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Cavendish in Windsor County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Cavendish

1861-1865

— In Memory of Her Soldiers —

 
 
Cavendish Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, July 13, 2025
1. Cavendish Marker
Inscription.
North Side (Front):
Sharpshooters 1st Reg.
Morrill Bailey - F. A. Field
S. J. Williams

Sharpshooters 2nd Reg.
Corp. Geo. S. Miller Died
Chas. S. Bond - Allen P. Miller
S, Langworthy

Vermont Cavalry
H.G. Atwood Co. C Died while prisoner of war
Patrick Cronan Co. C Died
W.W. Kingston. Co. C Died while prisoner of war
John E. Willey Died in service from disease incurred while prisoner of war
J. Quincy French. Co. E Died at Wildness
Edmund Stone Co. E
N.G.B. Wetherell Co. E Died
H.C. Spaulding C.. F Died while prisoner of war
J.T. Lyon Co. E— J.A. White Died
Sergt. Nelson W. Emery. 1st Battery
J.L. Harrington 2nd
A.B. Adams Died 1879
Frank Haven

South Side:
16th Reg.
1st Sergt. L Wolcott Co. K
Corp. Fred A Wait Co. C
J.B. Witherell Co. C
O.W. Fullam Co. C.
C.H. Kingston. Co. C
E.G. Kingston
Geo.C. Kingston
C. Langworthy
J. Langworthy
E. F. Morgan
Chas Rice
Chas. C. Spaulding
Mat. Stewart

17th Reg.
Capt. B.F. Giddings. Co. B
Geo. L. Burbank.Co. B.
John Barnard. Co. G.
Wm. Clucas Co. G
Ed. McCormic.
H. E. Needham. Co. G. Killed at Petersburg April 2,1865
Alex,
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Stewart. Co. G.
Saml. Stewart. Co. G.
Henry M. Winsor
Martin M. Winsor.
Isaac M. Winsor
Merritt White
J.L. Hemenway Co. H. Died In Service
Harvey P. Wiley. Co. G.
Killed at Petersburg June 25.1864

East Side
7th Reg.
Namum Bemis Co. G
W.M. Crown Co. G
J.H. Calley
Jas Dumphy
Geo. Wells
N.J. Ellis
A.J. Earl
John S. Fitch
H.J. Fuller Henry Hardy
L.A. Hasselton Co. G
H.W. Holden
Lowell B. Paine Co.C lost with steamship Dec.22 1864
Chancellor Paige Co. G Died in Service
Henty D. Piece Co. G>
Otto Rimley Co. G Died in service
Elbridge Reed Co. G
Jos. Richards Co. G
C.H. Spaulding Co. G Died in service
C.A. Sherry Co. G
J. Upham
Wm. H. Upman
F.F. Walker
Geo. J. Wallace Died form wounds received Apr 8 1865
Lucien Wilson
Justin J. Wilson Co. G
Ward D. Wilson
Seneca Wilson Co. B
H.G. Fletcher Co. E Died in service
M.D. Hicks Co. A
Geo. Smith

West Side

13th Reg.
Michael Moylan Co. A
Died from wounds received at Gettysburg

15th Reg.
Col. Redfield, Proctor

16th Reg.
Lieut. Henry A. Fletcher Co. C
Jason Freeman Co. K
Segt. S.A. Fuller Co. C
John Cary
Wm B. Davis: Co.
East Side image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, July 13, 2025
2. East Side
K. Died
Edward B. Ellis. Co. K
Joseph Ashley CO. C Killed at Gettysburg
Warren Bailey Co. C
Leonard Bailey Co. C
I.E. Barard Co. C Died 1873
James Bemis Co. C
Henry H. Bemis Co. C Died
Marlow Bingham Co. C
Henry H Carlisle Died from wounds received At Gettysburg
Melvin O. Chapman Co. G
Amos F. Crain died 1882
Thomas W. Demary Co. C Died in service
Wm. H. Ellis Co. C
Lyman D Foster Co. C
Ransom R. Fuller Co. C Died
Owen B Tuffs Co. C

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is April 2, 1865.
 
Location. 43° 22.924′ N, 72° 36.64′ W. Memorial is in Cavendish, Vermont, in Windsor County. It is on Main Street (Vermont Route 131) west of Pleasant Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1958 Main St, Cavendish VT 05142, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Vermont’s Connecticut River Valley and in the Green Mountains. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World,
West Side image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, July 13, 2025
3. West Side
and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Vermont Republic.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Town of Cavendish Honor Roll (here, next to this marker); In Honor (here, next to this marker); Honor Roll (here, next to this marker); Cavendish Remembers (here, next to this marker); The Gage Accident (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); In Memory (about 700 feet away); House of Salmon Dutton (about 800 feet away); Town of Cavendish WW1 Honor Roll (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cavendish.
 
More about this memorial. Monument stands beside Cavendish Historical Society building. It was difficult to transcribe in the customary manner, so I entered it as seen on marker.
 
Also see . . .  1st Vermont Cavalry.
The 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment was a three years' cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater from November 1861 to August 1865, in the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac.
(Submitted on August 15, 2025, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.) 
 
South Side image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, July 13, 2025
4. South Side
Cavendish Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, July 13, 2025
5. Cavendish Marker
Cavendish Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, July 13, 2025
6. Cavendish Marker
Cavendish Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, July 13, 2025
7. Cavendish Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 15, 2025, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 98 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on August 15, 2025, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.
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