Service and pension records are available at the National Archives. This website can also be searched by the name of a soldier. The information in the lists of Vermont Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors website. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and unassigned companies. Most units were numbered, however, some were named. Burlington, Vt. : Free Press Association, 1886-1888. Vermont in the Civil War : a history of the part taken by the Vermont soldiers and sailors in the War for the Union, 1861-5. Woodstock, Vermont : Countryman Press, c1993. On October 19, 1864, Confederates robbed three banks there. After escaping to Canada, they were caught and tried, but the Canadian courts decided not to extradite them to the United States since they were acting under military orders. Albans, Vermont saw the northernmost land action in the Civil War. Vermont had "17 infantry regiments, 1 cavalry regiment, 3 light artillery batteries, 1 heavy artillery company, 3 companies of sharpshooters, and 2 companies of frontier cavalry." The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry included 66 Vermont blacks. An additional 100 black Vermonters also served. Vermont mustered in more than 28,100 men to serve in Vermont volunteer units plus an additional 5,000 Vermonters served in the units of other states, in the U.S. 9.2 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
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