6th Vermont Infantry Regiment

The 6th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater, predominantly in the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, from October 1861 to June 1865. It was a part of the Vermont Brigade.

6th Vermont Infantry Regiment
Flag of Vermont, 1837–1923
ActiveOctober 15, 1861 to October 16, 1864
DisbandedJuly 26, 1865
AllegianceUnited States United States
Union
BranchUnited States Army
Union Army
TypeInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Warwick Creek
Battle of Lee's Mill
Battle of Williamsburg
Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm
Battle of Savage's Station
Battle of White Oak Swamp
Battle of Crampton's Gap
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Second Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Salem Church
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Fort Stevens
Third Battle of Winchester
Battle of Fisher's Hill
Battle of Cedar Creek
Siege of Petersburg
Commanders
ColonelAsa P. Blunt
Insignia
2nd Brigade (Vermont Brigade), 2nd Division, VI Corps (Union Army), Army of the Potomac/Army of the Shenandoah (Union)
Colonel Nathan Lord, Jr.
seated man with beard in uniform
Asa P. Blunt commanded in 1861

Service

The regiment was mustered into Federal service on October 15, 1861, at St. Albans, Vermont under Colonel Nathan Lord, Jr., the son of the Dartmouth College president Nathan Lord.[1] It was engaged in, or present at, Warwick Creek, Lee's Mill, Williamsburg, Golding's Farm, Savage's Station and White Oak Swamp during the Peninsula Campaign; Crampton's Gap and Antietam during the 1862 Maryland Campaign; Battle of Fredericksburg, Marye's Heights, Salem Church, and Banks' Ford; Gettysburg and Funkstown during the Gettysburg Campaign; Gainesville and Rappahannock Station; the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, and Reams' Station during the Overland Campaign; Fort Stevens; Charlestown, Third Battle of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek during the Shenandoah Valley campaign; the Siege of Petersburg, and Sayler's Creek.

Throughout the 6th Vermont's service, 189 men were killed and mortally wounded in combat, 2 died from non-combat related accidents, 20 died in Confederate prisons (including seven who perished at the infamous Andersonville POW camp),[2] and 189 died from disease for a total loss of 400 men.

When the original three-year enlistees mustered out 16 October 1864, the regiment was left with 320 men on its muster who had either reenlisted or joined as recruits after initial muster into federal service.[3] The regiment mustered out of service on July 8, 1865 in Burlington.[2]

Companies

Company D

Company "D" of the 6th Vermont at drill, 1861.
Company "D" of the 6th Vermont at drill, 1861.

Company I

Company "I" of the 6th Vermont at drill, 1861.
Company "I" of the 6th Vermont at drill, 1861.


Engagements

ENGAGEMENTS[4]
Battle at Lee's Mills April 16, 1862
Battle of Williamsburg May 5, 1862
Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm June 26, 1862
Battle of Savage's Station June 29, 1862
Battle of White Oak Swamp June 30, 1862
Battle of Crampton's Gap September 14, 1862
Battle of Antietam[5] September 17, 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg December 13, 1862
Battle of Marye's Heights[5] May 3, 1863
Battle of Salem Church May 4, 1863
Second Battle of Fredericksburg[6] June 5, 1863
Battle of Gettysburg[7] July 3, 1863
Battle of Funkstown[7] July 10, 1863
Battle of Rappahannock Station November 7, 1863
Battle of the Wilderness[8] May 510, 1864
Battle of Spotsylvania May 10-18, 1864
Battle of Cold Harbor June 1-12, 1864
Battle of Petersburg June 18, 1864
Battle of Reams' Station June 29, 1864
Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.) July 11, 1864
Battle of Charlestown August 21, 1864
Battle of Opequon (Gilbert's Ford) September 13, 1864
Battle of Winchester (Opequon) September 19, 1864
Battle of Fisher's Hill September 21-22, 1864
Battle of Cedar Creek October 19, 1864
Battle of Petersburg March 25, 1865
Battle of Petersburg April 2, 1865

Final Statement

FINAL STATEMENT[9]
Original members 966
Gain (recruits and transfers) 715
--- Aggregate 1681
--- Losses ---
Killed in action 129
Died of wounds 60
Died of disease 189
Died in Confederate prisons 20
Died from accident 2
Total of Deaths 400
Promoted to other regiments 19
Honorably discharged 440
Dishonorably discharged 8
Deserted 66
Finally unaccounted for 6
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps and other organizations 126
Losses other than by death 665
--- Total Losses 1065
Mustered out at various times 616
Total wounded 449
Total taken prisoner 132

See also

Notes

  1. 6th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment, United States Regiments & Batteries: Vermont
  2. Benedict (1886), p. 232, Vol. I.
  3. Fox (1889), p. 151.
  4. Fox 1889, p. 151. Benedict 1886, p. 233, Vol. I. U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 11/1, p. 157, Vol. XI-XXIII-I
  5. Crockett (1921), pp. 510–12, Vol. III.
  6. Benedict (1886), pp. 142–43, Vol. I.
  7. Benedict (1886), p. 144, Vol. I.
  8. Coffin (2002), p. 104.
  9. Fox 1889, p. 151. Adjutant General 1892, p. 213, Vol. VI. Benedict 1886, p. 234, Vol. I


References

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