not listed among those buried in any of the National Cemeteries and presumably interred in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery at Petersburg, Virginia,  as an "Unknown U. S. Soldier."  There is a handsome stone in the Village (Upper Plain) Cemetery at Bradford, Vermont, that reads:

CENOTAPH

CHARLES A. SMITH

SON OF

JONATHAN & SOPHIA

SMITH

BORN

June 25, 1839

Killed in his countrys service

  June 21, 1864

His motto

God is with the right and sooner or

later the right shall prevail.

God help me to be ever in the right.

 

Wounded

 Captain Charles G. Fisher  Co. I. “flesh wound in shoulder.” Mustered out 7/13/65. Living in Enterprise, Volusia County, Florida, on 1880 Federal census (where he is described as age 35, "born about 1845"[actually born about 1836], single, and an "artist") and also on the 1883 Volusia County Pensioner Roll.  Known alive in Enterprise in 1889. Not located on the 1900 Federal census for Volusia County. Dropped from pension rolls 11/30/95 for "failure to claim" [pension check]. Letter from Pension Commissioner in 1916 stated, "It is not known whether Mr. Fisher is living or deceased." Reportedly buried in Volusia County, Florida, but not found on any of the Volusia cemetery lists. Granted an invalid pension in 1879 of $3.75 per month  for a "gun shot wound in right shoulder."  May be the Charles G. Fisher born 7/7/1845 died 9/21/1904 who is buried in the Lonoke City Cemetery at Lonoke, Arkansas, but is not listed on the 1900 Federal census for Lonoke County.

Earl Warren Bliss (Warren Earl Bliss)  Co. G. “wrist, slight.” Transferred to the VRC 2/25/65. Mustered out 7/1 or 7/6/65. As W. E. Bliss attended 50th GAR Reunion at Gettysburg in 1913 from Calais, Vermont. As Warren Earl Bliss he is one of 16 veterans in a photograph labeled reunion of remaining members of Co. I 11th Vermont held at the GAR hall in North Calais, Vermont, on 8/22/1922 (Weston A. Cate, Jr. Forever Calais, A History of Calais, Vermont, 1999).    Died 3/26/1930. Buried in the Fairview Cemetery at  East Calais, Vermont.  Warren E. Bliss granted an invalid pension in 1865.  Elmina M. Bliss granted a widow's pension in 1930. Listed on the St. Johnsbury Civil War Memorial as Earl Warren Bliss wounded 6/23/64.

George F. Fulton  Co. C. “arm severe.” Died of wounds 2/5/65. Buried in the National Cemetery at Cypress Hill, New York, as "George E. Fulton died 2/8/65" plot #2286. Listed in State of Vermont Vital Statistic records as buried in the South Vershire Cemetery at Vershire, Vermont, but this was probably a cenotaph.  In any case, survey of the cemetery 1989 revealed no stone and none was found during a search conducted in 2008.  Elvira Fulton granted a mother's pension in 1867.

Joseph Wolcott Lease  Co. D. “left wrist amputated.” Died of wounds 7/8/64.  Buried in the Village Cemetery at Plainfield, Vermont. Orilla Lease granted a widow's pension in 1864.

Xenophon Edson Lockwood  Co. C. “groin, severe.” Wounded again 3/27/65. Mustered out 7/1/65. Died 12/27 or 28/1905 of "typhoid pneumonia" at Woodstock, Vermont. Buried in the Taftsville Cemetery at Woodstock.  Listed as:

 

LOCKWOOD, Zenophon E.
Co. C 4th VT Vol. Inf.
Born June 8, 1840
Died December 27, 1905

 

John Lyman Mattoon Co. E. “arm, slight” ("badly wounded" according to  The Vermont Gazetteer of 1871.) Discharged for disability 5/14/65.  Died 6/17/94.  Buried in the Center Cemetery at Vershire, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1865.

Isaac P. Morey  Co. C. “left side, severe.” Mustered out 6/19/65. Was a farmer in Thetford, Vermont. Died 4/2/1924. Buried in the Post Mills Cemetery at Thetford. Granted an invalid pension in 1866.  Adelia M. [Hosford] Morey granted a widow's pension in 1924.

Corliss [Carlos Jay Marrow] Marrow  Co. G. “leg, severe.” Mustered out 7/13/65. Living in Jacksonville, Florida, and as C. G. Morrow worked briefly in 1906 as an engineer for the Florida East Coast Railroad on the construction of he Long Key Viaduct. Accidental death ("crushed between walls") aboard railroad houseboat during a hurricane in Key West, Florida, on 10/18/1906. As C. G.  Morrow and C. J. Morrow he was listed by the FECRCo. among the men missing from Long Key Viaduct following the 1906 hurricane. Reported buried in the City Cemetery at Key West but the cemetery has no record of him.  Ella B. Morrow of Jacksonville, Florida, was awarded a death benefit of $500. She was granted a widow's pension, unknown date, when Mrs. Broward, wife of Governor Broward, became interested in the claimant and persuaded the Governor to intercede in her behalf with the Department of the Interior. In 1940 she was still attempting to document her husband's death for the Veterans Administration.

William J. Sly  Co. H. “flesh wound in neck.”  Died of wound 7/4/64.  Buried in the National Cemetery at City Point, Virginia, plot #787. Jane Sly granted a mother's pension in 1864.

William P. Young  Co. K. “leg and foot, slight.” Discharged for disability 7/26/65. Described as a farmer residing in Bethel, Vermont, on the 1880 Federal census. Died 10/10/1920.  Buried in Pleasant View Cemetery at Randolph, Vermont. The gravestone is inscribed:

WILLIAM P. YOUNG

CO. K 4th VT. REG.

BORN

MAY 26, 1843

DIED

OCT. 10, 1920

 Granted an invalid pension in 1865.  

 

Captured Officers––Field & Line

Major John Edward Pratt  Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book (Abbott, Prison Life in the South) as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65. On leave of absence (as a paroled POW) in April 1865.  He rejoined his regiment and returned to Vermont as the lieutenant colonel of the 4th Vermont Infantry when his unit was mustered out 7/13/65. Upon returning to Bennington, Vermont, he ran a clothing business and then for several years manufactured surgical splints.  Reportedly, he never fully recovered from the effects of his incarceration. He died suddenly at age 48 in Bennington of apoplexy on 10/11/82. Buried in the Village Cemetery at Bennington, Vermont. His headstone reads:

JOHN EDWARD PRATT

Lieut. Col. 4th Vt. Vols.

1835-1882

A newspaper article reporting his death observed that The fame won by Col. Pratt for bravery and gallant conduct was well earned. Granted an invalid pension in 1880.  Mary L. Pratt granted a widow's pension in 1883.

Lieutenant Charles William Boutin  Co. D. Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book  as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Locating Hampton, Iowa, in 1867 he was a prominent architect & builder. He was listed as residing in Hampton on 1908 roster. Died at Des Moines, Iowa, 1/4/1912. Buried in the Hillside Cemetery at Hampton, Iowa, where his grave stone reads:

C. W. Boutin

Nov. 8, 1839

Jan. 4, 1912

Maj. 4th Vt. Vol. Inft.

Adorning the grave are two metal cemetery plaques: a standard GAR plaque and a plaque revealing Boutin was a Master Mason being a Knights Templar.  He had a keen interest in matters Masonic being a Royal Arch Mason and Knight Templar.    He took a prominent part in the organization of the Iowa National Guard and for 16 years served as captain, major, lieutenant colonel and colonel of the "crack" Sixth Regiment of the Iowa National Guard.  He was a past commander of his GAR Post and twice served as a national delegate. He married three times (his first wife died while he was a POW.)  Granted an invalid pension from Iowa in 1900.  Emma K. Boutin granted a widow's pension from Iowa in 1912.

Lieutenant Carlos Wellington Carr  Co. C.  “said to be slightly wounded in the arm.”  Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65. Mustered out 5/6/65. Died 9/11/1914.  Buried in the Pine Hill Cemetery at Brandon, Vermont. The gravestone is inscribed:

CARLOS W. CARR

Lieut. 4th Vt. Inf. '61 - '65

July 13, 1838, Sept. 11, 1914

Granted an invalid pension in 1874.

Captain Howard Church Chapin  Co. F. Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. According to Lake County Colorado Biographies he was held 9 months [sic] at Charleston and was one of the 60 [sic] officers deliberately placed under the fire of the Federal guns at Charleston. [This is doubtful as these 50 Federal officers were transferred to Charleston from Camp Ogelthorpe prior to June 23, 1864.  This may be a reference to confinement in the Charleston City jail which was within the range of Federal artillery. Chapin may have been confined in the Charleston jail about 9/13/64] Subsequently he was reportedly held 30 days at Libby Prison and also was one of the number who tunneled out of Libby Prison. (This is impossible since Colonel Ross's mass escape occurred 2/9/64 prior to Chapin's capture.) Paroled 3/1/65.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Employed in running a grocery store, mining, and operated hotels in Georgetown, Denver, and Leadville, Colorado. In 1888 he lost an appeal to the Federal circuit court of Colorado involving litigation with his former partner in the ownership of the Clarendon Hotel in Leadville amounting to $7,000. Living in Denver boarding house on 1910 Federal census. Led a colorful lifestyle:  His first wife shot him during an argument. He attended the 50th Anniversary GAR Encampment at Gettysburg as the governor's representative for Colorado. Died 3/19/1917 in Denver, Colorado. Buried in the Military Section of Fairmount Cemetery at Denver. His obituary in a Denver newspaper referred to him as "Colonel H. C. Chapin."  It related that he was taken prisoner by a Confederate cavalry outpost on June 23, 1864 while carrying orders and was confined to Libby prison.  Granted an invalid pension from Colorado in 1914.

Lieutenant Lewis W. Fisher  Co. I.  Initially reported "missing and said to be killed." Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65. Mustered out 7/13/65. Farmed in Stannard, Vermont, and engaged in the lumber business in Danville, Vermont, before moving to East St. Johnsbury. Described as a miller living in Danville on the 1880 Federal census.  Was residing in East Hardwick, Vermont, on 1885 Reunion Society of Vermont Officers roster of members. Attended 50th GAR reunion at Gettysburg in 1913 from St. Johnsbury. Member of GAR Post #1 (Chamberlain) in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and GAR Post #12 (Horace M. Warren) in Wakesfield, Massachusetts. Died 12/2/1920.  Buried in the Danville Cemetery at Danville, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1880.

Lieutenant James G. Gallagher  Co. A.  Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65. Mustered out 7/13/65 at Halls Hill, Virginia. Erroneously listed as died in 1892 and buried in St. Bridget's Cemetery at West Rutland, Vermont. Living in Philadelphia on 1908 roster. Died in Philadelphia 3/2/1913. Buried in the Cathedral Cemetery in Philadelphia.

Lieutenant Joseph B. Needham  Co. H. Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Listed as a carpenter living in Rutland, Vermont, on 1880 Federal census. Residing in Rutland on RSVO 1885 roster. Died 1/19/1913. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery at Rutland, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1881.  Corelia M. Needhan granted a widow's pension in 1913.

Lieutenant William Ward Pierce  Co. D. Paroled 12/13/64.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Living in South Londonderry, Vermont, on 1885 RSVO roster. Died  12/23/90 of "bilious fever" or 1/6/91 "after a short illness" according to an obituary in The Rutland Herald  of 1/7/91 which reported  one of Londonderry's most prominent citizens died recently after a short illness…He  was wounded at Fredericksburg and taken prisoner at Petersburg.  He languished in southern prisons for nearly seven months and during that time lay unconscious three weeks from yellow fever.  Buried in Rest Haven Cemetery at Londonderry, Vermont.

Lieutenant George Perham Spaulding  Co. C. said to be slightly wounded.”  Sent to Lynchburg, Virginia, 6/29/64 and on to Danville, Virginia, apparently with enlisted men.  Incarcerated at Andersonville. Transferred to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/26 or 28/64 at Savannah, Georgia. Reported College Green Barracks, Maryland, 12/1/64 and arrived Camp Parole, Annapolis, 2/3 or 4/64. Furloughed 12/12/64 for 30 days. Absent sick from 1/12/65 until return to Camp Parole 2/4/65. Furloughed 3/13/65.  Returned 4/29/65. Sent to his regiment 5/3/65. Mustered out  7/13/65 as acting captain of his company his commission not having come through. Reportedly he returned home from the army aching to the bone with scurvy which he had contracted while in prison. Residing in Rutland, Vermont, where he was a locomotive engineer running between Rutland and Schenectady, New York. Residing in Proctorsville, Vermont, on RSVO 1885 roster. Lived in Longview, Texas, for 33 years. Died 11/23 or 11/28/1913 in Worchester, Massachusetts, of cancer of the larynx.  Reportedly buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Longview but no grave stone is present for him or his wife in the Spaulding plot. Granted an invalid pension from Missouri in 1883. The Adjutant & Inspector General's Report for 1864 lists George  P. Spaulding promoted to 2nd Lt. of Co. K on 5/5/64. Peck's Roster also lists Spaulding as promoted from 1st sergeant of Co. C to 2nd lieutenant of Co. K on  5/11/64. The Burlington Times of 7/9/64 lists "Lieutenant George Spaulding" one of the officers captured on 6/23//64.  If this is correct, it must have been temporary or rescinded as Spaulding appears to have been an NCO in Co. C on 6/23/64 since he was incarcerated with the enlisted men.  His military  record at the National Archives records his promotion to 2nd lieutenant 5/23/65.  In 1890 the War Department decreed his commission "to take effect from 1/1/65." Spaulding is not listed in the Confederate adjutant's book (Abbott, Prison Life in the South) as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Listed at Andersonville as Sgt. F. P. Spaulding of Co. C 4th Vermont Infantry.

Lieutenant Ransom W. Towle Co. A. Escaped 6/28/64. Reached Federal lines in West Virginia, 7/19/64.  Mortally wounded at Winchester, Virginia, on 9/19/64.  Died 9/20/64. Buried in the Bingo Road Cemetery at West Rochester, Vermont, where there is a handsome obelisk bearing the inscription:

RANSOM W. TOWLE

WOUNDED IN THE

BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, VA.

SEP. 19. DIED 20, 1864

Æ 28

His grave is marked by a simple soldier's grave stone inscribed:

R. W. TOWLE

CO. A 4TH

VT.

INF.

 

Captured Enlisted Men

Company A

 

Elisha Badger From Richmond sent to Belle Isle from 6/27 to 7/1. Arrived Andersonville 7/12.  Transferred to Savannah, Georgia, on 9/9 and Millen, Georgia on 10/1.  Sent to Blackshear, Georgia, and Thomasville, Georgia.  Returned to Andersonville on 12/24.  Sent to Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 3/25/65.  Paroled 4/8/65. Arrived Brattleboro, Vermont, on 5/17.  Mustered out 5/18/65. Granted an invalid pension in 1868 of $8 per month that was increased in 1869 to $15 per month for "paralysis of lower extremities."  Residing in Albany, Vermont, in 1868 and Craftsbury, Vermont, in 1869.  Was a farmer in Wolcott, Vermont, when he died 3/12/71 at age 45 of a chronic disease ['consumption'] which had troubled him ever since his discharge.  Listed as E. Bader at Andersonville. In his pension application of 1868 he described the symptoms of scurvy:  Was taken with violent pains through the back & hips and great numbness in the legs and continued to grow worse [until exchange] when he was in such condition he had no use of either leg---that he has never entirely recovered…that he is unable to earn a living…

George Baxter Died at Andersonville  1/6/65 of SCORBUTUS. Grave #12406.

John Blair  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Recorded as died at Florence, South Carolina, 1/25/65 but listed on the Roll of Honor as having died 1/25/65  at Salisbury of “typhus.” Listed as buried in the unmarked trenches  in the National Cemetery at Salisbury, North Carolina.

Elisha Burbank (Asher S. Burbank) Confined at Richmond 6/25/64, sent to Belle Isle 6/27/64, and arrived Andersonville 7/15/64. Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled at Wilmington, North Carolina, 2/28/65.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Living in Boston in the 1870's according to the History of Antrim, New Hampshire (1880). Working as janitor of building in Boston on 1880 Federal census. Died 12/7/1913 of chronic myocarditis & angina pectoris. As Asher S. Burbank buried in the North Branch Cemetery at Antrim, New Hampshire, beside his wife who died in 1828.  On the stone there is a couplet:

Separated here below,

United above

On his pension application in 1889 he stated: I was captured on…June 23, 1864…and was taken to Castle Thunder and Libby…and from there to Andersonville Ga. arriving in August, and kept there about 5 months…while there I was troubled with chronic diarrhea, malaria, scurvy and deafness…As a result of malaria I have an enlarged liver and spleen.  Scurvy has caused the loss of my teeth…At the time of parole I was in feeble health and weighed less than 100 lbs.  From Andersonville I was sent to Millan [sic] remaining a short time, and from thence  to Savannah & Charleston, and thence to Florence, and from thence to Goldsboro NC, and to Wilmington arriving the last day of February 1865. Was treated in Wilmington DEL. about the first of March 1865 and at Camp Parole, Annapolis MD about 20th to last of March. Member of GAR Post #200 (Boston) in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.  Asher P. Burbank granted an invalid pension in 1889.  Arvilla Burbank granted a widow's pension from Massachusetts in 1914. Listed as Asher L. Burbank at Andersonville.

Charles Burnham Died 9/21/64  in the prison hospital at Savannah, Georgia, according to The New York Times of 12/17/64.  Mary H. Burnham, possibly his widow, granted a pension in 1885.

Charles B. Buxton Died at Andersonville  10/6/64 of DYSENTERY. Grave #10431. Listed as C. Burton.

Henry G. Camp Paroled  4/5 or 4/28/65. Mustered out 7/5/65. In 1911, at the age of 64,  while residing at the Vermont Soldiers' Home in Bennington he was involved in an altercation resulting in the death of Alexander Freeman, formerly of Co. B 11th Vermont Infantry. Died 4/27/1924 at the Vermont Soldiers’ Home. Buried in the Village Cemetery at Bennington, Vermont. The New York Times of 4/28/1924  contain a brief article in the Sports Section with the headline:  Henry G. Camp: Youngest Vermont Veteran of the Civil War Dies in Soldiers’ Home. According to his obituary in The Bennington Banner of 4/28/1924 and an article which ran 7/3/1915 commemorating the 50th Anniversary of his Return from Andersonville, Camp, who enlisting at the age of 14, was thought to be the youngest Vermonter to have volunteered during the first year of the war and  probably outlived all his Company A comrades. He was one of four members of his family who served in the Civil War. His father, Jonathan Camp of Co. A 2nd VT was KIA 8/21/64. One brother, William J. Camp of Co. A 4th VT, was discharged for wounds received at Savage's Station 6/29/64 while another brother, Charles Camp also Co. A 4th VT, was KIA at Cedar Creek 10/19/64. At age 14 Henry Camp enlisted 8/27/61 in Co. A 4th VT. Discharged 12/15/62 for wounds to his left shoulder and left hand. Reenlisted 12/19/63 and returned to Co. A 4th VT. He reportedly saw the inside of no less than 13 different Confederate prisons. He was sent to Libby, Pemberton, Castle Thunder, and Belle Isle and Lynchburg prisons. Escaped at Bush Bridge near Lynchburg, Virginia, running into the woods with Myron Montgomery and was reported killed by the Confederate guards. Recaptured after five days, the two were sent to Salisbury for two days and on to Andersonville. In November 1864 he was transferred to Savannah, then Station #8, Station #16, Thomasville, Blackshear, Millan [sic], Americus, Albany, and back to Andersonville in January 1865. Among the last to leave Andersonville, between 4/21 and 5/6/65 he was transported by wagon to Jacksonville. He remembered awakening in a Federal hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. He remand in the hospital in Jacksonville and Annapolis, Maryland, for two months before regaining sufficient strength to endure the journey by stretcher home to Vermont. When he arrived by train in Bennington he was “the emaciated wreck of a man.” His weight prior to capture was 179 lbs and was 77 lbs upon reaching Bennington.  Granted an invalid pension in 1865.

Felix G. Cole   Reported to have been in Belle Isle, Libby and Andersonville. Paroled 4/24/65. Granted an invalid pension in 1876.  Application states "has never enjoyed good health since he left the army…has pulmonary problems with hemorrhages from the lungs." Settled in O'Brien Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota. Living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1912. Died 1/5/1915 in Minneapolis. Buried in Layman's Cemetery (aka Old Pioneers & Soldiers Memorial Cemetery) at Minneapolis.  Probably moved to Lakewood Cemetery as he is also listed as buried there in section 21, plot #7017. Member of Appomattox  GAR post in Minneapolis. Brother of Norman Cole.

Norman D. Cole. Paroled 12/13/64. Mustered out 7/13/65. Mustered out 7/7/65 or 7/13/65 at Halls Hill, Virginia. In 1865 in Bennington, Vermont, was described as suffering from scurvy, argue & chronic diarrhea. In 1869 in Franklin, Missouri, he was described as having lung difficulty and argue. Living in Bennington, Vermont, on 1870 Federal census.  In 1880 he declared that at Andersonville in August 1864 he contracted Argue caused by exposure, at Savannah GA Sept. 1864 he contracted scurvy affecting both legs below the knees, at Florence prison SC Oct. 1864 he contracted lung disease… Worked as a farm laborer and at various odd jobs in Bennington after the War.  In 1878 he went to St. Louis and Pacific, Missouri, where he farmed.  Worked as a railroad engineer out of Sedalia, Missouri, before returning to Bennington for 5 years.  In 1884 moved to Topeka, Kansas, and in 1886 to Sargents, Colorado, to do prospecting. Residing with his brother, Norman, in Sargents, Colorado, in near-poverty in 1890. Reported as living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 1908 roster (probably confusion with his brother.) Died 3/8/1901.   Granted an invalid pension in 1880 and received $6 per month.

William A Comar Died at Andersonville 8/26/64 DIARRHEA.  Grave #6932.  Rachel Comar granted a widow's pension in 1864. Listed as W. A. Connor.

George Convats (Canouts) Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 4/28/65 at Jacksonville, Florida. Reported Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, 5/11/65.  Mustered out 5/23/65 at Brattlboro, Vermont. Died 6/15/1913 at Watertown, New York. Name given as George Canouts in The Watertown Herald of 5/19/1906 announcing that he been granted an increase in his disability pension. Reported buried at Adams Center, New York. The Adams Center town clerk does not have him recorded as buried in the Adams Center Cemetery or the Honeyville Cemetery. Delilah J. Canouts received a widow's pension in 1913. Listed as George Carronte at Andersonville. Listed in military records variously as George Convats, Corvouts, Canvoute and Canauts. Listed as George Canouts in pension records.

Lysander Davis Paroled 12/16/64. Mustered out 7/13/65.  Died 4/29/1901.  Buried in the Village Cemetery at Grafton, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1889.

Samuel F. Dunbar Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Died at Wilmington  3/18/65. Buried in the National Cemetery at Wilmington, North Carolina, grave #1-1946. Phebe Dunbar granted a mother's pension in 1869. Listed in pension files as Samuel F. Dunbell.  Listed as L. Dunbar at Andersonville.

Wallace W. Kendall (William W. Kendall) Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 2/28/65. Mustered out 4/5/65. Moved to a farm near St. Paul, Nebraska, in 1872. Joined  GAR Post #8 (Conby) in St. Paul in 1880. Living in St. Paul on the 1893 Nebraska Veterans Roster. Moved to Hitchcock, Oklahoma, in 1897. Died 4/9/1906 of pneumonia in Hitchcock. Buried in the Cottonwood Cemetery in Blaine County, Oklahoma.  The grave stone reads:

William W. Kendall

Co. A 4th Regt. Vt. Vol. Inf.

Adin H. Knapp (Adam Knapp, Aden Knapp) Paroled 2/27 or 2/28/65 at North East Ferry, North Carolina. Furloughed from Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, from 3/17/65 to 4/15/65 to go to Bennington, Vermont.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Married Nora L. Knapp 12//30/66 in Pownal, Vermont. Living in Bennington 1867-1869 and then moved to Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Nora Knapp filed for a divorce in Keene, New Hampshire, in 1871. According to The Keene New Hampshire Sentinel of 11/27/1873 she was granted a divorce from Adin Knapp on grounds of imprisonment for felony & abandonment.  Listed in the Report of the Officers of the Vermont State Prison for 1871-1872  as Alvin Knapp, age 26, born in Woodford, Vermont, convicted 6/17/70 in Manchester, Vermont, of burglary and sentenced to a term of 2 1/2 years in the Vermont State Prison at Windsor. Reported in legal proceedings to be living in Bennington in 1873. Also listed as Adam Knapp, Aden Knapp, and Eden Knapp.

Philip Kranz  Paroled 11/30/64. Mustered out 2/8/65. Living in Brooklyn, New York, on 1908 roster. Died 8/28/1911.  Buried in the National Cemetery at Cypress Hills, New York, plot #6981.  Granted an invalid pension from New York in 1891.  Sarah Kranz granted a widow's pension from New York in 1911.

Squire A. Mallory  Paroled 3/15/65.  Mustered out 4/28/65. Died 6/14/1901. Buried in the Village Cemetery at Bennington, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1883.

Nathan Mann  Paroled 12/11/64. Reached his home 12/28/64.   Died 12/31/64.  An obituary in The Hoosac Valley News and Transcript of 2/2/1865 reads: Nathan Mann of Searsburg, Co.A 4th Vt Vols. has just deceased.  He was taken prisoner at Petersburg and was for a long time in the Andersonville Hell. He was finally paroled and died in three days after his arrival home.  Buried in the Eames Yard Cemetery at  Searsburgh, Vermont.  Cemetery records list his cause of death as "starvation at Andersonville prison." The gravestone is the standard Civil War veteran's model inscribed simply:

Nathan Mann

Co. A 4 Vt. Inf.

Antoine Ranney Died at Andersonville  10/24/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #11426.  Susan Ranney granted a mother's pension from Connecticut in  ?1870. Listed as A. Raney.

John Smith   Drafted from Rutland, Vermont. Received $25 bounty. Paroled 12/6/64 at Charleston. Reported at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, where he was furloughed 12/16/64 for 30 days and failed to return. Reported on regimental roll as absent without leave from Camp Parole from January through April 1865. Considered a deserter from 1/16/65. Benedict lists J. Smith, Co. A … captured 6/23 and not heard from after…probably died in the enemy's hands. On the Vermont Adjutant General's list of soldiers…not as yet fully accounted for in July 1866: Smith, John co A 4th: Substitute for Hiram Gould of Shrewsbury; paroled prisoner since 12/6/64 (The Burlington Free Press 7/16/66). No further record. Not the John Smith buried in Howell Cemetery at Chittenden, Vermont, who served in Co. I  5th Vermont Infantry.

Moses G. Smith Paroled 3/4/65. Mustered out 7/13/65. Moved to Anacortes, Washington, in 1891. Living in Anacortes on 1908 roster and on the 1910 Federal census for Skagit County. Granted an invalid pension in 1899 from Washington. Died 9/15/1912 in Anacortes. His body was cremated. Member of Anacortes GAR Post #68 (Emery).  Mary Smith granted a widow's pension in 1912.

Herbert L. Veber Died at Florence, South Carolina,   1/20/65. Listed as buried in the National Cemetery at Florence, South Carolina. Adeline E. Veber granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Nathan L. Webster  Paroled 12/16/64. Died 12/23/64 at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland.  Buried in the National Cemetery at Annapolis, Maryland plot #L104.  Sarah J. Webster granted a widow's pension in 1865.

William A. Webster Died at Andersonville 10/11/64 of DIARRHEA c.  Grave #10711.  Benedict lists his death as 10/9/64. There is a cenotaph in the Village Cemetery at Plainfield, Vermont.

 

Company B – none

 

Company C

Daniel H. Gilson  Paroled 11/21/64. Mustered out 7/13/65.  Died 4/3/1913.  Buried in the Plymouth Cemetery at Plymouth, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1879.  Selinda H. Gilson granted a widow's pension in 1913.

Hiram Eugene Hardy Escaped 11/11 or 12/12/64 from Millen, Georgia. Reached Federal lines 12/12/64. Mustered out 1/2 or 1/9/65. Listed as a Civil War veteran living in Big Rapids City, Mecosta County, Michigan, on 1894 Michigan census.  He was appointed postmaster of Big Rapids by President Harrison in 1891 being one of the most active and influential wheelhorses of the Republican party.  He was again appointed postmaster by President McKinley and served 21 years as postmaster at Big Rapids being appointed to his 5th four-year tern just prior to his death on 3/5/1912. An obituary in The Big Rapids Pioneer of 3/15/1912 recounted He was captured at Weldon Railroad on July [sic] 23, 1864, was confined in the Libby and afterward Andersonville prisons.  With three others he escaped from Andersonville in November 1864 and after 17 days reached Sherman's army, then on its "March to the Sea.   Buried in the Highland View Cemetery at Big Rapids, Michigan. Granted an invalid pension unknown date. Member of Big Rapids GAR Post #294 (Andrews). Sarah M. Hardy granted a widow's pension in 1912. Also listed as Eugene Hardy at Andersonville.

James Hatch Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64.  Paroled 4/28/65. Mustered out 5/23/65. In 1886 Hatch recounted:  The Confederate forces took us first to Richmond, then to Belle Island, then to Andersonville where [we] stayed until the close of the War, except that at time of Sherman's Raid, we were moved to Savannah, Ga., thence to Milan, Ga., to Blackshear, Thomasville and then back to Andersonville.  Died 4/29/1917.  Buried in the Weathersfield Bow Cemetery at Weathersfield, Vermont. Listed as T. Hatch at Andersonville. Granted an invalid pension in 1875.

Elisha S. Palmer Died at Andersonville  8/23/64 of DIARRHEA.  Grave #6586.  Martha Palmer granted a widow's pension in 1865. Listed as  E. Parmor.   

Benjamin H. Patch Died at Andersonville 10/20/64 DYSENTERY.  Grave #11225.  Clarinda Patch granted a widow's pension  unknown date. Listed as B. F. Batch.  There is a cenotaph in the Cedar Grove Cemetery at Fair Haven, Vermont.

Franklin Pillsbury Died at Andersonville 9/29/64 DIARRHEA.  Grave #10040.

Leonidas S. Strong Paroled 11/14 or 11/20/64.  Died 12/18/64 at Camp Parole Annapolis, Maryland.  Buried in the Perkinsville Plain Cemetery at Weathersfield, Vermont. Mother's pension granted to Nancy F. Strong in 1865.  Father's pension granted to Paschal P. G. Strong of Maine in 1886.   Also list as Leonad Strong.

Lycurgus Strong  Wounded "severely in the right leg below the knee" 5/12/64 near Spotsylvania. Mustered out 9/30/64. Worked as a millwright in Bellows Falls, Vermont, and in 1880 was foreman in a factory in Claremont, New Hampshire, manufacturing wooden handles for brooms, hoes, forks. The Argus & Patriot  of 1/11/82 lists Lycurgus Strong as an officer in The Sons of Temperance in Bellows Falls. Died in Bellows Falls on 12/29/1908.  Buried in the Oak  Hill Cemetery at Bellows Falls, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1875. Widow's pension granted to Francina Strong in 1909. Although both Peck's Roster and the Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System (CWS&SS) database list Lycurgus  Strong as captured 6/23/64, neither his service record at the National Archives nor a pension application prepared in 1876 by S. M. Pingree, formally Lt. Col. of the 4th Vermont Infantry, mention his being a POW.  Probably represents confusion of his record  with  Leonidas S. Strong.  Also appears as Lucious Strong in military records.

Miles Wallace Whitlock Escaped 9/14/64. Returned to regiment 10/12/64. Discharged 10/22/64 at Strasburg, Virginia. Enlisted in Co. C, 4th Regiment, Hancock's First Corps 3/6/65-3/6/66. Living in the National Home for Disabled Soldiers (Danville branch) in 1905. Died 2/24/1911. Buried in the National Cemetery at Danville, Illinois, section 6, row 5, plot #1413. Granted an invalid pension from Missouri in  ?1876.

 

Company D

Elnathan Bailey Died at Andersonville 2/4/65 of SCORBUTUS. Grave #12585.  Benedict lists his death as 2/3/65. Mary A. Bailey granted a widow's pension in 1866.

Charles O. Blodgett Died on 2/28/65 either on marrch to Goldsboro, North Carolina, or in the prison hospital there. Presumably reinterred in the National Cemetery at Florence, South Carolina, but not listed in any National Cemetery. Also, listed as buried in the  Stannard Cemetery (family plot) at Stannard, Vermont. Reportedly, there is a small marble stone bears an inscription, presumably a cenotaph (but not found). Hannah Blodgett granted a widow's pension in 1866.

Lewis S. Bundy Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 12/13/64. Mustered out 4/19/65. Married three times.  Died 11/15/1914.  Buried in the Lympus Cemetery at Bethel, Vermont. Also listed as L. Rundy at Andersonville. In the back corner of the Lympus Cemetery a small stone reads simply : 

                                                L. S. BUNDY

                                                CO D 4TH VT REG

Clark Bunker  Died at Andersonville 10/11/64 of DIARRHEA c.  Grave #10745.  Adaline M. Bunker granted a widow's pension in 1865. Listed as C. Barker and C. Punker.

Ephraim Downer Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/19/64. Discharged 6/12/65 for disability.  Died 11/1/1900.  Buried in the North Walden Cemetery at Walden, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1865.  Sarah Downer granted a widow's pension in 1900. Also listed as Ephiam Downer at Andersonville. 

Zelotes Drown  Paroled 2/28/65. Died 3/30/65 in New York City of disease attributed to his captivity. Initially buried in the National Cemetery at Cypress Hill, New York.  Buried in the Village Cemetery at  Sutton, Vermont.

Peter H. Farrell Died at Andersonville 10/22/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #11314.  Julia A. Farrell granted a widow's pension in 1865. Listed as J. H. Farrell.

Luther Burnham Harris Spent one day on Belle Island. Arrived Andersonville 7/12/64. Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Held at Savannah, Charleston, Florence, Greensboro, and Raleigh.  Paroled at North East Ferry on Cape Fear River north of Wilmington, North Carolina, 2/28/65. Sailed on the Lady of Lyons to Annapolis, Maryland. Mustered out 6/5/65. He returned to Sutton, Vermont, but in 1869 west becoming a surveyor for the Union Pacific Railroad.  In 1882 he returned live the rest of his life at Lyndon Center, Vermont, where he was a successful farmer .  He was a founder of the Lyndonville Savings Bank.  He spent three months in Europe in 1906. Died 11/12/1913 of "apoplexy." Buried in the Lyndon Center Cemetery at Lyndon, Vermont. Enlisted at age 14 1/2 in 1861 and was age 17 when captured.  He was 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighted 96 lbs when he arrived in Wilmington. Claimed in "A Prison Story" he escaped three times, once at Andersonville, and was at large in Charleston for two weeks before being recaptured. But he also related he was captured at "Reams' Station."  Granted an invalid pension in 1889.

Chauncey Frost Hartson (Hartshorn) Paroled 11/20 or 11/29/64. Furloughed home for forty days.  Rejoined his regiment 3/1/65. Mustered out 7/13/65. A Chaney Hartson was living in Wheelock, Vermont, on the 1870 Federal census. As Chancy Hartson died 8/29/78 at Hardwick, Vermont. Buried in the Greensboro Village Cemetery at Greensboro, Vermont.  The headstone reads:

Chancy F. Hartson

Co. D 4th

VT Infantry

Aug. 29 1878

Aged 35 yrs

Chauncey F. Hartson granted an invalid pension in 1877.  Lucy F. Hartson granted a widow's pension in 1878. One of four sons of H. Hartshorn who enlisted in Company D. Also served in Co. K 7th Vermont Infantry in the lower Mississippi valley.  At Andersonville suffered extremely with the cold; sick with scurvy and diarrhea.  Received a $300 bounty from the town of Greensboro and $400 from the federal government.

Sumner F. (or T.) Keyes Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/24/64.  Mustered out 4/19/65.  Listed as died before 1890 in Madrid, Nebraska, on Roster. Nebraska 1890 Veterans & Widows Census lists Elizabeth R. Purdy as widow of Sumner T. Keyes. Actually died 4/3 or 4/5/72 at his farm near Ellsworth, Kansas, of chronic diarrhea. Elizabeth R. Keyes granted a widow's pension in ?1874. Also listed as L. N. Keyes at Andersonville.

Calvin E. Lumsden  (Erastus Calvin Lumsden) died at Andersonville 2/8/65 of SCORBUTUS. Grave #12916.

Stephen B. Rogers Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 2/28/65.  Died 4/13/65 at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, “of disease attributed to his captivity.”  Buried in National Cemetery at Annapolis, Maryland, plot #490/L118. Also listed as J. B. Rogers at Andersonville. The Greensboro Memorial Record notes "He was a faithful and devoted soldier…" Three sons of W. Rogers of Grenesboro served in Vermont units.  Robert Rogers, Company E 9th Vermont, was mortally wounded in the Wilderness on 5/5/64. Peter Rogers survived the war.

Abel Bugbee Smith  Paroled 4/1 or 4/21/65. Mustered out 5/18/65. Residing in Burke, Vermont, as a clothier on 1870 Federal census. Living in Westmore, Vermont, on the 1880 and  1890 census.  Living again in Burke on the 1900 census.  Died of apoplexy (The Caledonian reported acute appendicitis) in West Burke, Vermont, on 8/22/1903. No headstone found in the Hillside Cemetery at West Burke. Granted an invalid pension in 1866.  Mary F. Smith of Vermont granted a widow's pension in 1903.

Christopher M. Snell  Paroled 11/27/64. Discharged 12/16/64 for disability. Living in East Brainerd, Minnesota, on 1908 roster.  Died 1/31/1909.  Buried in Evergreen Cemetery at Brainerd, Minnesota.  Gravestone reads:

                       

CHRISTOPHER SNELL

CO. D  4 VT. INF.

Granted an invalid pension in 1865.   Mary J. Snell of Minnesota granted a widow's pension in  1909.

William F. Stoddard  Paroled 11/26/64.  Mustered out 6/19/65.  Died 12/3/1922.  Buried in the Lyndon Center Cemetery at Lyndon, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1903.  Annjanette S. Stoddard granted a widow's pension in 1922. Company and Andersonville comrade, Luther B. Harris, named his eldest son William Stoddard Harris.

Edward B. Varney   Arrived Andersonville 7/12/64. Sent to Millen, Georgia. Confined Florence 11/12/64. Paroled 2/27 or 2/28/65 (or 3/8/65) at North East Ferry, North Carolina, and hospitalized in Wilmington, South Carolina. Reported College Green Barracks 3/29/65. Arrived Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, 3/8/65 or 4/2/65. Furloughed 4/2 or 4/7/65 for 30 days. Medical certificate for extension of furlough for 30 days dated at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, 5/5/65 for "chronic diarrhea." Listed on muster roll 3/1/65-7/3/65 as "absent sick paroled prisoner."  Mustered out 7/1/65 near Annapolis, Maryland.  Died 7/22/1913.  Buried in the Bellevue Cemetery at Lawrence, Massachusetts. The grave stone labeled VARNEY that he shares with his wife reads simply:

 

Edward B. Varney

1836 -- 1913

 Granted an invalid pension in 1882. He told a Lawrence, Massachusetts, newspaper that he weighed 155 lbs before enlistment and 72 lbs when exchanged. Also, that he "would have died had it not been for L. B. Harris…who cared for him during his entire prison life."  Portrayed as the character "Edward" in Luther B. Harris' "A Prison Story." Belonged to GAR Post #146 (General Lawton) in Lawrence.

Harrison W. Varney  Paroled 11/14 or 11/20/64. Died 12/2 or 12/20/64 at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, of starvation endured while in prison. Buried in Grave #1,576 in United States General Cemetery, Division No. 1. Subsequently reinterred in the National Cemetery at Annapolis, Maryland, plot #857/K86. Katie Varney granted a widow's pension in 1864. Also listed as N. H. Varney at Andersonville.  Brother of Edward B. Varney.

 

Company E -- none

 

Company F

James Everett Alden  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 10/31/64. Paroled 4/28/65.  Mustered out 5/23/65. Living in Springfield, Massachusetts, on the 1870 Federal census. Died 11/26/1921 in Torrington, Connecticut, of a cerebral hemorrhage. Buried in the Springfield Cemetery at Springfield, Massachusetts, plot #1861 (surname listed as "Aldin").  Worked as a stock broker/banker managing Richter & Co. ("investment securities") in Springfield. Testified at the trial of Captain Henry Wirz. He testified to having knowledge of seven prisoners who were shot by he Confederate sentinels.  He told the military tribunal, I have seen acts of cruelty committed by Captain Wirz.  He acknowledged that he had not actually seen Wirz himself commit any such acts but said he witnessed Wirz order the guards to use their clubs to force the prisoners back into line. According to his obituary in The Springfield Daily Republican of 11/30/1921, Alden was  commander of I. W. Steele GAR post of Torrington…was president of Co. F Association of the 4th Vermont regiment and a member of the National association of Andersonville Survivors…  Also listed as J. W. Ulden at Andersonville.

Phineas Bemis Listed in Peck's Roster as captured 6/22/64.  POW records indicate he was captured 6/22/64 but his company muster roll shows him absent as a POW since 6/23/64.  Paroled 2/26/65 and died the same day.  Buried in the National Cemetery at Wilmington, North Carolina, probably in plot #3-2037 identified as "T. Bemis d. 3/11/65."

Amos L. Bontell (Boutell) Died at Andersonville 10/3/64. Not identified in the Andersonville Cemetery (May be interred in grave #11747 as "A. Boulon.") Benedict lists his death as 10/1/64. Margaret E. Boutell granted a widow's pension in 1865. Also listed as Amos L. Boutell and Bontel at Andersonville.

Joseph Freeman Drury  Paroled 12/13/64.  Died 2/11/65 of disease at Saxton's River, Vermont, another victim of rebel cruelty to our prisoners according to The Bellows Falls Times of 2/24/65.  Vermont newspapers reported his death as 2/18/65.  Buried in the Saxton's River Cemetery at Saxton's River. Mary M. Drury granted a mother's pension  unknown date.

Charles W. Elliot (Elliott) Died at Andersonville 10/4/64 of SCORBUTUS. Grave #10316.  Louisa Elliott granted a mother's pension in 1865. Listed as C. Ellot and Charles W. Elliott.

Clark A. Ferguson Listed in Peck's Roster as having died at Andersonville 10/?1/64. Died at Millen, Georgia, 10/11/64. Listed as P. Ferguson in the National Cemetery at Lawton, Georgia.   Remains moved to National Cemetery at Beaufort,  South Carolina, section 23, plot #2033  under name of Clark A. Furguson. Jane S. Ferguson granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Roscoe Fisher  Paroled 4/15 or 4/21/65.  Mustered out 5/18/65. The St. Albans Daily of 8/20/1902 listed him among those attending the reunion of Co. F 4th Vermont held at Brattleboro. He also was one of seven veterans to attend the 1906 Company F reunion at the dedication of the  Brattleboro Civil War monument on the site of Camp Holbrook. Died 5/20/1917.  Buried in the Meeting House Hill Cemetery at Brattleboro. Granted an invalid pension in 1882. Lura L. Fisher granted a widow's pension in 1917.

Thomas Flinn (Flynn) Peck's Roster, pension records, and the CWS&SS list his capture as 6/20/64.  Paroled 4/28/65.  Discharged 5/23/65.  Died 1/31/1922.  An obituary in The Burlington Free Press of 2/1/1922 reported: Thomas Flinn died at the home of Kate J. Hildreth, 82 North Champlain Street last evening at 8 o'clock. He was 80 years old. Mr. Flinn was a soldier of the Civil War, a corporal in Company F of the 4TH. Vermont Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted in 1862 and was honorable discharged May 23, 1865. He was in many important engagements and June 23, 1864, was taken prisoner at Welden Railroad, VA. serving eleven months at Andersonville Prison. The funeral will be held at St. Mary's Cathedral, the date to be announced later. The newspaper identified his burial as being in Mt. Calvary Cemetery at Burlington, Vermont. Actually, buried across the street in St. Joseph Cemetery where he is listed in nonexistence  plot #E-174.  Probably interred in the James Flynn plot F-174 but no stone for him found.

Melvin Monroe Hale  Paroled 11/26/64.  Mustered out 6/19/65 near Washington, D.C.   Died 2/20/84 at Leeds, Massachusetts, of consumption. His attending physician wrote he died of dropsy…caused by disease of the heart following rheumatism contracted while in the late war as a soldier. Buried in the Bellevue Cemetery at Lawrence, Massachusetts.  Granted an invalid pension from Massachusetts in 1882 due to scurvy, rheumatism and resulting kidney disease from exposure at Andersonville.  Sarah A. Hale granted a widow's pension from Massachusetts in 1887.

Alonzo Howard Heath   Paroled 12/13/64. Returned to his regiment.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Living in Sherman, Maine, after 1880. Listed as residing in Sherman Hills (actually Sherman Mills), Maine, on 1908 roster and in Sherman, Aroostook County, Maine, on 1910 Federal census. Listed erroneously by the Vermont Adjutant General as died 9/2/62 and buried in the Village Cemetery at Cabot, Vermont, (probably his father). Died 11/24/1913. Buried in Cemetery #2 on Golden Ridge Road in Sherman,  Maine.  Gravestone reads:

GAR

Alonzo Heath

Co. F 4th

Reg. Vt. Vol. Inf.

1841-1914

Granted an invalid pension from Maine unknown date, probably 1912.  After investigation, Lovina A. Heath granted a widow's pension from Maine in 1914.

James A. Ingraham Died at Andersonville 11/?/64.  Not identified in the Andersonville Cemetery.

Ferdinand Klinger [Klinge]  Paroled 4/15 or 4/28/65.  Mustered out 5/23/65.  Living in Brattleboro, Vermont, working as a machinist in 1871. Moved to Holyoke, Massachusetts, and died 8/4/1921 at Easthampton, Massachusetts. Buried in the Prospect Hill Cemetery at Brattleboro, Vermont. Ferdinand Klinger enlisted 8/22/61 and was discharged for disability (chronic diarrhea) 1/3 or 1/6/63.  He reenlisted 2/20/63 and served at the General Hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont,  as a nurse, orderly, and clerk. He rejoined his company in June 1864.  Also listed as Ferinand Klinger and F. Klinher at Andersonville and F. N. Klinger, F. L. Klinger, and F. Clinger in his military record. Family surname was Klinge. Belonged to GAR Post #86 (W. L. Baker) in Northampton, Massachusetts and GAR Post #166 (George C. Strong) in Easthampton. As Ferdinand Klinge granted an invalid pension in 1891 from Massachusetts.

Dennis Mahoney  Paroled 11/19/64.  Died at Petersburg, Virginia, in the Regimental Hospital 4/3/65 of wounds received 4/2/65. Both legs shattered by a shell in action.  Minor Children's Claim for Pension granted in 1865 to L. G. Mead guardian of Patrick Mahoney aged 13 and Mary Mahoney aged 10. Probably re-interred in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery at Petersburg as an "unknown U. S. Soldier."

Franklin  Oaks  Paroled 2/26/65.  Mustered out 3/17/65.  Died 4/10/84.  Buried in the Valley Cemetery at Athens, Vermont.

Henry Perry  Paroled 3/4/65.  Mustered out 7/13/65.  Died 12/6/84 in New York City.  Buried in the South Newfane-Branch Road Cemetery at Newfane, Vermont. Listed on the Civil War monument on the village green in Newfane, Vermont.

Fred W. Rice Died at Andersonville  10/31/64 of DYSENTERY.  Grave #11691.

William Delos Ryerson Died at Millen, Georgia 10/31/64. Amanda M. Ryerson granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Royal O. Scott Died at Andersonville 12/12/64 of  DYSENTERY.  Grave #12266. Royal Scott granted a father's pension in 1868.

Thomas B. Sexton  Died at Andersonville 9/1 of DIARRHEA.  Grave #7509.  Listed as T. B. Seaton.  Benedict lists his death as 9/11/64. James B. Sexton granted  father's pension in 1866.  Peronelia Sexton granted a mother's pension in 1870. Listed as T. B. Seaton at Andersonville.

Winthrop C. Stevens Sent to Millen, Georgia 11/11/64. The Barry Report on National Cemeteries lists him as known to have died at Millen. Recorded in Peck's Roster as admitted to hospital at Andersonville 4/13/65. W. Stephens of Co. F 4th Vermont Infantry is listed as exchanged 4/1/65 in the CWS&SS. His service record on the company Mustering-Out Roll at Hall's Hill, Virginia, on 7/13/65 states he was last paid to 2/29/65 and under "remarks" adds:  Erroneously dropped from the rolls Jan & Feb 1865.  Transferred from Co. G 2/25/1865. Absent sick. Paroled prisoner.  No discharge furnished. [This card has the name "William Stevens" apparently confusion with William Stevens of Co. G 4th Vermont who died of wounds 6/12/64.] A "notation card" in the service record dated 6/27/1876 states:  Admitted to Hospl at Andersonville Ga 4/13/1865 with diarrhoea and was reported exchanged April 1865.  Investigation fails to elicit further information. A Civil War soldier named W. Stephens is buried in the National Cemetery at Annapolis, Maryland, section L site 549, but his stone is inscribed "Indiana" and he appears to have been a private in Co. G of an unrecorded Indiana regiment. No pension record found at the National Archives. Not listed as buried in the Stevens Cemetery at Barnet, Vermont, nor recorded as having died in Vermont. Although credited to the town of Barnet,  his name is omitted from the list of soldiers from Barnet on the 1915 Civil War memorial in Barnet Village. Also, listed variously as W. H. Stevens, M. Stevens, William Stevens, and W. C. Stephens at Andersonville and in his service record.

George A. Wells Died at Andersonville  8/28/64 of DIARRHEA c.  Grave  #7063. Recta Wells granted a widow's pension in  1865. There is a cenotaph in Weatherhead Hollow Cemetery at  Guilford, Vermont.

Oliver A. Wilson In prison hospital and thought to have died at Goldsboro, North Carolina,  2/23/65. Reported as buried in the National Cemetery at New Berne, North Carolina but not listed in any  National cemetery. Mary S. Wilson granted a mother's pension in 1873.

James M. Woods Died at Andersonville  10/24/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #11398.

Thomas Young Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Died and buried at Florence, South Carolina 1/21/65.  Benedict lists his death as 2/25/65. Listed as buried in the National Cemetery at Florence, South Carolina.  Also listed as F. Young at Andersonville.

 

Company G

Charles Adams Paroled 2/28/65.  Mustered out 4/21/65.  Died 4/26/1909. He is buried in the Peacham Corners Cemetery at Peacham, Vermont next to his wife with simple paired grave stones--his reads: 

CHARLES ADAMS

1840 - 1909

Granted an invalid pension in 1871.  Chloe T. Adams granted a widow's pension in 1909.

Charles S. Bowker  Listed in the CWS&SS as captured 6/23/64 at the Weldon Railroad. Peck's Roster records Charles S. Bowker as discharged 5/7/62 for disability.  He is carried on the company Muster Roll for May-June 1864 as "absent sick in Gen. Hosp." and as "absent-sick" until expiration of service 9/20/64.  His listing as being captured 6/23/64 appears to do to a clerical mix-up with John Boyce of Co. I. Died 12/23/79.  Buried in the Restland Cemetery at Wilmington, Vermont.

Russell T. Chamberlin Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/20/64.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Living in Portland, Oregon, on 1910 Federal census.  Attended 50th  GAR reunion at Gettysburg in 1913 from Oregon. Died 12/3/1918 in Portland as Russell T. Chamberlain. Buried in the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery at Portland. As Russell S. Chamberlin granted an invalid pension in 1914.  Mary E. Chamberlin granted a widow's pension in 1918 from Oregon.

Moses Ryder Cheever  Paroled 2/28/65.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Listed on 1880 Federal census as a cider maker living in San Francisco. Applied for an invalid pension in 1896 from ?Colorado (maybe California.) Listed in the 1896 San Francisco directory as employed in mining. Probably died on or before 1/25/1900 when his wife, Mary (or Annie) Pennie Cheever, applied for a widow's pension from California. Not listed in the California Death Index, as having died in Los Angeles County in 1900, nor in the San Francisco Death Record "Book O" (July 1, 1898 to March 16, 1900). Not listed in the Colorado Veterans' Grave Registrations 1862-1949. His wife is listed as a widow living in Los Angeles on 1900 Federal census. Possibly listed as Moses Ryder Cheener on pension records. Pension records reported lost in Veterans' Administration storage (thought to have been destroyed in a fire in the VA storage facility in St. Louis.)

Charles P. Leonard  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 4/28/64.  Mustered out 5/23/65.  Died 3/17/1905.  Buried in the Elmwood Cemetery at Northfield, Vermont. Also listed as Charles P. Leonards at Andersonville. Granted an invalid pension in 1880.  Ellen S. Leonard granted a widow's pension in 1905.

Wesley P. Martin.  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 4/1 or 4/28/65.  Mustered out 5/23/65.  Died 6/11/1902.  Buried in the Eaton Cemetery at Marshfield, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1880. Also listed as W. R. Martin at Andersonville.

Jonas Galusha McLoud  Paroled 11/19/64.  Mustered out 6/27/65. In 1868 left Vermont to reside in Steele County, Minnesota, where farmed near the village of Bixby. Described as being in continuing poor health since Andersonville.   Prior to 1898 committed to the Rochester State Hospital for senility. Died 12/15/1902 of "general debility following a fall." Buried in Oak  Hill Cemetery at Clinton Falls, Minnesota.  Listed as Jonas G. McLoud/McCloud died 10/15/1892 (sic) on the interrnet Oak Hill Cemetery  list.  Granted an invalid pension in 1867. Biographical sketch in 1887 reported Mr. McLoud was taken prisoner June 23, 1864 at Petersburg and realized all the horrors of Richmond, Libby, Belle Isle and Andersonville prisons. An obituary in The Owatonna Peoples Press on 12/19/1902 makes no mentions that he was a Civil War veteran.

Patrick Mooney  Paroled 4/28/65. Mustered out 5/23/65.  Died 9/25/95.  Buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery at Putney, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in ?1889.  Kate Mooney granted a widow's pension in ?1908.

Orin Nelson (Orrin Nelson)  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Died while a POW at Wilmington, North Carolina 3/5 or 3/6/65.  Buried in the National Cemetery at Wilmington, North Carolina, as "Aaron Nelson PVT. Co. G 4th Kentucky" section 5 site #1403. There is a grave stone (probably a cenotaph) in the Woodbury Center Cemetery at Woodbury, Vermont, bearing the inscription:

Orrin Nelson

Born 1847

Died 3/5/1865

18 yrs.  4 mos.

Co. G 4th Vermont Volunteers

Son of Alva and Laura Nelson

William E. Parrish  Listed in the CWS&SS as captured 6/23/64 at the Weldon Railroad.  Peck's Roster lists his capture as 5/5/64.  Reported in the Vermont Adjutant General's Report as sick in General Hospital 7/13/64.  The St. Johnsbury Soldiers' Record records he was wounded and captured during the battle of the Wilderness.  Survived  Andersonville.  Supposed to have died while a POW.

John E. Paul Died at Andersonville 10/1/64 of SCORBUTUS. Grave #10237.  Benedict lists his death as 10/2/64. Harriet B. Hall granted a widow's pension in 1865. Listed as John C. Paul at Andersonville. There is a cenotaph in the Highland Cemetery at Chelsea, Vermont, inscribed:

JOHN E. PAUL

Co. G 4th Reg. Vt. Vol.

Died at

Andersonville, Ga.

Oct. 2, 1864

Æ 39 yrs. 9 mos.

Samuel Ward Rollins  Paroled 12/10/64. Died 1/14/65. Buried in the Danville Green Cemetery at Danville, Vermont. His grave stone reads:


Samuel W. Rollins

 Aged 29

Son of Benj. & Catherine Rollins

3 years a member of Co. G 4th Vt. Infantry

 died at Danville, Vt.  14 Jan 1865

of diseases Contracted by 6 mos.  Confinement

 in the Rebel Prisons of Ga.

 Catherine Rollins granted a mother's pension in 1880.

Henry M. Sanborn Died at Andersonville 9/11 or 10/11/64 of DIARRHEA c. Grave  #10969. There is a cenotaph in the Button Cemetery at South Tunbridge, Vermont that reads:

JOSEPH SANBORN

         - 1855

EUNICE M., HIS WIFE

1803 - 1896

Their sons

HENRY, Co. G 4th Vt. Inf.

1837 - 1864

ROYAL  Co. E 2nd Vt. Inf.

1843 - 1903

Martha Sanborn granted a widow's pension in 1867. A minor's pension granted in 1867 for J. F.  Bennett. Listed as H. Sanburn at Andersonville.

Walter Scribner  Paroled 4/28/65 at Jacksonville, Florida.  Mustered out 5/23/65 at Brattleboro, Vermont. Living in Worcester, Vermont, on 1870 Federal census and Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1891. Died in South Groveland, Massachusetts 2/4/1905. Buried in Riverview Cemetery at Groveland.  Death certificated gives cause of death as heart disease. His name is on a stone in the West Church Cemetery at Calais, Vermont. Initially granted an invalid pension in 1866. A pension application of 1890 lists ailments as scurvy, chronic diarrhea, rheumatism & heart disease.  Mary Scribner granted a widow's pension in 1905 from Massachusetts. 

William Twaddle Died at Andersonville 10/26/64 of SCORBUTUS. Grave #11476.  Listed as W. Swaddle.

Ezra G. Williams Died at Florence, South Carolina 11/24/64. Listed as buried in the National Cemetery at Florence, South Carolina. Ellen M. Williams granted a widow's pension in 1865.

 

Company H

Joseph H. Eaton Died at Millen, Georgia,  date unknown. Elizabeth D. Eaton granted a mother's pension in 1865. 

Eli P. Gerry Died at Andersonville 1/26/65 of DIARRHEA c. Grave  #12531.  Listed as E. B., E. T., and E. I. Garry at Andersonville. Also recorded as died at Salisbury 1/14/65. Sarah Gerry granted a widow's pension in 1865.  B. F. Scott granted a minor's pension in 1867.  Listed on the Civil War monument on the village green at Cabot, Vermont, to the memory of Cabot soldiers who fell in the great rebellion of 1861-1865.

John M. Hibbard Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/65. Died  at Millen, date unknown. Erroneously listed by the Vermont Adjutant General as buried in the Walden Heights Cemetery, Walden, Vermont (gravestone reads "Philura H. Hibbard, wife of John M. Hibbard). Philura H. Hibbard granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Adolphus B. Perry, Jr. Died at Andersonville 3/3/65 of DIARRHEA c.  Grave #12712. Abigail Perry granted a mother's pension  in 1865. There is a cenotaph in the West Hill Cemetery at Cabot, Vermont. Listed on the Civil War monument on the village green at Cabot, Vermont, to the memory of Cabot soldiers who fell in the great rebellion of 1861-1865.

Edgar H. Preston  Belle Isle 6/28-6/29/64. Departed Andersonville 9/7/64 for Savannah, Georgia. Arrived Millen, Georgia, 10/3/64. Died at Millen, 10/28/64. Sarah A. Preston granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Ruel J. Rounds  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64.  Probably died Millen, Georgia, date unknown. Benedict states … captured 6/23 and not heard from after…probably died in the enemy's hands.

Horace E. Rowe Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/24/64.  Mustered out 3/11/65.  Died 12/17/1903.  Buried in the Danville Green Cemetery at Danville, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1877.  Lizzie A. Rowe granted a widow's pension in 1904.  

Francis A. Skinner Died at Andersonville 8/15/64 of SCORBUTUS. Grave #5707. Clara Skinner granted a widow's pension in 1865. There is a cenotaph in the Highland Cemetery at Chelsea, Vermont, bearing the epitaph:

God has marked every sorrowing day

And numbered every secret tear.

William A. Smith Died at Andersonville 8/5/64.  E. H. Preston’s diary records the death as 9/2/64 . Not identified in the Andersonville Cemetery.

William N. West  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 3/4/65.  Mustered out 7/17/65. Listed on 1880 Federal census as a day laborer living in Peachem, Vermont.  Died 2/25/1910.  Buried in the Peacham Corners Cemetery at Peacham, Vermont. A large granite WEST family stone bears the inscription:

G.A.R.

WILLIAM N. WEST

1836 - 1910

SERG. CO. H 4 VT. VOLS.

PRISONER 9 MONTHS

IN ANDERSONVILLE

Granted an invalid pension in 1874.  Elvira E. West granted a widow's pension in 1910.

 

 Company I

John Boyce Wounded 5/5/64.  Reported in 1870 to have died of scurvy at Andersonville on 11/20/64 by messmate at Andersonville. Not identified in the Andersonville Cemetery. Peck's Roster lists him as paroled 11/30/64 and supposed to have died. Reported to have died at Andersonville on the CWS&SS. Harriet A. Boyce granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Leonard N. Cummings  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 2/28/65.  Mustered out 7/13/65.  Died 4/29/67.  Buried in the Cutting (Intervale) Cemetery at Wilmington, Vermont. His grave stone is peculiar. It appears there are two veterans buried in plot #45.  One side bears the inscription:

LEONARD N. CUMMINGS

Co. I 4th Vt. Vols

1839 - 1867

while the other face is inscribed:

SOLOMON GATES

Co. I 6 Vt. Vols.

1832 - 1891

Also listed as L. W. Cummings at Andersonville.

Elias B. Dow  Paroled 12/13/64. Discharged  7/1/65 for disability. Granted an invalid pension in 1865. Receiving $15 per month at time of his death. Living in  South Strafford, Vermont, on 1870 Federal census. Died 2/13/72. Buried in the Evergreen Cemetery at Strafford, Vermont. Pension application states Dow came home [from Andersonville] with his health all broken down with chronic diarrhea of the bowels resulting in 3 shocks of apoplexy of the last of which he died.  Aurora Dow granted a widow's pension in 1872.

Luther Eames  Paroled 2/26/65.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Died 11/26/1905.  Buried in the Vermont Soldiers Home Cemetery at Bennington, Vermont, section 1 plot  #B20. Granted an invalid pension in 1880.

Joseph M. Edson  Date of parole unknown.  Mustered out 7/13/65.  Died 9/23/88.  Buried in the Prospect Hill Cemetery  at Brattleboro, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension unknown date.  Jennie E. Edson granted a widow's pension unknown date.

George H. Estabrooks Died Wilmington, North Carolina, 3/26/65.  Buried in the National Cemetery at Wilmington, North Carolina,  plot #3-2039. Also listed as C. H. Esterbrooks, G. H. Estabrook and Estrbrook.

George W. French  Paroled 12/13/64.  Mustered out 7/13/65.  Died 8/2/1908.  Buried in the Lake View Cemetery at Addison, Vermont.

Hiram J. Gorham  In the engagement along the Weldon Railroad, a short time before he was captured, Gorham was struck in his left shoulder by a spent ball. The bullet passed through his coat but did not penetrate to the flesh, causing only a temporary lameness. Also, Sergeant Gorham, while on picket line on that morning, discovered a rebel soldier, captured him, and took him to the headquarters of Gen. Wright.  Gorham with Francis Hosmer escaped 7/6/64 from a train 7/6/64 near Greensboro, North Carolina. They were recaptured 7/22/64 near Boone Court House, Watauga County, and incarcerated in the Boone Jail for several days. Marched to the railroad at Morgantown. Arrived Salisbury, North Carolina, 7/28/64.  Departed Salisbury 8/6/64.  Arrived Andersonvile 8/11/64. During 10/64 sent to Savannah for one month and then transferred to Millen.  After 2-3 weeks at Millen returned to Andersonville  via Savannah and various other stops arriving 12/23/64. Released 4/28/65 at Lake City, Florida.  Mustered out 5/23/65 at Brattleboro, Vermont. Worked as a  farmer in Lyndonville, Vermont, until 1873 when he became a locomotive engineer. On the 1880 Federal census he s listed as a railroad engineer  living in Greenbrier, West Virginia.   Living in Huntington, West Virginia, until 1884, then Lexington, Kentucky, until 1888, and Nashville, Tennessee, until 1891working for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. He suffered an injury to the right elbow in 1888 while reversing a locomotive on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad making it impossible to perform manual labor.   Residing in Henryville, Lawrence County, Tennessee, until 1900. On the 1908 4th Vermont Infantry Association roster his home is listed as Washington D.C. Attended the 50th GAR Reunion at Gettysburg in 1913 from Georgia.  Lived with his son in Alabama; Macon, Georgia; and Beresford, Florida, until 10/21/1918 when, at the age of 74, he entered the Vermont Soldiers Home in Bennington. He was discharge 2/1/1919 for refusing to pay the $20 per month as he agreed to do when admitted. He owed the Home $73.33. Died 10/12/1921 of chronic interstitial nephritis at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Southern Branch), Hampton, Virginia. Buried in the National Cemetery at Hampton, Virginia, plot #B9121G. Granted an invalid pension from Tennessee in 1891 claiming sunstroke and sprained elbow while in service.  In 1892 he claimed I was attacked by rheumatism in left shoulder about April 1891. In 1918 he was receiving a pension of $40 per month. In 1920, a year prior to his death, his pension was increased to $50 per month. Also listed as Hiram I. Gorman at Andersonville. 

Charles H. Hall  Paroled 11/19/64.  Mustered out 6/19/65.  Died 6/10/1910.  Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery at Townshend, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1867. Delia M. Hall granted a widow's pension in 1910.  Family oral history related that:

 [Hall] was captured by the Southern army and sent to the prison in Andersonville…he became so ill that prison authorities freed him, with a companion, because the two were expected to die anyway, and it might save digging a hole to bury them.  Somehow, the two men lived and they slowly worked their way North and came home.  Mr. Hall never recovered from the effects of the war, although he married and had three children and bought them to…a farm in [Townshend] Vermont.     

John C. Hogan.  Paroled 2/26 or 2/28/64 at North East Ferry, North Carolina. Listed as mustered out 7/13/65 as "absent sick paroled prisoner" with notation that "Investigation fails to elicit any further information."   An 1880 affidavit by John O'Connor formerly of Co. I 4th Vermont Infantry, stated he saw John C. Hogan killed 6/12/64 at Cold Harbor struck by a musket ball in the forehead.  This is almost certainly erroneous as the CWS&SS confirms that John C. Hogan of Co. I 4th Vermont Infantry was captured at the Weldon Railroad, held at and survived Andersonville. Peck's Roster  lists  Private O'Connor as having deserted 5/20/64 and returned on unlisted date.    Michael Hogan granted a father's pension in 1885.

Francis J. Hosmer  Escaped from train 7/6/64 near Greensboro, North Carolina. Recaptured 7/22/64 near Boone Court House, Watauga County, and incarcerated in the Boone Jail for several days. Marched to the railroad at Morgantown. Arrived Salisbury, North Carolina, 7/28/64.  Departed Salisbury 8/6/64.  Arrived Andersonvile 8/11/64. During 10/64 sent to Savannah for one month and then transferred to Millen.  After 2-3 weeks at Millen returned to Andersonville  via Savannah and various other stops arriving 12/23/64. Released 4/28/65 at Lake City, Florida.  Mustered out 5/23/65. Resided in Greenfield, Massachusetts, where he manufactured small tools and was respected in the business community. He published an account of his POW experience in A Glimpse of Andersonville in 1896. Attended 50th GAR Reunion at Gettysburg in 1913 from Massachusetts.   Belonged to GAR Post #10 (George H. Ward) in Worcester, Massachusetts, and was commander of the Greenfield GAR Post #174 (Erwin E. Day). Died 2/24/1919. Buried in the Forestdale Cemetery at Holyoke, Massachusetts, Section D #19.  There is no GAR flag holder. An obituary in The Greenfield Recorder of 2/28/1919  reported he carried a rebel bullet which he received at the battle of Spotsylvania courthouse in his body for the remainder of his life.   Granted an invalid pension from Massachusetts in 1904. 

Marcus J. Howard Died at Millen, Georgia, 10/23/64. James A. Howard granted a father's pension unknown date.

Stephen Hubbard Nelson Admitted prison hospital at Andersonville 11/10/64. Died at Andersonville 12/13/64 of SCORBUTUS. Grave #12283. Reported stomped to death  by Captain Wirz in various prisoners' accounts and scene depicted in a post-war print by Thomas O'Dea. Minerva W. Nelson granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Edgar W. Paige Died at Andersonville 10/17/64 of SCORBUTUS. Grave #11041.  Listed as E. Page at Andersonville. Mary Paige granted a mother's pension in 1865.

Albert L. Pike Paroled 12/10/64.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Died 6/26/71 in fall from a tree. Buried in the Sherman Cemetery at Whitingham, Vermont. The Inscription reads:

ALBERT L. PIKE

CO. I 4 REG. VT. VOL.

1842 --- 1871

Granted an invalid pension unknown date.

Norman Taylor Pike Died Andersonville 11/30/64 of DIARRHEA c.  Grave #12198. 

Otis H. Pike  Paroled 2/26/65.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Described as a carpenter residing in Whitingham, Vermont, on the 1880 Federal census. Living in North Adams, Massachusetts, on the 1900 Federal census and in Lynn, Massachusetts, on 1908 roster. Residing in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Eastern Branch in Togus, Maine, on 1910 Federal census. Returned to his daughter's home and died 5/4/1917 in the Union Hospital at Lynn.  Buried in Pine Grove Cemetery at Lynn.

William Henry Seymour  Paroled 12/10/64.  Mustered out 7/13/65 at Halls Hill, Virginia.  Lived in Spencer, Dedham, and Needham, Massachusetts. Died 1/14/96 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, at the age of 80. Buried at East Brookfield, Massachusetts, according to New Hampshire records. Probably buried in the East Brookfield Cemetery (now Evergreen Cemetery) at East Brookfield with his wife, Pallace Seymour, in the Sullivan and Nancy Richardson (his parents-in-law) plot.  There is no inscription for either Pallace or William Seymour. Granted an invalid pension from Massachusetts in 1889.  Reported I was exchanged in Dec 1864 being almost dead with diarrhea.  Claimed chronic diarrhea since Andersonville. Gave his age as 39 upon enlistment in 1861 but probably closer to 46.  Served in the U. S. Navy 1836-39.

Edwin Ruel Shumway  Paroled 2/28/65.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Living in Worchester, Massachusetts, on 1908 roster and 1920 Federal census. Member of GAR Post #10 (George H. Ward) in Worcester.  Served as an officer in the Massachusetts militia.  The Worcester Daily Spy of 5/10/1901 lists him as a lieutenant colonel in the Emmet Guards. Died 10/16/1924. Buried in the Hope Cemetery at Worcester. Granted an invalid pension from Massachusetts in 1890.  Mabel L. Shumway granted a widow's pension from Massachusetts in ?1924.

Cyrus Thornton  Smith.  Paroled 12/10/64 at Charleston. Reported Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, 12/16/64. Arrived home in Cambridge, Vermont, on furlough in January 1865 looking more like an Egyptian mummy than a live human being. Returned to his company in March 1865.  Mustered out 7/13/65. He was a merchant dwelling initially in Fairfax, Vermont. Described in his obituary as never since [his military service] has been well.  Died 10/1/81 of "consumption." Buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery at Underhill, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1880.  Maria Smith granted a widow's pension in ?1885.

William A. Thompson Died at Andersonville 10/20/64 of SCORBUTUS. Grave #11220. Mary F. Thompson granted a mother's pension in 1868.

 

 

 Company K

Lewis Bumblebee (Lewis Bourdon)  Paroled 4/21/65.  Mustered out 5/18/65. Living in Woodstock, Vermont on 1908 roster. Died 2/25/1912 of "chronic ventricular disease." Buried in the River Street Cemetery at Woodstock, Vermont. Lewis Bumblebee (aka Lewis Bourdon) granted an invalid pension in 1867.  Cluffe G. Bumblebee granted a widow's pension in 1912. Probably brother of Leander Bordeau (Bourdon) of  Co. H 11th Vermont Infantry.

William P. Fisk Died Andersonville 10/15/64 of DIARRHEA c. Grave #10969. David A. Fisk granted a father's pension in 1883. There is a cenotaph in the Mount Hope Cemetery at Northfield, Vermont.

Charles V. Flint Died at Andersonville 10/22 or 23/64 of SCORBUTUS. Grave #11351.  Listed as Charles B. Flint at Andersonville. Hannah E. Flint granted a mother's pension in 1871.

Frank Glazier  Paroled 2/27/65.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Died 8/15/1903  He suffered an apoplectic shock at Gouldsville [now called Northfield Falls, part of Northfield, Vermont.] Buried in the old Gouldsville Cemetery. The Argus & Patriot of 8/19/1903 reporting his death observed He served in the Civil war being a member of Company K, Fourth Vermont Volunteers, having been a prisoner at one time in Libby prison…The burial service was conducted by the G.A.R. Granted an invalid pension in 1891 being unable to work by reason of scurvy and its results, rheumatism and disease of heart.  Almira E. Glazier granted a widow's pension in 1903.

Kendrick Ralph Howard Departed Andersonville 9/28/64. Arrived Savannah, Georgia, 9/29 for one month. Left Millen, Georgia, 11/18/64. Arrived Savannah 11/19/64 and paroled same day. Left Hilton Head, North Carolina, 11/21/64.  Arrived Camp Parole at Annapolis, Maryland, 11/25/64. Mustered out 2/3/65. Living in Evanston, Wyoming Territory, in 1877. Not listed 1880 Federal census nor on the 1883 Pensioners Roll for Uinta County, Wyoming. Appears to he died between 1877 and 1880 as he left an apparently orphaned daughter, Adelia, age 7 on the 1880 Federal census for Unita County, Wyoming.

Charles D. Johnson  Paroled 2/22/65.  Mustered out 7/27/65. Died 5/5/1913. Buried in the Mountain View Cemetery at Orwell, Vermont.  Granted an invalid pension from New York in 1891.

Edward N. Kibbie (Kibbee) Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/26/64.  Mustered out 12/24/64. Enlisted in U. S. Navy in 1866 and served aboard the frigate Franklin in the European Squadron.  Sent home in 1868 for illness and discharged that August  from the Naval Hospital at Brooklyn, New York, on account of heart disease and kidney complaints.  Residing in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Northwestern Branch) at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1891.  Died 3/29/1915 of "cardiac hypertrophic dilatation" in the National Home at Danville, Illinois. Buried in the National Cemetery at Danville under the name Edward N. Kibbes, Columbaria Section 8 grave 2075.  Edward N. Kibbee granted an invalid pension in 1885. Also listed as E. N. Kebia at Andersonville.

William E. Murphy  Date of parole unknown.  Mustered out 7/13/65. No pension record found at the National Archives.  May be the William Murphy age 26 stone cutter  living in Northfield, Vermont, on the 1870 Federal census. Not the William E. Murphy of Co. A  2nd Vermont Infantry who died 12/18/93 and is buried in the Village Cemetery at Bennington, Vermont.

Patrick Riley (Frederick Parker Riley)  Paroled 11/14 or 11/20/64.  Mustered 6/24/65. Died 6/25/1916 at Newport Center, Vermont.  Buried in the Newport Center Cemetery at Newport, Vermont. Patrick Riley (aka Frederick P. Riley) granted an invalid pension in 1871.  Sabra Helen Riley granted a widow's pension in 1916.

Charles Rumney Company Muster Roll records capture as 6/23/64.  Military records give date of capture as 6/22/64 at Petersburg.  Sent to Millen Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled at North East Ferry, North Carolina, 2/26/65.  Received at Camp Parole 3/7/65. Mustered out  7/17/65. Listed at  Andersonville as Charles Rubble, Charles Rowney, Charles Ramey, and L. Rundy.  Although his company muster rolls give his date of capture as 6/23/64, POW records, the CWS&SS, and Peck's Roster list 6/22/64.  Listed on 1880 Federal census as a farm laborer in Berlin, Vermont.  Living in Northfield, Vermont, on 1908 roster and in Berlin, Vermont, on 1910 Federal census. Died 12/15/1911. Buried in Riverton Cemetery at West Berlin, Vermont.

Bradford Poke Sparrow   Was at Belle Isle.  Released 4/1, 4/18, or 4/28/65 near Jacksonville, Florida, "emaciated and weak as to be unable to march, barely escaping with his life." Discharged 6/17/65 from McDougal Hospital in New York harbor for disability that "greatly injured his health." Worked as Assistant Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia until forced to retire "due to consideration of health" in 1880. Listed as residing in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1882. At age 76 he was living at the Vermont Soldiers Home in Bennington, Vermont, on the 1920 Federal census.  Died 8/11/1920. Buried in the Robinson Cemetery at Calais, Vermont.  Granted an invalid pension in 1885.

Azro B. Stiles Died at Andersonville 10/12/64 of DIARRHEA c.  Grave #10811.  Listed as A. B. Styles died 9/12/64 on the Atwater list. Sarah L. Stiles granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Michael C. Tearney (Tierney)  Paroled 2/26/65.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Died 12/23/92.  Buried in the Calvary Cemetery at Rutland, Vermont. Grave stone reads:

M. C. Tierney

Co. D 4th Vermont Inf.

 Mary Tearney granted a widow's pension unknown date.

Morris P. Titus  Paroled 11/20/64.  Mustered out 6/24/65. Listed as a farmer living in Ely, Vermont, on the 1880 Federal census.   Died 12/10/1900.  Buried in the Village Cemetery at Stafford, Vermont. Mary A. Titus granted a widow's pension unknown date.

 

FIFTH REGIMENT

none

SIXTH REGIMENT

none

 

ELEVENTH REGIMENT

 

Killed

Lieutenant Merritt Hoag Sherman Co. C. Shot "over the left eye."  Buried in Hillside Cemetery at Castleton, Vermont. The grave stone is inscribed:

MERRIT H. SHERMAN

LIEUT. Co. C 11th REGT. VT. VOLS.

1842 --- 1864

Listed on the Roll of Honor of the Wesleyan University Class of 1865 for is Civil War service.  His name is among those on a stained glass window in the memorial Chapel at Wesleyan University that commemorates 18 young men of that school who died for the Union.

George W. Colgrove Co. E. Probably buried near the Fenn House and reinterred in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery at Petersburg, Virginia, as an "unknown U.S. Solider."  Livona Colgrove granted a mother's pension in 1864.

Loyal Darling Co. B.  Buried on "Mrs. Finn's farm" (Fenn property). Reinterred in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia, plot #2968. Adeline F. Darling granted a widow's pension in 1864.

Peter Donnelly Co. C. "a minie ball…entered his abdomen about 1 inch to the left of his navel & came out just to the right side of the spinal column & just below the right hip."  Interred on the battlefield by the side of a gigantic pine tree near the Gurley house or near the Globe Tavern.  Lt. Oscar G. French wrote home 12/14/64 that his unit got off the cars [of the City Point Military Railroad] and went into camp not 20 rods from poor Peter's grave. In late December 1864 Edward Burns came to Virginia and probably escorted his step-son's body home. Buried in St. Mary's Cemetery at Fair Haven, Vermont.

Eleazer F. Granger (Ealeron F. Granger) Probably buried near the Fenn House and reinterred in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery at Petersburg, Virginia, as an "unknown U.S. Solider."  Co. A. Martha A. Granger granted a widow's pension in 1864.

Merritt G. Hicks (Merritt G. Hix)   Co. E. "shot through the head."  Probably buried near the Fenn House and reinterred in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery at Petersburg, Virginia, as an "unknown U.S. Solider."   Fidelia Hicks granted a widow's pension in 1864.

Samuel W. Marden Co. A. "struck by a musket ball which passed entirely through his head issuing near the right ear."  He was age 17. According to the Soldiers' Record of the Town of St. Johnsbury,  In the engagement at the Welden (sic) Railroad…our forces were driven back by the advance of a heavy column of the enemy, and down a descending piece of ground.  The rebels occupied the crest of the hill. Company A of the 11th secreted themselves amongst the grass…Young Marden raised his head--the better perhaps to sight the foe--when he was struck by a musket ball…He was taken off the field, and though unconscious, lived some little time. He was buried near a house about a mile in rear (Fenn House.) Presumably reinterred in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia.  Listed on the St. Johnsbury Civil War Memorial as Samuel W. Marden killed in action.

Charles B. Sewell, Jr. Co. A. Probably buried near the Fenn House and reinterred in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery at Petersburg, Virginia, as an "unknown U.S. Solider."    Charles B. Sewell granted a father's pension in 1868.

Nathan Smith Co. A. Reported to be buried (may be a cenotaph) in Sutton, Vermont. There is a death certificate for Nathan Smith on microfilm at the Vermont Department of Vital Statistics for the town of Sutton indicating that he was killed in action 6/23/1864, however, he is not listed in the Sutton town clerk's burial records. A search of the four cemeteries in Sutton failed to locate a stone marker. A Catalogue of Sutton, Vermont, Cemeteries does not list a Nathan Smith.  Adalard M. Smith granted a widow's pension in 1865.

 

Wounded

William W. Bailey Co. H. Transferred to VRC 12/24/64. Mustered out 7/30/65.  Died 4/29/1901.  Buried in the Felchville Cemetery at South Reading, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1865. Frances A. Bailey granted a widow's pension in 1901.

Matrin Van Buren Bemis Co. F. “arm.” Arm amputated just above (or just below)  the elbow. Discharge for wound 12/15/64. A biography written in 1890 reported, "Martin was a Civil War soldier serving in Co. "F" 11th Vt. Reg't. He lost an arm during a major battle, but this never stopped Martin from doing the work of a man who had both his arms.” Died 10/12 or 10/14/1925. Buried in Pine Grove Cemetery at North Springfield, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1865.

Moses Eugene Browe Co. E. Mustered out 8/25/65. Living in Fresno, California, on 1910 Federal census. Died 3/27/1933.  Buried in the North Selma Cemetery at Selma, California. The grave stone reads:

MOSES EUGENE BROWE

CO. E

1st VT.

HV. ARTY.

JUNE 11, 1848

MAR 27, 1933

Granted an invalid pension in 1865.  Helena A. Browe granted a widow's pension from California in 1933. 

Edward Cady Co. A. Died 7/30 or 7/31/64 in Washington. Buried in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, section 13 plot #7456.

James Carlisle Co. C. “chin and arm, severe.” Died 6/25/64. No James Carlisle located in any of the Orwell, Vermont, cemeteries.  Maria A. Carlisle granted a widow's pension in 1864.

Albert Dickey Co. A.  Died 8/20 or 8/25/64.  Buried in the East Topsham Cemetery at Topsham, Vermont.

Orville Drown Co. A. "severe wound in left forearm…some bone removed" In General Hospital 8/31/64 on account of wound. Discharge for wounds 12/20/64.  Living in Washington D.C. on  1890 roster and  on 1880, 1910 and 1920 Federal census. Worked for the U. S. Post Office and then the War Department until 1921.  Died 4/23/1921 in Washington D.C. and buried in Glenwood Cemetery at Washington. There is no mention of his Civil War service.  Granted an invalid pension in 1865. In 1870 while residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  requested commutation for an artificial arm.  Sarah E. Drown granted a widow's pension from Washington D.C. unknown date.

Samuel C. Eaton Co. L. “head slight.” Returned to duty and wounded again 10/19/64 at Cedar Creek, Virginia. Mustered out 8/25/65.  Died 12/11/1917.  Buried in the Mountain View Cemetery at Morristown, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1868.  Julia E. Eaton granted a widow's pension in 1917.

Francis M. Farwell Co. C. “shoulder, dangerous.” Died 8/24/64.  Buried in the National Cemetery at Cypress Hill, New York, plot #1700. David Farwell granted a father's pension in 1867.

Calvin O. Foster Co. C. “arm amputated.” Died 7/28 or 7/29/64 at DeCamp Hospital, David's Island in New York harbor.  Buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Cornwall, Vermont, where an elegant and weathered headstone is inscribed:

Calvin D. Foster

wounded

before Petersburg

June 23

died

at David's Island NY

July 28, 1864.

Æ 22 yrs. 8 mo.

Son of C & M Foster

A member of Co. G 11th Regt. Vt. Vols.

 

When in this yard my grave you see

My Mother Dear weep not for me.

My time hast come, blest is He

That bid me come to eternity.

Zephraim Goodrich Co. D. “wound in heel” according to a newspaper casualty list.  "Head wound, accidentally self-inflicted" according to the military record. Living in Williston, Vermont, on 1890 roster. Died in Williston 11/17/1906. Buried in the Holy Family Cemetery at Essex Junction, Vermont.   Granted an invalid pension in 1868.

Rollin E. Harris Co. E. “thigh.” Mustered 6/24/65. Died 7/23/1934.  Buried in Restland Cemetery at Wilmington, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1880.

William C. Hawkins Co. C. “head.” Died 7/11, 7/14, or 7/15/64 at Willetts, Long Island.  Buried in Section 1 Site 2104 at the National Cemetery at Cypress Hill, Brooklyn, New York where he is listed as "William Hawkins died 10/28/64 Co. M U.S. H. ART." Reinterred (may be a cenotaph) in the West Street Cemetery at Fair Haven, Vermont. Lydia N. Hawkins granted a mother's pension in 1880.

Edward W. O. Hopkins Co. G. “left forearm amputated.” Mustered out 9/25/65.  Died 4/3/93.  Buried in the Village Cemetery at Essex Junction, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1865.  Leonora E. Hopkins granted a widow's pension in 1893.

Patrick Howard Co. A. "struck near the groin, breaking the top of the thigh bone.  The ball passed entirely through his body." Died 6/25/64. Buried near City Point Hospital and subsequently removed to the National Cemetery at City Point, Virginia, section B, division 4, grave #61 (plot #702). He was age 14 when he enlisted. Mary Howard granted a mother's pension in ?1897.

Orrin S. Hunt Co. F. "shot through the hip." Died 7/12/64.  Buried in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, section 13, plot #5754. Julia E. Hunt granted a widow's pension in 1864.

George Kilborn (Kilburne, Kilbourne) Co. C. “arm, dangerous.” Died 7/9/64.  As George Kilbourne buried in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, section 13 grave #5757. Elizabeth Kilborn granted a mother's pension in 1869.

William Lamb Co. C. “head, severe.” Wounded again 4/2/65. Discharged for wound 6/12/65. Died 4/18/91. Buried in the Hillside Cemetery (Poultney Cemetery) at Poultney, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in ?1873. Member of the Joyce Post 49 GAR in Poultney, Vermont.

Edgar Hayward Leonard Co. H.  Died 6/24/64. Died in 2nd Division 6th Corps hospital at or near Petersburg on the 24th day of June 1864 by reason of wounds received in action June 23rd  Buried in the Jennings Hill (Japan) Cemetery at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.  There is no gravestone and only a base remains located about 20 feet from his parents. Location described in Epitaphs of Old Bridgewater by Williams Latham (1882) who lists (sic) Lieut. E. H. Leonard, Co. I, 11th Regt., Vt. Vols.; killed at Petersburg, Va., June 28, 1864, aged 19. Listed in Bridgewater in the Rebellion by Arthur Hooper as buried in Jennings Hill Cemetery. The missing grave stone is reported to reside in a restaurant in East Bridgewater which formally housed the American Legion Post.  It is inscribed:

Lt. E. H. Leonard

Co. H 11th Regt. Vt. Vols.

Killed at Petersburg, Va.

June 28, 1864

Age 19

Austin Malley (Austin Gill) Co. F. "wounded in left arm above the elbow by a musket ball." Left arm amputated three inches from shoulder on 6/24/64. Discharged from Baxter U. S. Army Hospital at Burlington, Vermont, on 12/31/64 by reason of loss of Left Arm in consequence of a Gun Shot Wound in Battle at Weldon R. Road on June 23, 1864. Living In St. George, Vermont, In 1866 Listed on the 1880 Federal census under the name Austin Gill, occupation one armed soldier, residing in South Burlington, Vermont. His death certificate records his name as Austin Gill and lists his occupation as a farmer. His father was William James Gill and his mother was Mary O'Malley. Died 6/10/1908 in Burlington, Vermont, of apoplexy after a three month illness. Buried in the St. Joseph Cemetery at Burlington, under the name Austin Gill in plot B - 30 but no stone found. The 1880 SFVHA Roster lists him as Austin Mallay whereabouts unknown.  Granted an invalid pension of $8 per month commencing 12/31/64.  On 6/9/66 he applied for an increase to $15 permont. At the time of his death he was receiving $55 per month.

John Norton Co. M. "gunshot wound of left thigh."  Mustered out 8/25/65 at Washington D.C. Living in Derby, Vermont, on 1890 roster. Residing in Barton, Vermont, in 1892.  Died 1/23/98 at Barton. The Barton town clerk has no record of his death or burial.

Bennoni Roberts Co. L. “thigh, severe.” Captured 3/27/65. Paroled 3/30/65. Mustered out 6/22/65. Living in Danby, Vermont, on 1890 Roster.  Died 1/1/1914.  Buried in the Protestant Cemetery at East Dorset, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1875.  Esther G. Roberts granted a widow's pension in 1914.

Oliver J. Spooner Co. D. “wounded in hip, seriously.”  Died 7/12/64.  Buried in the Community Cemetery at Jericho Center, Vermont. The grave stone reads:

OLIVER J.

Son of

O. H. & RHONDA

SPOONER

died July 12

1864

Æ 19 yrs

Co. D 1st Regt. Vt.

Artillery

Amidst the patriot band

Who died to save the land

Our son was slain.

 

 Rhonda Spooner granted a mother's pension in 1868.  Oliver Spooner granted a father's pension in 1894.

Peter White  Co. D. “wounded in thigh, not dangerously.” Mustered out 6/24/65. Died 2/14/1904 of "senile asthenia" and buried in Forestdale Cemetery at Holyoke, Massachusetts, Section D #1. There is an upright stone with a badly weathered inscription.

PETER WHITE

CO. D          VT.

is all that remains legible. There is no GAR flag holder. Granted an invalid pension in 1879.

George S. Whitney Co. D. “wounded in arm.” Transferred VRC 2/2/65.  Mustered out 10/3/65. Died 10/4/1912. Buried in the South View Cemetery at Randolph, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1866.

 

Captured Officers –– Field & Line

Major Charles King Fleming  Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 2/28/65.  Discharged 5/15/65. Married into a socially prominent Scarsdale, New York, family. Was a coal merchant in New York City and was a prominent resident of Scarsdale for more than 40 years.  According to The New York Times 7/2/68 Charles K. Fleming of Scarsdale, New York, filed for bankruptcy in New York City 6/4/68. Died 8/18/1919 in Scarsdale.  Buried in Cemetery of St. Thomas the Less at Scarsdale, New York. The grave stone reads:

CHARLES K. FLEMING

1831-1919

Faithful  Soldier and Servant

Unto His Life's End

 Granted an invalid pension in 1905. Mary H. Fleming granted a widow's pension in 1919.

Captain James Edward Eldredge Co. H. Previously POW Lee's Mills 4/16/62. Paroled 5/11/62.  Wounded Cold Harbor 6/1/64.  Escaped 6/29/64. Wounded again at the Opequan, Virginia, 9/19/64. Promoted major 9/19/1864 by brevet for gallantry at the Opequan (third battle at Winchester, Virginia.)   Discharged for wounds 1/10/65. Listed as James Eldridge, a farmer, in Warren, Vermont, on the 1880 Federal census. Residing in Warren on RSVO 1885 Roster and on the 1890 Roster of the Society of the First Vermont Heavy Aritllery/11th Regiment Vermont Volunteers (SFVHA Roster).   Died 8/10/1917.   Buried in the Village Cemetery at Warren.

Captain Edwin J. Morrill Co. A.   Died 6/30/64 of wounds ("the bullet passing through his bowels") received in escape 6/29/64.  Buried at Appomattox Station, Virginia. Reinterred in the Durant Cemetery at Cabot, Vermont. Margaret Morrill granted a mother's pension in 1880.

Captain Darius John Safford Co. L. Escaped 7/1/64. Wounded 9/19/64 at the Opequan, Virginia. Mustered out 8/25/65. Residing in Manchester, New Hampshire, on RSVO 1885 roster. In 1888 Darius J. Safford of Morristown served as one of Vermont's 3 Presidential Electors. Residing in Lempster, New Hampshire, (and Morrisville, Vermont) on the SFVHA 1890 Roster. Died 8/6/95.  Buried in the Riverside Cemetery at Morristown, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1880.

Lt. Henry R. Chase Co. E.  Escaped 10/1/64. Recaptured 10/6/64.  Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65.  Mustered out 8/25/65. Described as a traveling agent for bakery living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on the 1880 Federal census.  Residing in Guilford Centre, Vermont, on RSVO 1885 roster.  Residing in Northampton, Massachusetts, on the SFVHA 1890 Roster.     Died 3/7/1907.  Buried in the Hinesburg Cemetery at Guilford, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension from Massachusetts and the Dakota Territory in 1888.  Elvira H. Chase granted a widow's pension from Massachusetts in 1907.

Lt. John S. Drenan Co. L.  Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65.  Mustered out 5/15/65. Living in Harwick, Vermont, on 1890 roster.  Died 6/17/94.  Buried in the Main Street Cemetery at Hardwick, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1873.  Cornelia M. Drenan granted a widow's pension in 1894.

Lt. Alvan (Alvin) G. Fleury Co. A.  Escaped 7/1/64.  Mustered out 8/25/65.  Moved to Charlotte, Michigan, married three times, was a lawyer, and fathered thirteen children according to the History Town of Isle La Motte. Died 3/31/1913. Buried in the Charlotte Cemetery at Easton City, Michigan. In 1904 it was reported that Several of the leading daily newspapers of Vermont have recently completed a canvas…to determine the youngest volunteer sent to the civil war by the state of Vermont and the honor…belongs to Captain. Alvan G. Fleury of Charlotte [Michigan.) Granted an invalid pension in 1880. In 1908 he appeared as a solicitor in court at Easton County Michigan.   Mary E. Fleury granted a widow's pension from Michigan in 1913.

Lt. Edward F. Griswold Co. L.  Escaped 7/1/64. Recaptured within a few days. Paroled at Fortress Monroe 9/25 or 9/26/64. Sent to Annapolis, Maryland, until exchanged 12/18/64.  Mustered out 6/24/65. Residing in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on RSVO 1885 roster and on the SFVHA 1890 Roster. Was a member of and attended the Centennial Banquet of the 1st Company Connecticut Governor's Horse Guard held in Hartford, Connecticut, 5/8/1888.  Member of GAR Post #1 (Chamberlain) in St. Johnsbury. Granted $50 per month in lieu of what he is now receiving as a pension in an appropriations act of the 64th Congress (1917.)   Died 4/5/1926.  Buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery at St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1907. On display at the Fairbanks Museum in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, is a metal cup taken from Griswold by a Confederate guard at Libby prison and returned to him 30 years later by his former captor.

Lt. Eli R. Hart Co. M. Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65.  Mustered out 6/24/65. Living in Cavendish, Vermont, on 1870 Federal census. Residing in Proctorsville, Vermont, on RSVO 1885 roster.  Living in Laporte, Indiana, on 1890 roster and 1910 Federal census.  Died 10/7/1915.  Buried in the Pine Lake Cemetery at La Porte. His grave marker simply reads:

ELI  R. HART

1939 - 1915

 Granted an invalid pension in 1880 from Ohio based on disability from chills, fever, and rheumatism, a result of prison life. Harriet A. Hart granted a widow's pension from Indiana in 1915.

Lt. John  Harrison  Macomber Co. C.  Prison Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, 7/19/64 until paroled 9/12/64. Wounded 6/7/64, and again 4/2/65 being brevetted captain. Mustered out 8/25/65. Became a Methodist minister at Sauk Centre, Minnesota, in 1866 serving in a number of Minnesota communities.  Signed an affidavit in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1886. Served as U. S. Army chaplain 1880-1900. Post chaplain at Fort Sherman, Idaho, from 1888 to 1890. Also, stationed at Fort Custer, Montana, Angel Island, California, and the Presidio, San Francisco.  Listed on the Idaho Civil War Veterans roster. Listed as a staff officer, U. S. Army, during the Spanish American War & Philippine Insurrection. Died in 12/3/1916 in San Jose, California.  Buried in the San Francisco National Cemetery plot:  OFF 2, plot # 8 (Section OS row 83 site 2) as a Major Chaplain U.S. Army. The album of the Companions of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U. S. (MOLLUS) of 1901 give his name as John Hamnon Macomber.

Lt. Asa Dean Mathews (Matthews) Co. F.  Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65.  Mustered out 5/15/65.  Died 3/3/1906.  Buried in the Pleasant View Cemetery at Orleans, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1905. 

Lt. Edwin J. McWain Co. H. Listed (incorrectly as belonging to the 1st NYVArtillery)  in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina.  Paroled 3/1/65.  Mustered out 5/15/65. Practiced law in Northfield, Vermont, 1867-1870.  Was married in Randolph, Vermont, in 1883. Listed as living in West Randolph, Vermont on 1890 roster.  In 1886 moved to Nebraska and practice law in Falls City, Nebraska. Residing in Kansas City, Missouri, on 1889-91 directory.  Listed erroneously in the Vermont Civil War Cemetery Database as died 1885 and buried in the West Randolph Cemetery at West Randolph, Vermont. Died 3/24/1910 and buried in the Mount Washington Cemetery at Kansas City, Missouri.  Granted an invalid pension in 1870.  Mabel C. McWain granted a widow's pension from Missouri in 1910.

Lt. Amherst Morse Co. K.  Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65.  Mustered out 5/8/65.  Died 9/16/77 at age 38. The Argus & Patriot of 9/19/77 reported:  Amherst Morse, one of the most enterprising and energetic young men of Brattleboro, died early Sunday morning.  He was employed by the firm of J. G. Taylor & Co., and at the store Saturday morning, was taken with cholera morbus [sporadic cholera], and only lived a few hours.  His remains were taken to Williamsville for burial.  Buried in the Williamsville Cemetery at Newfane, Vermont. Alice A. Morse granted a widow's pension in 1890.

Lt. Edward Bates Parker Co. B. Escaped 10/1/64. Recaptured 10/6/64.  Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina, but not recorded as dying at the prison. Died 10/13/64 and buried at Military Prison (Camp Sorgum), Columbia, South Carolina. Probably reinterred in the Florence National Cemetery, Florence, South Carolina. Eli B. Parker granted a father's pension in 1878.    There is a cenotaph in the West Cemetery at Middlebury, Vermont, inscribed:

Died

Columbia, S.C.

Oct 13, 1864

Æ  22 yrs. 10 ms & 7ds

bearing the epitaph:

                        His work was not done yet, his column is broken,

                        Mourn ye and weep, for ye cherish his worth;

                        Let every tear drop for symapthys (sic) token,

                        Lost to the Brotherhood, lost to the Earth.

Lt. Lester S. Richards Co. A.  Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65.  Resigned 5/16/65.  Residing in Lyndon, Vermont, on the SFVHA 1890 Roster.     Died 8/12/1910. Buried in the Village Cemetery at Concord, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1880.  Hattie L. Richards granted a widow's pension in 1910.

Lt. Moses George Sargent Co. F. Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65.  Mustered out 5/15/65. Residing in Newport, Vermont, on the SFVHA 1890 Roster.    Died 3/24/1905 in West Derby (now Newport) Vermont. Buried in the East Main Street Cemetery at Newport. Granted an invalid pension in ?1867.

Lt. Edwin B. Smith Co. F.  Listed in the Confederate adjutant's book as confined at Columbia, South Carolina. Paroled 3/1/65.  Mustered out 5/15/65. Described as a farmer living in Newark, Vermont, on the 1880 Federal census. Residing in Burke, Vermont, on the SFVHA 1890 Roster.     Died 4/4/1905.  Buried in the East Burke Cemetery at Burke, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1879.

Lt. George H. Sowles (George Hicks Soule) Co. K.  Paroled 12/13/64.  Mustered out 5/15/65.   Arrived in Towner, North Dakota, in 1885 where he was known as George H. Soule. The family surname was Soule (father and grandfather were both William Soule. Identified on the Special 1890 North Dakota Census of Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows as George H.  Soule Co. K 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery residing in Towner with the notation:  prisoner in Libby prison 2 weeks, prisoner in Macon, Savannah and Columbia. He is listed as residing in Towner on the SFVHA 1890 Roster. The McHenry County Independent reported in 1894 that George H. Soule operated a "model ranch" of 1,000 acres for  up to 1,500 cattle on the Mouse River 8 miles from Towner. Served two terms as mayor of Towner and as U. S. Commissioner for ten years. The St. Albans Daily Messenger of 1/18/1900 reported that George  H. Sowles who had been visiting was returning to Towner.   Died 3/8/1911 and buried in the Union Cemetery at Towner. The inscription on his grave stone makes no reference to his Civil War service stating:

GEORGE H. SOULE

BORN

MARCH 20, 1845

DIED

MARCH 8, 1911

IN DEATH THERE IS LIFE

His daughter wrote in McHenry County: Its History and Its People that her father enlisted in the First Vermont Artillery at the age of 16…and was captured by the South and incarcerated in Libby Prison for 6 to 7 months. In 1891 at age 46 he married his 2nd wife, Margaret Annetta Mitchell Soule, who was 23. She was granted a widow's pension from North Dakota and lived until 1951.   Not to be confused with Major George David Sowles, also of Co. K and Alburgh, Vermont, who lived in Irwin, Colorado, and is listed died 12/3/1902 at Alburgh although there is no record in the town clerk's office of his death there. His wife, Elvira A. Mott who died in 1872 at age 26, is buried in the Bush Cemetery at Alburgh.  He is buried in the Crested Butte Cemetery at Crested Butte, Colorado. His grave stone simply reads:

MAJOR GEORGE SOWLES

1839 - 1902

Margaret Annetta Mitchell Soule granted a widow's pension from North Dakota and lived until 1951.

 

Captured Enlisted Men

 

Company A

William A. Aiken Died at Andersonville 11/19/64 of DIARRHEA.  Grave  #12092.  Listed as M. A. Aiken. SFVHA 1890 Roster list death as 11/17/64.

Harvey B. Aldrich Died at Andersonville 10/20/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #11259. Therre is a cenotaph in the St. Johnsbury Pike Cemetery at Concord, Vermont.  Roswell Aldrich granted a father's pension in 1890.

Lanson E. Aldrich Died at Andersonville 10/11/64 of DIARRHEA.  Grave #10664. Listed as Lawson E. Aldrich.  Recorded on the St. Johnsbury Civil War Memorial as Sgt. Lanson E. Aldrich died in rebel prison. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists him as Lawson E. Aldrich died 11/8/64.

Joseph Baker  Died at Andersonville  10/26/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #11409. Also listed as John Joseph Baker and John Baker.

Freeman Barker  Died at Andersonville  9/7/64 of DIARRHEA.  Grave  #8086. Listed by the Vermont Adjutant General as died 9/6/64 and buried in the Overlook Cemetery at East Concord, Vermont, where there is a cenotaph.

Thomas F. Barker   Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/26/64.  Mustered out 6/29/65 or discharged 6/23/65 on Surgeon's Certificate:  He has chronic diarrhea contracted while in Rebel Hospital at Andersonville.  Rejoined his company 5/20/65 since then as been unfit for duty. Received pension 2/23/66 for chronic diarrhea and chronic inflammation of liver. Died 5/2/68 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, of enlargement of the liver and abscess of the lungs, the effect of the diseases for which he was pensioned Buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery at St. Johnsbury.  In 1868 Jane H. Barker granted a widow's pension of $8 per month plus an additional $2 for each of her three children. Also listed at Andersonville as T. H. Barker.

Nathaniel Batchelder, Jr. Died 10/27/64 probably at Millen, Georgia. SFVHA 1890 Roster list him as dying in "Rebel hospital." Jane S. Batchelder granted a mother's pension in 1870.

Prentice Bean.  Paroled 4/28/65.  Mustered out 5/23/65. Granted an invalid pension in 1878.  Prentice Bean of Lincoln, Vermont, listed as receiving $72 per month as a pensioner in 1898.    Died 10/19/1902.  Buried in the Cook Cemetery at Ripton, Vermont. Polly M. Bean granted a widow's pension in 1902.

Newel H. Blanchard.  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/26/64. Mustered out 6/24/65.  Move to in Creston, Iowa, In 1872 and living there on 1890 roster. He worked as a locomotive engineer on the Burlington Railroad for 35 years out of Creston. Died 6/13/1917 at age 75 as the result of a recent stroke of paralysis. An obituary in The Creston Plain Dealer of 6/16/1917 noted He was taken prisoner by the south on June 23, 1864 and paroled November 26, 1864 [and] was …in both Libby and Andersonville prisons. Buried in crypt in the mausoleum Graceland Cemetery at Creston, Iowa, in Section M, Lot 41 Grave 4. His inscription bore the initials C.W.V. [Civil War Volunteer] as the only reference to his military service. The mausoleum was razed in the 1980's and his remains may have been reburied without marker as there is no gravestone for him in Section M Lot 41 Grave #4. His wife, Ellen F. Stone Blanchard, died in 1931, and was buried next to her husband in Grave #5.  Her stone is also missing. Granted an invalid pension in 1866.  Ellen F. Blanchard granted a widow's pension from Iowa in 1917.

Joseph B. Brown Died at Andersonville 10/17/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #11068. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death as 10/16/64.  Charlotte Brown granted a mother's pension in 1865.

Jonathan C. Burnham  Wounded and taken prisoner. Died of "disease" at Richmond, Virginia, 7/1/64. Reported buried in the National Cemetery at Richmond, Virginia. No record of burial in National Cemetery records. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 7/21/74. Betsy Burnham granted a mother's pension in 1866.  Asa Burnham granted a father's pension in 1878.

Elias S. Chase Died at Andersonville  9/16/64 of DYSENTERY. Grave #8923.  Listed as E. L. Chase. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 9/15/64. Mary Chase granted a mother's pension in 1868.

Henry B. Chase Died at Andersonville  9/16/64.  Not identified in the Andersonville Cemetery. Da??ie Chase granted a mother's pension in 1865.  Charles Chase granted a father's pension in 1867. 

Oren G. Chase Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/26/64.  Mustered out 8/25/65.  Died 1/31/1914. Buried in the Lyndon Center Cemetery at Lyndon, Vermont. Member of GAR Post #1 (Chamberlain) in St. Johnsbury. Granted an invalid pension in 1866.  Sarah M. Chase granted a widow's pension in 1914.  Listed as Owen Chase at Andersonville.

John Dana   Paroled 11/26/64.  Mustered out 7/11/65. Residing in St. Johnsbury Center, Vermont, on the SFVHA 1890 Roster. Died 1/31/85 at St. Johnsbury Center, of "chronic diarrhea". Buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery at St. Johnsbury. Dana's enlistment age was given as 44 years. The Soldiers' Record of the Town of St. Johnsbury records he was nearer 60 years of age [actually 53], and yet he endured the vicissitudes and deprivations of Andersonville prison for five months…while many younger men…succummed (sic). Enlisted in the same company with his 26-year-old son, John Dana, Jr. Member of GAR Post #1 (Chamberlain) in St. Johnsbury. Granted an invalid pension unknown date.

William A. Doying  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64.  Paroled 11/20/64 at Savannah River, Georgia. Reported to Hospital Division #2,  in Maryland 11/14/64. Discharge recommended for disability 5/11/65:  Several months in the rebel prison Andersonville, Ga. where the hard treatment so reduced him that he seems to have no physical vigor.  Mustered out 5/23/65 for disability near Richmond, Virginia.  Residing in New York City on the 1880 Federal census working as a carpenter and listed in the New York City Directory for 1890 as a buildrer. Described as a retired builder living in Westfield, New Jersey, in 1922. He died 4/19/1925 in Westfield and is buried in the Fairview Cemetery at Westfield. The gravestone is a single stone bearing the dates 1845-1925. An obituary in The Westfield Leader of 4/22/1925 confirms his birth in Quebec but does not mention his military service.

George D. Emerson Died at Andersonville 8/21/64 of DIARRHEA c. Grave  #6353.  Listed as G. Ennison and George D. Emmerson.  The Lamoile News Dealer of 1 /4/65 carried this death notice: In Andersonville, Aug 14,1864, George D. Emerson, a prisoner. Funeral services will be held at Eden Mills, Sunday Jan 15th.

George L. Fairchild Died at Andersonville 8/17/64 or 11/17/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #12065. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 11/25/64 in "Rebel hospital."

Leandrew B. Farnham Died at Andersonville 8/16/64 of MARASMUS.  Grave #5851.  C. K. Wells diary describes death on 8/15/64. Military records list cause of death as “enteritis.” As LEANDREW FARNAM (sic) his name is inscribed on the Civil War memorial in Lunenbugh, Vermont. Listed as sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Leander B. Farnham at Andersonville.

Lorenzo D. Farnham Died at Andersonville  8/20/64 of ICTUS SOLIS.  Grave  #6264. C. K. Wells diary describes death on 8/19/64. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 8/19/64. Harriet Farnham granted a widow's pension in 1864. There is a cenotaph in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery at St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

John Gavegan   Paroled 11/26/64.  Mustered out 5/13/65. Granted an invalid pension in 1865. He wrote a long letter to The [Barre/Montpelier] Argus & Patriot published 5/13/79 claiming that he was not guilty of squandering [his] pension of $6 per month.  Poverty had force him to go to the [Roxbury] village farm where, he wrote, I am working every day faithfully and obediently on the farm,,,that is to say all I can work for I am at best an invalid, a long confinement in Andersonville, years ago, having almost squeezed out life itself. Died at  Roxbury, Vermont, on 3/30/80 of consumption or disease of the lungs…contracted in service. The Roxbury town clerk searched the records of all the cemeteries (including the "Village Cemetery") and found no John Gavegan. Joseph M. P. Duglue granted a minor's pension in 1879. John Gavegan left three orphaned children, Mary age 14, Elizabeth (Lizzie) age 11 and John age 9, who were living in the Sisters of Charity orphanage in Burlington, Vermont, on the 1880 census. Also listed as John Ganvegan at Andersonville. The Berry Report lists John Ganvegan of Co. A 1st Vermont Cavalry as transferred from Andersonville to Millen 11/11/64 and "known to have died at Millen."  No trooper by that name served in Co. A 1st Vermont Cavalry nor in any Vermont unit according to Peck's Roster. Presumably this is John Gavegan. The CWS&SS lists Sgt.  John Gavegan of Co. A "1st Vermont Infantry" as surviving Andersonville.

Frank Cutter Grant Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/26/64.  He stated later he was freed by Sherman's army at Savannah 11/26/64. Admitted Sloan General Hospital in Montpelier, Vermont, 2/4/65.  Rejoined his regiment 4/65.  Mustered out 6/24/65. Returned to his dairy farm in East Concord, Vermont.  Served as a court judge for Essex County, Vermont. Residing Sliters, New York, on the SFVHA 1890 Roster.  His wife died in 1900 and he gave up farming moving to Lancaster, New Hampshire. In 1906 he moved to Southern California to live with his son. In 1919 at age 84 Frank C. Grant was arrested after driving his automobile into a parked car (The San Jose Mercury 2/17/1919.) He returned to Vermont for a visit at the age of 91. On 1930 Federal census, alive at age 94, he was living in Compton, California. Eight months after entering the Soldiers' Home (National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California) he died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 5/6/1930.  Death certificate indicates interment in Gardena, California. Not listed as buried in Roosevelt Memorial Park which is the only cemetery in Gardena. Possibly buried in the Soldiers' Home cemetery which was expanded into the Los Angeles National Cemetery but not recorded as buried in the National Cemetery.  There is a stone for Frank C. Grant in the Grant family plot in Old Overlook Cemetery at East Concord, Vermont, and his remains may have been shipped home from California to lie with his wife and two of his children. Granted an invalid pension in 1880. Along with Erastus G. Collister of Co. L and Thomas Marnock of Co. F he outlived all his Weldon Railroad POW comrades. Two brothers, John W. Grand and Ira Grant, served in Co. A with Frank.  His journal for 1864 was lost while he was a POW, but  his other Civil War diaries and some letters have been edited and published by Kenneth E. Manies II:  Civil War Journal of Cpl. Frank C. Grant (2005).  He wrote in his journal for June 23, 1865:  One year ago I was in the severest fight that the 11th regt.  was ever in, and about 300 of them were taken Prisoner and I was among them, but thank God my life has been spared to see this day. In an interview for a newspaper article in 1928 or 1929 he was quoted by the reporter as saying: I spent 114 days there [Andersonville] and I don't like to tell about them even now, they were so terrible.

John C. Green Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/26/64. Died 12/5/64  at Naval School Hospital, Annapolis, Maryland.  Reported as buried in the National Cemetery at Annapolis, Maryland, but not listed in cemetery records. Buried in family plot #290 in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery at St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Elizabeth C. Green granted a mother's pension in 1888. Also listed as John Greene at Andersonville.

Charles Allen Hale  Died at Andersonville 11/17 or 19/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #1206. Nancy M. Hale granted a mother's pension in 1888.  Sprague K. Hale granted a  father's pension in ?1921.  Also listed as C. A. Hall at Andersonville. There is a cenotaph in the Riverside Cemetery at Lunenburg, Vermont.

Benjamin Hall  Died at Andersonville  8/11/64 of SCORBUTUS. Grave  # 5218. C. K. Wells diary describes death on 8/8/64.   John Hall granted a father's pension in 1871. There is a cenotaph in the Center Cemetery at Shaftsbury, Vermont.

Levi Hines  Died in Prison Hospital at Andersonville 10/1/64 or 10/13/64 of DIARRHEA. Grave #10824. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 10/12/64. Nathan Hines granted a father's pension in 1880.

John Howard  Listed at  Andersonville as sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64, but died at Andersonville 11/4/64 of DIARRHEA.  Grave #11814. Mary H. Howard granted a mother's pension in ?1899.

Nathan C. Hubbard Died at Andersonville 9/23/64.  Not identified in the Andersonville Cemetery. There is a cenotaph in Mountain View Cemetery at Waterville, Vermont. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists him as Nathan C. Hulburd.

John M. Hudson Died at Andersonville 10/16/64 of DIARRHEA c. Grave  #10996. Susan E. Hudson granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Silas P. Hudson Died at Andersonville  10/14/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave  #10910.  Eliza A. Hudson granted a widow's pension in 1865. Also listed as J. B. Hudson at Andersonville. There is a cenptaph at East Haven, Vermont.

Henry Lackie Died at Andersonville  10/17/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #11074. Benedict records that Lackie died in the Andersonville Prison Hospital on 11/25/64. There is a cenotaph in the Passumpsic Cemetery at Waterford, Vermont. Hannah Lackie granted a mother's pension in 1870. Also, listed as H. Lacker and Henry Lackey at Andersonville.

Samuel Mackey   Paroled 11/14 or 11/20/64.  Discharged at Auger Hospital, Washington D.C., for disability 5/13 or 5/31/65 on account of disease contracted in rebel prison. When Mackey reached home, soon after discharge, one of his legs was badly swollen and sore. The disease was scurvy, from which  many of his comrades died relates the St. Johnsbury Soldiers' Record. Was a farmer living in Schodack, New York, on the 1900 Federal census. Applied for an invalid pension in 1886. Died in 2/3/ 1902.  Buried in the North Schodack Cemetery (commonly called the Log Meeting House Cemetery) at Schodack. His gravestone has suffered damage from acid rain and is barely legible.  The inscription appears to be:

SAMUEL MACKEY

CO. A 11 REG. VT. V.

1836 - 1902

 Sarah Mackey granted a widow's pension in 1902.

Newcomb Martin Died at Andersonville 11/2/64 of DIARRHEA.  Grave  #11735.  Also listed as M. Martin at Andersonville. There is a cenotaph in the Peacham Corners Cemetery at Peacham, Vermont.

Patrick Valentine McSherry  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/26/64. Mustered out 8/25/65. Living in Providence, Rhode Island, on 1900 Federal census. Died 6/6/1907 in Providence of Chronic Bronchitis & Emphysema. Buried in St. Francis Cemetery at Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Filed for an invalid pension in 1865.  Annie McSherry granted a widow's pension in 1907 from Rhode Island.

George Porter Moore  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/26 or 11/27/64.  Right arm blown off by premature discharge of a cannon at Brattleboro, Vermont, on 4/3/65 making amputation below the elbow necessary. Mustered out 8/17/65 at Central Hospital, New York. Living in Barnet, Vermont, on 1890 roster and in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on 1910 Federal census.  Died 3/21/1919 in St. Johnsbury. Buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery at  St. Johnsbury. Granted an invalid pension in 1865.

Geroge Morrison Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64.  Paroled 2/28/65.  Mustered out 6/24/65.  Died 11/12/1906. Buried in the Lower Waterford Cemetery at Waterford, Vermont. Member of St. Johnsbury GAR Post #1 (Chamberlain.) Granted an invalid pension in 1880.  Katherine Morrison granted a widow's pension in 1906.

Edward W. Moulton  Paroled 11/26/64.  Mustered out 6/21/65.  Living in Littleton, New Hampshire, on 1890 roster. Died 6/21 or 1/22/1898 (according to New Hampshire Vital Records) of Structural Brain Disease in the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane at Concord. Buried in Mountain View Cemetery at Troy, New Hampshire. Granted an invalid pension in ?1876.

Harry Nichols Died at Andersonville 10/17/64 of DIARRHEA c. Grave #11067. Eliza H. Nichols granted a mother's pension from Massachusetts in 1870. Also listed as Harvey Nichols at Andersonville.

Marshall G. Packard Died at Andersonville  11/13/64 of DIARRHEA.  Grave #11992. Jefferson Packard granted a father's pension in 1880.

Matthew Patten Admitted Andersonville hospital 10/27/64 with scorbutus. Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Transferred to Savannah 11/21/64.  Paroled 11/27/64. Reported College Green Barracks 11/25/64. Sent to General Hospital #2 Annapolis, Maryland, 11/27/64. Transferred to Baltimore 1/3/65 entering the Camden Street General Hospital. Transferred to Knight General Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, 1/22/65.  Furloughed from hospital 3/7/65. Reported to have died 3/7/65 but actually deserted 3/9/65 while on furlough from Knight General Hospital and reportedly enlisted in Co. D 35th New Jersey Infantry.  Reported on muster roll as arrested 7/30/65 but investigation fails to discover what became of him after July 1865. Listed on muster roll 5/65 as absent sick, paroled POW, in hospital Montpelier, Vermont. On the Vermont Adjutant Genera's list of soldiers…not as yet fully accounted for in July 1866: Patten, Matthew co. D 11th transferred from co. C; absent sick since 8/25/65 (The Burlington Free Press 7/16/66).  In 1870 the War Department declared This man deserted 3/9/65 and enlisted under the name William Brown [in] Co. D 35th New Jersey Volunteers. Sarah Patten granted a pension from New York as mother of Matthew Patten (aka William Brown) in 1880. Also listed as Mathews Patten at Andersonville.

Robert Patterson  Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/26/64.  Mustered out 8/25/65. Died 12/15/1910 in Salisbury, Connecticut. Buried in the Lime Rock Cemetery, Salisbury Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The gravestone is inscribed simply:

ROBERT PATTERSON

AUG. 29, 1848

DEC. 15, 1910

Granted an invalid pension in 1882.  Elizabeth McNay Patterson granted a widow's pension in 1911. Also listed as Robert Patterdon at Andersonville.

Warren Phillips  Paroled 4/28/65.  Mustered out 7/6/65. Granted an invalid pension in 1865. Died 11/26/1915 in Nashua, New Hampshire. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery at Nashua.

Thaddeus R. Preston Died at Andersonville 8/7/64 of DIARRHEA.  Grave #4981. Ann M. Preston granted a widow's pension in 1865. Also listed as F. Preston at Andersonville. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists him as Thaddeus P. Pust.

Charles Ross Departed Andersonville on 9/28/64 and arrived at Savannah, Georgia, 9/29/64. Arrived Millen 11/11/64. Paroled 11/20/64 at Savannah. Sent to Annapolis, Maryland, aboard steamer General Sedgwick. Rejoined his regiment in May, 1865. Mustered out 6/24/65. Returned to farming in Lower Waterford, Vermont.  Repeatedly elected to public office by his town.  Served 14 years as town clerk and was their Vermont state representative in 1878. Moved to St. Johnsbury In 1899. Died 11/14/1926. Buried in the Lower Waterford Cemetery at Waterford. The inscription on the gravestone reads:

 

CHARLES

ROSS

Sept.  3, 1838

Nov. 11, 1926

Co. A 11th Regt. Vt. Vols.

 

Member of St. Johnsbury GAR Post #1 (Chamberlain.) Granted an invalid pension in 1884.

Maxson L. Royce Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Died 12/17/64 while a POW. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 12/15/64 in Rebel hospital." Also listed as A. L. Royce at Andersonville.

Martin S. Sanborn Died at Andersonville 11/11/64 of DIARRHEA.  Grave  #11966. Also listed as M. L. Sanborn at Andersonville.

Henry P. Sawyer Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64.  Paroled 11/19/64.  Mustered out 8/25/65. Died 4/3/1924 while living in Marlow, New Hampshire. Buried in the Village Cemetery at Marlow. Granted an invalid pension in 1865.

Foster Grow Stevens  Paroled 11/19/64.  Mustered out 6/8/65 at Baltimore. Living in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on 1901 city directory. Member of GAR Post #1 (Chamberlain) in St. Johnsbury. The St. Albans Daily of 6/6/88 reported that Foster G. Grow was a Memorial Day speaker at the GAR campfire held in St. Johnsbury.  Died 3/29/1914 at St. Johnsbury. Buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery at St. Johnsbury. 

Edwin W. Stewart Died at Andersonville 2/1/65 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave  #12567. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists him as Edwin W. Stuart. Margaret Stewart granted a widow's pension in 1864.

Andrew St. John Died at Andersonville  7/15 or 7/16/64 of DYSENTERY.  Grave #3382. His grave stone , similar to all the others, reads simply:

3382

AND'W  ST. JOHN

VT.

A cenotaph is reported in the St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery (South End Cemetery) at White River Junction, Vermont, however, none was found. (There is a grave stone for an "Andrew St. John died 3/3/1908").

Joseph St. Pierre Died at Andersonville 10/26/64.  Not identified in the Andersonville Cemetery.

Albert S. Stockwell Died at Andersonville  9/11/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave  #8444. Fannie E. Stockwell granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Andrew Sturgeon Survived Andersonville. Died 10/15/64 probably at Millen, Georgia. John Sturgeon granted a father's pension in 1864.

James Wilber Taylor Died at Andersonville 10/19/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave  #11171. Maria Taylor granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Alfred Ward  Died at Andersonville  9/5 or 9/14/64 of DIARRHEA.  Grave #7920.

Charles K. Wells  Arrived Andersonville 7/11/64. Died at Andersonville 9/17 or 9/18/64 of DIARRHEA c.  Grave #9178.  Elvira K. Wells granted a widow's pension in 1865. Also listed as C. Welles at Andersonville.  Personal effects from Andersonville, a bible, gold coin, and diary for 1864, are on display in the Fairbanks Museum at St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The final entry in the diary on 9/17/64 reads:

Mr. Wells died this AM. He passed this life easy without

 a groan or struggle and died happy in the Lord.

Alonzo White   Died at Andersonville 10/8/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #10510.

Chester S. Willey Died at Andersonville 11/25/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave  #12156.  Mary A. Willey granted a widow's pension unknown date. Also listed as J. S. Willey at Andersonville.

Clark S. Wright Died at Andersonville 8/20/64 of DEBILITAS.  Grave #7322. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death as 8/30/64.  Lucretia Wright granted a widow's pension in 1865. Also listed as E. S. Wright at Andersonville. 

 

 

Company B

Levi St. Clair  (Sinclaire, St. Clare) Listed by Benedict as captured 6/23/64 and dying in a  Confederate hospital 10/15/64.  The Peck's Roster  records his capture as having occurred 6/13/64, and his death at Florence, South Carolina,  on 11/7/1864. Reported as buried in the National Cemetery at Florence, South Carolina, but not listed in any National Cemetery.  The CWS&SS confirms his captured on 6/14/64. 

 

Company C

William H. Barber  Died at Andersonville 11/16/64 of DIARRHEA.  Grave

 #12055. There is a cenotaph in the Hillside Cemetery at Castleton, Vermont. Lorenda Barber granted a mother's pension in 1879.  Chancey Barber granted a father's pension in 1891.

Allen J. Benson  Died at Andersonville  8/21/64 of DIARRHEA c. Grave #6349. Caroline Benson granted a widow's pension in 1865. Ira Russell granted a minor's pension in 1867.

George A. Dawson Benedict incorrectly lists Dawson as KIA on 6/23/64. Died at Millen, Georgia, 10/19 or 10/20/64. Reinterred in National Cemetery at Beaufort, South Carolina, marker #23-2024.  Lucy P. Dawson granted a mother's pension in 1881.

Martin A. Munroe (Monroe)   Paroled 4/5 or 4/28/65.  Mustered out 5/23/65. Granted an invalid pension in 1872. Had a farm in Johnsburg, New York, until 1893. Living in Queensbury, New York, on 1900 Federal census and in Glens Falls, New York, on the 1910 and 1920 census. Died in Glens Falls 8/31/1920. Buried in the Methodist Church Cemetery at Johnsburg. His gravestone indicates that  he was a Soldier in the Civil War, Co. C 11th Regiment. Lucinda McWitney Monroe granted a widow's pension from New York in 1920.

 

Company D

Haskell Foster Died at Andersonville 10/25/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #11458. Betsey Foster granted a widow's pension in 1865. Also listed as H. C. Foster at Andersonville.

 

Company E

Moses Dix Fox   Paroled 11/24/64.  Mustered out 6/24/65.  Residing Stanton, Minnesota, on the SFVHA 1890 Roster. Died 10/13/1911.  Buried in the Stanton Cemetery at Stanton. Granted an invalid pension from Minnesota in 1887.  Carrie Rydlund Fox granted a widow's pension from Minnesota in 1911.

 

Company F

Hollis H. Bailey  Paroled 12/13/64.  Mustered out 6/24/65.  Listed as residing in Norwood, New York, on 1890 Roster. Living  in Potsdam, New York, on 1890 list of Civil War veterans in St. Lawrence County and on 1920 Federal census. Died 6/14/1922. Buried in the Riverside Cemetery at Potsdam, New York. Granted an invalid pension in 1873.

George E. Bemis Died at Charleston  11/7/64 of CHRONIC DIARRHEA.  Buried at the Charleston Race Course Cemetery. Reinterred in the  National Cemetery at Beaufort, South Carolina, section 19 site 1687 as George W. Bemis died 8/25/1863. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 12/20/64.  There is a cenotaph in the Pine Grove Cemetery at North Springfield, Vermont. Reported in a history of Windsor County, Vermont,  to have died off the coast of South Carolina and been buried at sea. Ellery Webster wrote to Martin Bemis 2/8/65 informing him that when on the boat home he died [on 12/7/64] of chronic diarrhea off the coast of South Carolina and was buried at sea.  Rebecca S. Bemis granted a mother's pension in 1889.

Charles H. Brooks  Admitted to hospital 9/29/64 at Charleston where he died 10/1/64. Sarah Moranville granted a mother's pension in 1878.

Alden O. Bumps  Died at Florence, South Carolina  9/20/64. Listed as buried in the National Cemetery at Florence, South Carolina.

Hiram Burroughs  Ellery Webster's diary recorded on 9/5/64:  Hiram Burroughs went to hospital. Died at Andersonville 9/10/64 of DIARRHEA c.  Grave  #8815. Mary C. Burroughs granted a widow's pension in 1865. A minor's pension granted to William Burroughs in 1867. Also listed as H. Burrows at Andersonville.

Willard  H. Chamberlin Died at Charleston  10/30/64 of ANASARCA. Buried at the Charleston Race Course Cemetery. Reinterred in the National Cemetery at Beaufort,  North Carolina. Also listed as H. H. Chamberlain died 10/31/64. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 12/20/64 "on transport." There is a cenotaph in the Westbrook Cemetery at Glover, Vermont.

Martin L. Clarke Ellery Webster recorded on 8/16/64:  ML Clark went to hospital. And on 9/1/64 he noted:  Heard that M. L. Clark died.  Died at Andersonville  8/31/64 of DIARRHEA c. Grave #7345.  Listed as M. L. Clark. There is a cenotaph in the Church Street Cemetery at Swanton, Vermont, bearing the inscription:

Martin L. Clark

Co F 11th Regt. Vt. Vols.

Died

August 31, 1864

While a Prisoner of War

At Andersonville Ga.

AE 16 ys. 6 ms. & 32 ds.

Another Martyr to Liberty

He has fought the good fight.

John D. Clough Died at Andersonville 7/24 or 7/25/64 of DIARRHEA c. Grave #3918. Ellery Webster recorded in his diary on 7/24/64: Dana Clough Died…this morning.  He starved to death.  Mary A. Clough granted a mother's pension in 1873. Solomon Clough granted a father's pension in 1878.

Devine Crowley Died at Andersonville 9/25/64 of DIARRHEA.  Grave #9724. Bridget Crowley mother of Divine (sic) Crowley granted a pension in 1867.  Timothy Crowley granted a father's pension in 1867.

George W. Dewey   Date of paroled unknown. Died aboard steamer Baltic  12/3-4/64 of TYPHOID DIARRHOEA.  Buried at the National Cemetery at Annapolis, Maryland, plot #658/B4. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 12/4/64 "in prison." Mary E. Dewey granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Francis W. Doying Died at Andersonville 8/21/64 of  DIARRHEA.  Grave  #6338.  Reported to have died 8/20/64 of “starvation.” Described as dying 8/20/64 in diary of George W. Dewey and Ellery Webster's diary. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 8/13/64.   Sarah Doying granted a widow's pension in 1865. Also listed as Francis Doving at Andersonville. A cenotaph is reported to be in Irasburg, Vermont.

Edward Duval Died at Charleston  12/11/64 of BRONCHITIS.   Buried at the Charleston Race Course Cemetery.  Reinterred in the National Cemetery at Beaufort,  South  Carolina. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 12/4/64 "in prison."

Moses Martin Elkins Listed as died at Florence, South Carolina 1/12/65, but M. M. Elkins is recorded on the Roll of Honor as having died at Salisbury 1/12/65 of DROPSY and buried in the unmarked trenches at the National Cemetery at Salisbury, North Carolina. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 1/20/65 at Charleston. Emeline S. Elkins granted a widow's pension in 1865.  Jonathan Elkins granted a minor's pension in 1873.

George A. Emery Died at Andersonville 9/15/64 of DIARRHEA c.  Grave #12065. The St. Johnsbury Caledonian reported that George Emery took the oath and entered the Confederate service.  Widow's pension initially denied.  The charge that Emery took oath of allegiance of the southern Confederacy during October 1864 while at Andersonville subsequently dropped by the War Department.  Mary B. Emery granted a widow's pension in 1869. However, the 1890 Roster of the SFVHA still carried the notation: pris'r took rebel oath. There is a cenotaph in the Eden Cemetery at  Eden  Mills, Vermont.  The inscription  reads:

GEORGE EMERY

Co. F 11th Vt. Vols.

BORN  SEPT. 7, 1823

DIED IN ANDERSONVILLE PRISON

OCT. 1864

  Also listed as George B. Emery at Andersonville.

Lewis Flower Paroled 12/6/64.  Died 1/7/65 at Camp Parole at Annapolis, Maryland. Buried in the National Cemetery at Annapolis, Maryland plot #674/L177. Rosette Flower granted a mother's pension in ?1864. Also listed as Lewis Fowler.

Moses A. Foss Paroled 12/11/64.  Discharged for disability 5/17/65. Listed as a farmer living at Brownington, Vermont, on the 1880 Federal census.  Died 4/11/1914.  Buried in the Brownington Center Cemetery at Brownington,. Granted an invalid pension in 1866.  Lora E. Foss granted a widow's pension in 1914.

Charles Foster Died at Charleston  9/20/64. There is a cenotaph in the Brownington Center Cemetery at Brownington, Vermont, giving his death as 10/20/64 with the inscription:

                        Died in Rebel Prison Charleston S.C. aged 20 years

Lewis H. Frost Admitted to hospital  9/15/64 at Charleston and reported to have died at Florence, South Carolina  10/20/64. Listed as buried in the Florence National Cemetery, Florence, South Carolina. Mariah A. Heath granted a mother's pension in 1894.

Henry L. Goodall Died at Florence, South Carolina  10/18/64. Listed as buried in the Florence National Cemetery, Florence, South Carolina.  Ruth W. Goodall granted a mother's pension in 1873.

Marin E. Guild Died at Andersonville 11/19/64. Not identified in the Andersonville Cemetery. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death "in prison" without date or location.

Benjamin H. Jenks Paroled 12/6/64. Died 12/9/64 on transport Northern Light and buried at sea. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 12/18/64 at Florence. Susan M. Jenks granted a widow's pension in 1866.

Luther C. Kelsey Died at Andersonville  8/27/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #6968.  Described as dying 8/26/64 in George W. Dewey diary. Susan Kelsey granted a mother's pension in 1873.

Joseph Kidder Died at Florence, South Carolina  9/25/64. Listed as buried in the Florence National Cemetery at Florence.   Huldah A. Kidder granted a widow's pension in 1865. A. A. Webster granted a minor's pension in 1867.

Ana LaFountain Peck's Roster records he was paroled 2/24/65 and died of disease  3/15/65. Confined at Salisbury, North Carolina.  Returned to Richmond and paroled at Aiken's Landing, Virginia 2/24/65.  Arrived at College Green Barracks, Maryland 2/27/65.  Sent to Hospital Division #1 at Annapolis with acute diarrhea.  Entered Newton University General Hospital in Baltimore 3/8/65 with inflammation of the lungs where he died of pneumonia 3/14/65. The St. Johnsbury Caledonian reported that Ana Lafountain took the oath and entered the Confederate service. In 1888 the Adjutant General's office at the War Department declared: The charges of desertion and of having taken the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States and joining the C. S. Army on rolls of Co. are cancelled.   Also listed as Ama  and Amos Lafountain at Andersonville. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 3/14/64.

Thomas Marnock Reported to have taken  Oath of Allegiance to the Confederate States while at Florence. Deserted the Confederate army in January 1865. Reached Sherman's lines 2/17/65. Recuperating at "Soldiers' Rest" in Washington 3/23/65 when given a 30-day furlough.  Never returned to his regiment.  Residing South Albany, Vermont, on the SFVHA 1890 Roster.  Died 5/1/1935 at the age of 93. Buried in the South Albany Cemetery at Albany, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 187?.  Family oral tradition is that Old Tom Marnock said he escaped while on a burial detail.  Also, he had a problem with his mouth, and difficulty eating.  It seems that all of his front lower teeth were worn down to the gums from having to eat raw corn on the cob while a POW. Buried in the South Albany Cemetery at Albany, Vermont. He appears to have outlived all his Weldon Railroad POW comrades edging out Rollin E. Harris of Co. E. who was wounded but not captured 6/23/64 and lived until 1934.

Willard Morse Died at Andersonville  8/3/64 of DIARRHEA. Grave #4617. Described as dying 8/2/64 in both George W. Dewey's diary and Ellery Webster's diary.  Elizabeth Morse granted a widow's pension in 1865.  John H. Taylor granted a minor's pension in 1866.

Lawrence Poquette Died Charleston  12/4/64 of CHRONIC DIARRHEA. Buried at the Charleston Race Course Cemetery. Reinterred in the National Cemetery at Beaufort, South Carolina. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 12/19/64. Also listed a Lawrence Panquette.

George R. Ranger Died Charleston  2/20/65. Cynthia A. Ranger granted a widow's pension in 1865.  William Clitter granted a minor's pension in 1868. Brother of William T. Ranger.

William Thomas Ranger  Paroled 2/24/65.  Mustered out 6/19/65. Died 6/23/65 at Annapolis, Maryland, of "cerebrospinal meningitis" according to Adjutant General's office.  His mother states that he died of "typhoid fever." Lucy Ranger granted a pension in 1866 as mother of William A. Ranger. No gravestone located in the National Cemetery at Annapolis. Not listed as buried in the Irasburgh Cemetery as are his parents. A death notice published in the 7/14/65 issue of The Orleans Independent Standard of Irasburg, Vermont, reported the death of Sgt. William Ranger, age 28, son of John & Lucy Ranger of Irasburg at "? Annapolis" (sic). This article was printed in the 7/14/65 issue of The Orleans County Monitor:

DIED

At Annapolis, June 23d, of brain fever, Sergeant William Thomas Ranger, youngest son of John and Lucy Ranger, aged 28 years.

Once again our circle is broken,

And another dear brother gone;

God in mercy be thou near us—

He was the dearest brother of all.

Is William gone—forever gone?

No more on earth we will greet him,

But in Heaven we will meet him.

 

How rapidly our moments run;

Another year has fled!

How many of our friends are gone

And numbered with the dead!

Soon the pale messenger will call

To summon us away

With hearts united may we all

Resolve to watch and pray.

 

Sad and painful was the parting

When our Willie went away—

With the brave and gallant soldiers,

Robed in Liberty’s array.

Oh, that painful parting filled

Our beating hearts with pain,

As we fondly, softly whispered,

“When will William come again.”

 

And in our dreams we hear a voice

Strike on our list’ning ear,

And dear, within our vision,

Thy angel form is near;

And if we had the magic power

We would, William, call thee back

To this dark world again

Irasburgh, July 12, 1865

 

Franklin A. Raymo  Died at Andersonville 10/16/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave  #11009.  Lucy Raymo granted a mother's pension in 1865. Also listed as F. Raynolds.

George Robbins Died at Andersonville 8/20/64.  Not identified in the Andersonville Cemetery. Ellery Webster recorded in his diary for 7/9/64 that upon arrival at Andersonville George Robbins left outside [the stockade] sick and on 8/31/64:  Heard that Geo Robbins was dead.

Samuel F. Stearns Died at Charleston  9/20/64.

Beman D. Stratton Died at Andersonville  8/28/64 of DIARRHEA. Grave #7091. Ellery Webster's diary recorded on 8/27/64:  B. B. Stratton died.  Laid down and said he wouldn't try to  live. Listed as B. B. Stratton, D. B. Stratton and Bemon Stratton at Andersonville.   Listed in the Virginia section of the Atwater List. Hester Strattion granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Lemuel H. Sulham Admitted to hospital 9/17/64 at Charleston where he died on 9/26/64. The Greensboro Memorial Record and the SFVHA 1890 Roster both list his death as 12/26/64 at Charleston. Mary M. Sulham granted a widow's pension in 1865. His brother, Horace Sulham, was killed at Cold Harbor on 6/1/64.

William C. Tallman (William Charles Tolman) Ellery Webster's diary record on 8/22/64:  Wm Tallman went to the hospital. Died at Andersonville 9/23/64 of DYSENTERY.  Grave  #9574. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 8/16/64. Mary Tallman granted a widow's pension in 1865. Family surname is Tolman.

Frank Tatro.  Admitted to hospital 9/17/64 at Charleston. Paroled 12/13/64.  Mustered out 6/24/65. Listed ad "dead" on the SFVHA 1890 Roster.   Died in Burlington, Vermont "on or about" 7/6/65 from chronic diarrhea contracted at Andersonville." Listed by the Adjutant General of Vermont as died 3/10/1904 and buried in the Village Cemetery at Albany, Vermont, but no "Tatro" (or "Tetrault") stone found in any of Albany's seven cemeteries. Probably represents confusion with the "Frank Tatro" who is listed as a "laborer" living in Albany, Vermont, on the 1883-84 Business Directory.  Lucy Tatro was granted a widow's pension but it was suspended in 1872 for charges of adultery.  Their children Alice, Frank, and Ellen, received minor's pensions from 1871-1877, the date the youngest child reached the age of 16 years.  The children reapplied in 1884.

Lewis Tatro, Jr. (Louis Tetrault)  Pension records reveal his imprisonment at Belle Island for four days, Andersonville, Charleston, and Florence. Paroled 2/24/65.  Mustered out 8/5/65. A "Louis Tatro" is listed as a "laborer" residing in Albany, Vermont, in the 1883-84 Business Directory. Under the name of Louis Tetrault died 1/10/97 of "asthma" at Manchester, New Hampshire, and interred in the Mount Cavalry Cemetery at Manchester. Granted an invalid pension in 1877.  Rose Tatro granted a widow's pension in  1897.

Ichabod Orcutt Turner Listed in the CWS&SS as captured 6/23/64 at the Weldon Railroad and dying 9/22/64 at Charleston.  Peck's Roster records him as discharged 4/30/64 for disability.  His Certificate of Disability for discharge at the National Archives confirms his discharge at Fort Thayer 4/28/64.  There is no further record of service.  Appears to be a clerical mix-up with George S. Twiss.  Turner was 46 years old when he enlisted and apparently had chronic tuberculosis.  He died in 1872.

George S. Twiss Died at Charleston  9/22/64. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 9/26/64. Diana T. Twiss granted a mother's pension in 1865.

Elbridge G. J. Varnum (Elbridge Johnson Varnum)  Died at Andersonville 8/15/64 of SCORBUTUS.  Grave #5693.  Described as dying 8/13/64 in George Dewey's diary and Ellery Webster's diary which recorded:  Elbridge Varmum Died of starvation. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists  death 8/13/64. Hannah S. Morse granted a mother's pension in 1884.

George C. Varnum  Died at Charleston  10/3/64. Hannah S. Morse granted a mother's pension in 1884. George was a younger brother of Elbridge Varnum.

Chauncey G. Webster Admitted to hospital 9/15/64 at Charleston where he died 9/19/64. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists  death 8/14/64. Polly Webster granted a mother's pension in 186?.

Ellery Hubern Webster  Pension records reveal his imprisonment in Libby Prison, Andersonville, Charleston, and Florence. Left Andersonville 9/10/64.  Arrived Charleston 9/12/64 and held in a field [Charleston Race Course.] Left Charleston 10/4/64 and enter stockade at Florence 10/5/64.  Left Florence 12/5/64 for Charleston.  Paroled 12/6 and went aboard U. S. ship.  Left Charleston harbor 12/14/64.  Arrived Annapolis, Maryland, 12/17/64 where he was admitted to General Hospital.  Still in hospital at Annapolis 1/1/65. Reportedly returned to his regiment and took part in the engagements before Petersburg on 2/23/65, 3/27/65 and 4/2/65. Mustered out 6/24/65. Residing in Barton, Vermont, on the SFVHA 1890 Roster.   Died 7/6/1909 at the age of 66.  Buried in the Welcome O. Brown Cemetery at Barton, Vermont. The granite stone he shares with his wife reads:

ELLERY H. WEBSTER

CO. F 11 VT. VOL.

1843 --- 1909

Granted an invalid pension in 1875.  Emeline D. (Wright)  Webster granted a widow's pension in 1909. Worked in the printing trade working in Winchester, Virginia, New Hampshire, and Vermont.  In 1871  he founded The Orleans County Monitor at Barton, Vermont.  His 16-part article recounting his capture and imprisonment was originally published in The Orleans County Monitor [reprinted by Rosa A. Goodrich, ed.:  Men of Vermont in Confederate Prisons]. He was appointed postmaster during the Harrison administration. His obituary noted that:  One June 23, 1864 he was captured on the Welden [sic] railroad with 52 others of his company, endured the horrors of Libby and Andersonville prisons, and was one of the six that lived through six months of this southern prison life, weighing but 70 pounds when he came out. It added that He died from an abscess under his right arm.  This has troublesome for many years, and is probably the result of his prison life during the war… A biography published in 1904  observed that Webster was captured 6/23/64 with 51 comrades and [came] out with only 8, one of that number dying on his way home, and another soon after reaching home. In 1904 Mr. & Mrs. E. B Webster…with a few of the surviving members of Co. F, 11th Regiment, met at "Camp Holbrook" on the Lake Road…

Ira A. Willey  Listed as died at Florence, South Carolina,  1/21/65. Probably died at Salisbury 1/20 or 1/21/65 and buried in the National Cemetery at Salisbury, North Carolina. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists  death 1/20/65. Also listed as I. Wiley.  Listed on the Roll of Honor as Johnathan Wiley died 1/21/65 at Florence and buried in the National Cemetery at Florence, South Carolina.

William Williams  Paroled 12/10/64.  Mustered out 8/25/65. Died 2/28/1914.  Buried in the South Albany Cemetery at Albany, Vermont.

John A. Wilson Died at Charleston  1/15/65. Presumably buried in the National Cemetery at Charleston and reinterred in the National Cemetery at Beaufort, South Carolina. Possibly buried in the National Cemetery at Salisbury, North Carolina.

Franklin Woodard (Woodward) Admitted to hospital 9/15/64 at Charleston. Died at Florence, South Carolina,  11/1/64. Not identified in the National Cemetery at Florence, South Carolina. Also reported to have died at Charleston 11/1 or 11/15/64. [He] died of starvation and exposure…thus perished another victim of Davis, Wirz, and their murderous underlings… records the Greensboro Memorial Record.  His brother, Joseph R. Woodward, Company E, 5th New Hampshire Infantry was mortally wounded at Petersburg 6/17/64.

George F. Woodmansee (Woodmancy) Died at Andersonville 9/9/64 of SCORBUTUS (or Typhoid Pneumonia according to the Greensboro Memorial Record ).  Grave #9264.  Also listed as George F. Woodmancy, G. G. Woodmancy, G. Woodmance at Andersonville. Listed as George F. Woodmancy, son of E. Woodmancy, in the Greensboro Memorial Record.

Joseph Young Paroled 3/3/65 and lost at sea while on board steamer General Lyon 3/?/65.

Peter Young (from Derby, Vermont.)  Paroled 12/13/64. Wounded in battle near Petersburg Va.. on April 2nd 1865 Listed in Peck's Roster as mustered out 7/1/65. A certificate of Disability for Discharge dated 6/19/65 at Montpelier, Vermont,  describes Peter Young as incapable of performing the duties of a soldier because of gunshot wound of the palm of the left hand necessitating the amputation of the 2nd finger and causing adhesion of the flexor tendon of the 3rd finger so that he is unable to flex or extend it.  The wound is treated and he is fit for the V.R.C. but wants his discharge.  Disability is - 1/2.  Living in West Derby, Vermont, on 1890 roster. Peter Young of West Derby listed as receiving $72 per month as a pensioner in 1898. Occupation was that of saddler & harness maker. Died of paralysis [stroke] 2/3/1902 in Brownington, Vermont.  Sophronia Boulac Young granted a widow's pension 1902. There were two Peter Youngs in Co. F. Peter Young from Irasburgh was not captured 6/23/64. He was discharged 6/28/65 for wounds received 4/2/65 and died 12/10/65. He is buried in the National Cemetery at Beaufort, South  Carolina, section 23 plot #2031. The Barry Report on National Cemeteries  lists Peter Young of Irasburg as died in Confederate prison  11/14/64.  Also, his leg amputated 11/14/64 and he died of gangrene 12/15/64.

 

Company G

Silas Albee Died at Andersonville  9/9/64 of DIARRHEA c.  Grave #8301. [Silas {sic} Albee enlisted from Springfield, Vermont.  Not to be confused with Lt.  Silias Albee also of Co. G who enlisted from Londonderry.]

 

Company H

Willis Corydon Adams  Paroled 12/11/64.  Mustered out 6/29/65. Listed as residing in Gardner, Massachusetts, on 1890 roster and living in Winchendon, Massachusetts, on 1920 Federal census. Died 11/17/1923.  Buried in the Riverside Cemetery at Winchendon. Granted an invalid pension in 1888.  Olive A. Adams granted a widow's pension in 1923.

Edward M. Ailes Died at Florence, South Carolina,  12/25/64. Listed as buried in the National Cemetery at Florence. Also listed as Edward M. Ades and Edward Adams at Andersonville and Florence.

Wilmoth Ayers Died at Florence, South Carolina,  11/1 or 11/11/64. Listed as buried in the National Cemetery at Florence. Martha Ayers granted a widow's pension in 1866.

James Martin Babcock  Paroled 2/28/65.  Discharged for disability 6/24/65. Living in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on 1890 roster and 1900 Federal census.  Died 12/14/1907 in Pawtucket. Buried in the Green Bower Cemetery at Gardner, Massachusetts. 

Davidson Matthew Barr  Paroled 4/28/65.  Mustered out 5/23/65. Was a farmer in Grafton and Chester, Vermont. Living in Chester, Vermont, on 1890 roster.  Member of GAR Post #46 (P. H. Sheridan) in Weston, Vermont. Died 2/12/1917 in Londonderry, Vermont, of cancer of face.  Buried in Cavendish Center Cemetery (Center Road Cemetery) at Cavendish, Vermont. His gravestone is inscribed:

DAVID M. BARR [sic]

Member of Co. H 11th Regt. Vt. Vols.

DIED

Feb. 13, 1917

Aged 83 yrs.

Granted an invalid pension in 1866 of $12 per month.  A comrade at Andersonville remembered in 1886 that at Andersonville Barr…was attacked with fever & argue & rheumatism and scurvy and became very much reduced in flesh and strength and greatly debilitated. A Surgeon's Certificate 9/4/77 states Barr was 75% disabled due to chronic rheumatism and general debility. In 1907 upon his Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary he related to a newspaper reporter:

“June 23, 1864, I was taken prisoner in the Welden Railroad battle and for one year I suffered the tortures of Libby, Belle Isle and Andersonville. When I was captured my weight was 225 pounds and when discharged I was reduced to a little over 100 pounds and my clothes were so worn that they hardly covered my body and when I beheld myself in a looking glass I could not believe it was D. M. Barr.”

Henry K. Barrett Died at Charleston  9/28/64. Buried in the National Cemetery at Charleston. Presumably reinterred in the National Cemetery at Beaufort, South Carolina. Listed on the Roll of Honor as buried in the National Cemetery at Florence, South Carolina. Also listed as Henry Baret. Caroline Barrett granted a widow's pension in 1865.

Jared Blanchard, Jr.  Spent three month at Andersonville, sent to Charleston, and paroled 12/11/64. Discharged (perhaps deserted while insane 3/30/65) for disability (“insane”) 3/20/65.   In an 1880 pension application Blanchard remembered Suffering from diarrhea, scurvy and rheumatism when I arrived at Annapolis, Maryland, I was hospitalized for 10 days and given a furlough home to Barnston, P.Q. When I enlisted I weighed 140 pounds and when I returned home from the hospital I only weighed 65 pounds and was sick more than a year…and was not able to return [to the army.]  His brother, George F. Blanchard, was appointed his legal guardian in 1886 by the Orleans, Vermont, District Court, Jared Blanchard having been adjudged Insane by said Court. In a pension affidavit the same year, George stated that Jared had been in an insane asylum (Vermont Asylum for the Insane) in Brattleboro, Vermont, for many years..since his return. He added Said Jared Blancharad was a well and healthy man when he left to go into the late war of 1861 and [when he] came home on a furlough in January…1865 he was a mere skeleton and was out of his head and Insane and has been insane ever since…His insanity was brought on to him from confinement and starvation in Andersonville and other Rebel prisons---now this man is as much entitled to a pension as any man that went to the War of 1861. Granted an invalid pension in ?1885. Listed as "dead" on the SFVHA 1890 Roster.  Died 5/18/97 in the Verdun Protestant Hospital at Ile de Montreal, P.C.

Leander Bordeau (Leandre Bourdon)  Paroled 12/13/64.  Mustered out 7/13/65. As Leander Burdo listed in 1886 as a member of the William C. Tracy GAR Post  #35 in Windsor, Vermont.   Died 7/31/1912.  Buried in the Riverside Cemetery at West Woodstock, Vermont. Granted an invalid pension in 1886.  Susan Bordeau granted a widow's pension in 1912. Probably brother of Lewis Bumblebee (Louis Bourdon) of Co. K 4th Vermont Infantry.

John Browe Died at Millen, Georgia,  unknown date. Listed as J. Brow in the National Cemetery at Lawton, Georgia. Presumably reinterred in the National Cemetery at Beaufort, South Carolina. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 10/15/64 at Andersonville. 

John H. Bruce Died at Charleston 10/6/64. Listed as buried in the National Cemetery at Charleston. Presumably reinterred in the National Cemetery at Beaufort, South Carolina. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 10/5/64 at Andersonville.  Sarah M. Bruce granted a mother's pension in 1869.  Harry Bruce granted a father's pension in 1886. There is a cenotaph in the Pine Hill Cemetery at Sharon, Vermont, which reads:

JOHN H. BRUCE

FEB. 7, 1845

Died at Charleston, S.C.

Oct 7, 1864

Co. H 11th VT.

Samuel Bascom Otis Bruce  Paroled 11/24/64.  Mustered out 6/24/65.  Listed as a farm hand living in Hartford, Vermont, on the 1880 Federal census. Residing in West Hartford, Vermont, on the SFVHA 1890 Roster.    Died 2/15/1918.  Buried in the Pine Hill Cemetery at Sharon, Vermont. The gravestone is inscribed:

SAMUEL B. O. BRUCE

1861 -1865

Co. H 11th Vt. Vols.

Died Feb 15, 1918

Æ 75 ys. 9 ms. 2 ds.

 Granted an invalid pension in 1879.  Belle M. Bruce granted a widow's pension in 1918. His younger brother, Joseph Thomas Bruce, of Co. H 11th Vermont Infantry, died at Fort Slocum, Washington, D.C., on 2/22/1863 according to the inscription on his gravestone in the Pine Hill Cemetery (Peck's Roster give his date of death as 2/22/64). John H.  Bruce appears to be their cousin.

Carlos R. Bugbee Died at Goldsboro, North Carolina,  2/25/65. Reported as buried in the National Cemetery at New Berne, North Carolina, but not listed there.  Ruth A. Bugbee granted a widow's pension in 1865.

George Day Died at Andersonville 9/6/64 of FEVER REMITTENT.  Grave #7974.

Herman Dole Died at Andersonville 11/20/64.  Not identified in the Andersonville Cemetery. Harriet Dole granted a mother's pension in 1878. Listed as Heman Dole at Andersonville. There is a cenotaph in Mount Hope Cemetery at Northfield, Vermont.

Horace S. Dutton Died at Florence, South Carolina,  12/25/64. Listed as buried in the National Cemetery at Florence. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 12/24/65.   Name inscribed on Benjamin Dutton's monument in the Hartford Cemetery at Hartford, Vermont. Abrial T. Dutton granted a father's pension from Kansas in 1891.

Eli Faneuf Paroled 12/11/64. Died 1/6/65 at Camp Parole at Annapolis, Maryland. SFVHA 1890 Roster lists death 1/5/65. Reportedly buried in the National Cemetery at Annapolis, Maryland, but gravestone not found. Family oral history relates that he died in the U. S. Army  General Hospital Dvision #1 at Annapolis on 1/6/65 and "his body was disenterred and given to a friend."  Not listed as buried locally in the military necrology section of William H. Tucker's (1889) History of Hartford, Vermont. Buried in the North Pomfret-Hewittville Cemetery in Pomfret, Vermont. The stone is inscribed:

Elie Faneuf

Died Jan 5, 1865

21 years 9 months

Father E. M Faneuf

Co. H 11th Regiment Vt. Vol. Inf.

 

Arthur M. French Paroled 12/11/64. Died 12/31/64 or 1/1/1/65 at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, of scurvy. The death certificate filed in Hartford, Vermont, gives the cause of death as due to scurvey (sic). Buried in the Hartford Cemetery at Hartford, Vermont. In Hartford Village in the "old section" of the Hartford Cemetery along Vermont route #14 against the bank of the hill is the Moses French family plot with an obelisk bearing the inscription:

Arthur M.

Æ. 21 yrs.

Died Dec. 31, 1864

In defense of his Country

Sabin Gartin.  Paroled 12/16/64.  Mustered out 7/13/65. Died 6/16/85 on Ascutney Mountain as a result of blood loss from a wood cutting accident.  Buried in the St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery at Windsor, Vermont. Joseph C. Ensight granted a minor's pension in 1890.