Winter Quarters of the Vermont Brigade
In Front of Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1862-1863
Artist: James Hope (1818 - 1892)
Vermont Historical Society

Pvt. Andrew J. Wills, Co. E
Wounded May 3, 1863

Sgt. Martin V.B. Davis, Co. E


Pvt. Wilbur Fisk, Co. E

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member of Company E and have
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information about your relative,
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Company E, 2nd Regiment, Vermont Volunteers organized at Tunbridge, Vermont on May 21, 1861. Mustered into the United States service for three years at Burlington, Vermont, on June 20, 1861 by Lt. Col. Rains.

The 2nd Vermont Regt. was comprised of ten companies of soldiers from the towns of Bennington, Brattleboro, Castleton, Fletcher, Ludlow, Montpelier, Tunbridge, Vergennes and Waterbury. (Rosenblatt)

"Four years, four little years ago, through all our sunny land, sat wives and mothers, calmly blessed, beside each household band; And still the bright days glided on, and quiet nights dropped down, Wrapping it in one soft web of dreams, cot, hamlet, vale, and town. A bugle blast rang through the land, a war cry loud and shrill, each mountain peak caught up the strain, hill sent it back to hill, "To arms! to arms! ye stalwart men, for freedom and for God, and tread yourselves the glorious paths your noble sires once trod."

Excerpted from :"The Vermont Volunteer"
- Julia C. Dorr - January 11, 1864


Congressional Medals of Honor awarded to:

Capt. Dayton P. Clark (Spotsylvania)
Sgt. Ephraim W. Harrington (Fredericksburg)
Pvt. William W. Noyes (Spotsylvania)
Lt. Augustus Robbins (Spotsylvania)
Lt. Col. Amasa A. Tracy (Cedar Creek)

Brevetted to higher rank for gallant
and meritorious service:

Capt. Erastus G. Ballou to Bvt. Major
Capt. Ephraim W. Harrington to Bvt. Major
Lt. Col. Amasa A. Tracy to Bvt. Colonel
Maj. Enoch E Johnson to Bvt. Lt. Colonel
Capt. Elijah Wales to Bvt. Major

The enrollment of the 2nd Regiment was 1,858. The regiment as a whole lost 399 men:*

6 officers killed
218 enlisted killed
175 enlisted died from disease

The enrollment of Company "E" was 173.
Of the above 399, Company "E" lost 37 men:

2 officers killed
19 enlisted killed
18 enlisted died from other causes

* This number only includes those who died while in the service, while many more died soon after their discharge on account of wounds or disease.


Suggested Reading:

Full Duty
Vermonters in the Civil War
Howard Coffin - ISBN 0-88150-349-5

Letters to Vermont
Donald Wickman - ISBN 1-884592-11-2

Put The Vermonters Ahead
George W. Parsons - ISBN 0-942597-97-4

Hard Marching Every Day
Rosenblatt
A Tabulated History of
the 2nd Vt. Regiment (PDF)

1st Lt. Henry Hayward, Co. E

California Reenacting Group Donates to Vermont Civil War Flags

Company E, Second Vermont Infantry Regiment, a reenacting group based in Southern California, has generously donated funds for the preservation of the Civil War flags carried by the Second Vermont Infantry during the Civil War. Ed and Ginger Nystrom traveled from Redondo Beach, California to Vermont to present the donation to the 18th Vermont and to attend this year's Vermont Civil War Expo. In addition to the $1,175.00 donated by the group, personal donations of $100.00 each were made by Ed and Ginger Nystrom and by Peter and Kristine Swavely.
The 18th Vermont would like to thank Ed and Ginger Nystrom, Peter and Kristine Swavely and the entire Vermont Volunteers Historical Association (Co E, 2nd VT) for their efforts !

Ed and Ginger Nystrom acting on behalf of  Company E, 2nd VT  Infantry Reenacting group from California present Russ Slora (left) of the 18th Vermont a check for $1,175.00 at the 2002 Vermont Civil War Expo.

Photos:
The Second Vermont Volunteer
Infantry Regiment,
1861-1865, by Paul G. Zeller

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