On Vermont Route 22A at Vermont Route 17W, on the right when traveling south on State Route 22A.
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Addison Remembers
Her Heroes
1771 - Revolutionary War - 1778
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
1812 - War With England - 1814
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
1861 - Civil War - 1865
[Died in Service]
Joseph Arno • Joseph . . . — — Map (db m109277) WM
On Vermont Route 30 at Fisher Street, on the right when traveling south on State Route 30.
South Side inscription:
Died in Hospital:
Sergt. Romeo R. Peck
Nelson Baxter
Loyal Darling
Adams H. Potter
Emerson Mayo Ja's E. Fenton
Hung by Guerillas
Alva K. Barlow
North and West side inscriptions . . . — — Map (db m136370) WM
Near Court Street (U.S. 7) at Court Square, on the left when traveling west.
(side 1)
Middlebury
In The
1861—Civil War—1865
Joseph Alexander • Henry W. Bennett • Merrill Bentley
Bertrand W. Billings • John Brunelle • Michael Burke
John Caffrey • Roderick A. Champlin • . . . — — Map (db m136571) WM
Near North Street (U.S. 7) at Depot Street, on the right when traveling west.
(side 1)
In 1884, the State General Assembly authorized an initial $10,000 appropriation to establish a soldiers’ home to care for disabled veterans of the Civil War. The former country estate of Seth B. Hunt, erected in 1860, was . . . — — Map (db m108851) HM
On Main Street (Vermont Route 9), on the left when traveling west.
To the memory of the men from Bennington whose patriotism helped to maintain and perpetuate the Union 1861 – 1865 A tribute by Bennington Post no. 13, American Legion Dedicated at the Department Convention of the Legion, the first held in . . . — — Map (db m105774) WM
In honor of the brave men of Danville who victoriously defended the Union during the War of the Rebellion
1861 - 1865
Commissioned Officers
Colonel Addison W. Preston •
Captain James M. Ayer •
Captain Charles D. Brainerd • . . . — — Map (db m140332) WM
On Theodore Roosevelt Hwy (U.S. 2) at Peacham Road, on the right when traveling east on Theodore Roosevelt Hwy.
Born crippled and poor in Danville in 1792, Stevens was schooled by his mother, Sally Morrill Stevens, and at nearby Caledonia County Grammar School, graduating from Dartmouth College in 1814. He became a brilliant lawyer, committed to racial . . . — — Map (db m20664) HM
On Scott Highway (U.S. 302) at Mill Street, on the right when traveling west on Scott Highway.
In Memory
Of
The Brave Soldiers
Of The
Town Of Groton
Who Served During
The Civil War
1861 – 1865
Left Face:
Groton's Roll Of Honor
In The Civil War
Vermont Infantry Co. Regt.
Sergeant . . . — — Map (db m157719) WM
On Scott Highway (U.S. 302) 1.2 miles west of Seyon Pond Road (County Route 24), on the left when traveling west.
In memory of William Scott the sleeping sentinel pardoned by Abraham Lincoln Sept. 9th, 1861. Born on this farm Apr. 9th, 1839. Enl. in Co. K, 3rd Vt. Vol. July 10th, 1861. Died of wounds at Lees Mills Apr. 16th, 1862. — — Map (db m155867) HM WM
On Main Street (U.S. 2) near Eastern Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Parrot Gun No. 126
Presented To
Chamberlin Post No. 1 G.A.R.
August 1899
By Sec. of Navy on request of
Hon. W.W. Grout.
This gun was in service during
Civil War on U.S.S. Kanawha — — Map (db m180787) WM
On Main Street (U.S. 2) at Eastern Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Parrot Gun No. 126
Presented To
Chamberlin Post No. 1 G.A.R.
August 1899
By Sec. of Navy on request of
Hon. W.W. Grout.
This gun was in service during
Civil War on U.S.S. Magnolia — — Map (db m180785) WM
On Main Street (U.S. 2) at Eastern Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
In Honor of
The St. Johnsbury Volunteers
Who Sacrificed Their Lives
In Defence of The Union.
Fredricksburgh. · Gettysburg. · Winchester. · Spotsylvania. · Wilderness. · Port Hudson. · Williamsburg. · Cold Harbor. · Petersburg. · Lees Mills. . . . — — Map (db m180784) WM
Near Park Street (Vermont Route 127) at Sherman Street, on the right when traveling south.
On June 24, 1861, the first Vermont soldiers who enlisted for service in the Civil War for three years left Burlington for Washington by rail. Four days earlier, the 866 officers and men from across the state had been mustered into the Union Army . . . — — Map (db m75584) HM
On College Street at St. Paul Street, on the right when traveling east on College Street.
Erected by Stannard Womans Relief Corps in Memory of Our Soldiers and Sailor Dead 1861-1865 In honor of the brave men who victoriously defended the union on land and sea during the war of the great rebellion. — — Map (db m89144) WM
On St. Paul Street north of Main Street (U.S. 2), on the right when traveling north.
In this park on July 22, 1863, Vermont's only ethnic Civil War unit was welcomed home from the battle of Gettysburg. Lonergan commanded Co. A, 13th VT Regiment - the Irish Company - and he received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in the battle. . . . — — Map (db m88639) HM
Near Park Street at Pearl Street, on the left when traveling north.
Brevet Major General U.S. Vols.
1837-1892
First Lieut. Co. C 1st Vermont Cavalry Oct. 14 1861
Captain Co. C Nov. 18 1861
Major Dec. 30 1862
Colonel July 2 1864
Brevet Brigadier General U.S. Vols. Feb. 22 1865
Brevet Major General U.S. . . . — — Map (db m75579) HM WM
Near Archibald Street east of North Willard Street (U.S. 2), on the left when traveling east.
In memory of
John Lonergan
a native of Ireland,
who having made
the United States
his adopted country,
defended it in the
Civil War, and at the
Battle of Gettysburg
with distinction as
Capt. Co. A, 13th VT Reg't.,
and was . . . — — Map (db m143257) HM WM
On South Willard Street (U.S. 7) at Main Street (U.S. 2), on the right when traveling north on South Willard Street.
General William Wells (1837-1892) In 1861 William Wells joined the First Vermont Cavalry as a Private and rose to the rank of Brevet Major-General. Promoted more times than any other Vermonter during the American Civil War, he participated in . . . — — Map (db m75549) HM
On Lincoln Hill Road at North Road, on the right when traveling east on Lincoln Hill Road.
(side 1)
On this hill from 1795 to 1865 thrived an African American farming community. The first settlers at the bottom of this road in 1798, from MA, were Samuel Peters, Hannah Lensemen & husband Prince Peters. Prince served in Captain . . . — — Map (db m86659) HM
George Jerrison Stannard
On July 3, 1863, Brigadier General George Stannard ordered 900 men of his Second Vermont Brigade to attack the right flank of the final Confederate assault at the Battle of Gettysburg. That decisive blow to Pickett's . . . — — Map (db m201070) HM
On Vermont Route 114 at Vermont Route 102, on the right when traveling east on State Route 114.
1861 Civil War 1865
Canaan, Vermont
3rd Vermont Volunteers
Francis Baker,
Chauncey Barnett,
Hiram Bowen,
Samuel Cable,
Thomas Colby,
Charles M Elliott,
Thomas Farrow,
George Gamsby,
James Gamsby,
William H. Gault,
David . . . — — Map (db m140268) WM
On West Main Street (U.S. 2) at Park Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
In memory of
our comrades in
the Rebellion
1861 to 1865
Captains
John S. Clark
Elben J. Hartshorn
Lieuts.
Geo. P. French
Nathan C. Cheney
George W. Hill
Sergeants
Marshall W. Wright
Solo L. Simonds
Levi H. . . . — — Map (db m140149) WM
On Bridge Street, 0.2 miles east of Sheldon Creek Road (Local Road 4), on the left when traveling east.
On their retreat to Canada after an attack on St. Albans, a 22-man Confederate detachment rode into Sheldon near dark. Crossing a covered bridge which stood on the site, they set it on fire, but alert village citizens saved the bridge. In great . . . — — Map (db m76883) HM
On Vermont Route 105, 0.1 miles west of Sheldon Creek Road, on the right when traveling west.
After Civil War, two attempts of Irish patriots to invade Canada and set up a free Irish republic were repulsed between Franklin and Cook's Corners. Fenians gathered in St. Albans, marched via Sheldon to the border but were stopped by Canadian arms . . . — — Map (db m74434) HM
On Old Orchard Road at Swanton Road (U.S. 7), on the right when traveling west on Old Orchard Road.
This site, the former Henry Seymour farm, became a Civil War camp named in honor of Vermont’s second Civil War Governor, Frederick Holbrook. Over 1000 men of the 5th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment camped on this land and were mustered in to . . . — — Map (db m86591) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 7) north of Fairfield Street (Vermont Route 36), on the right when traveling north.
The Civil War entered Vermont, October 19, 1864, when 22 Confederates spread terror from the north, robbed three banks and shot up the town. Stealing horses, they fled back into Canada. There, after trial, they were freed and the banks partially . . . — — Map (db m61958) HM
On S Main Street (U.S. 7) at Lake Street, on the right on S Main Street.
To Those Brave Men of St. Albans who Fought in the Civil War
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we . . . — — Map (db m140579) WM
On Vermont Route 109, 4.4 miles west of Vermont Route 118, on the left when traveling west.
Born in Virginia in 1850, Henderson was employed as a servant by Henry Carpenter, adjutant in the Eighth Vermont Regiment in the Civil War. In 1865 he accompanied Carpenter to his home in Belvidere and began "to learn his letters." After study with . . . — — Map (db m74259) HM
On Lower Main Street West (Vermont Route 15) 0.6 miles west of Vermont Route 100-C, on the right when traveling west.
Julian Scott, Vermont’s most renowned Civil War artist, was born in this Johnson house in 1846. At the start of the Civil War, when only 15, he enlisted as a fifer in the Third Vermont Regiment. Scott was awarded a Medal of Honor -- for rescuing . . . — — Map (db m77551) HM
On Lower Main Street W (Vermont Route 15) at Gould Hill, on the right when traveling east on Lower Main Street W.
Honor Roll
Erected by the Town of Johnson
In Grateful Remembrance of Her Citizens
Who Protected Their Country's Flag
During the Civil War. 1861 — 1865
James H. Adams • Levi B. Adams • Sumner A . Andrews • Frank B. Atwell • Marshall . . . — — Map (db m140633) WM
On South Main Street (Vermont Route 25B) at Main Street (U.S. 5), on the right when traveling east on South Main Street.
BRADFORD CITIZENS
With the "Boys In Blue" During The Civil War
1861 - 1865
Abbot, Albert C. ·
Abbott, Ephraim C. ·
Andros, Charles W. ·
Andross, Dudley K. ·
Andross, Leonard A. ·
Andross, Noble C. ·
Argy, William ·
Argy, . . . — — Map (db m158919) WM
On South Main Street at Lower Plain on South Main Street.
Born Bradford, Vermont August 10, 1843 Died Long Beach California Oct. 1. 1922
Entered Annapolis Naval Academy Sept. 29, 1860 With Farragut Battle Mobile Bay Aug 5, 1864 Race of U.S.S. Oregon from California to Florida Mar. 16-May 26, 1898 . . . — — Map (db m65831) HM WM
On Vermont Route 110 at School Lane, on the left when traveling south on State Route 110.
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S. C. Smith Post No. 57 G.A.R.
Julius Lazelle · J. A. Dickey · C. O. Slack · F. V. Jefferds · L. D. Parkhurst · E. W. Whitcomb · A. R. Nelson · C. S. George · A. F. Bohonon · D. P. Smith · C. H. Smith · T. F. S. Thurber · . . . — — Map (db m157923) WM
On Main Street at Covered Bridge Road, in the median on Main Street.
North Face
Names of the soldiers from
the Town of Coventry, Vermont
who served in the Civil War of
1861-1865.
Co. A 2d VT Inf. Vol.
Abby, Daniel
Co. B 3d VT Inf. Vol.
Allen, Levi C.
Bartlett, Enoch K. . . . — — Map (db m155240) WM
On Derby Line Road (U.S. 5) at Palin Farm Road, on the left when traveling south on Derby Line Road.
In memory of the volunteers from Derby, who lost their lives in the Great Rebellion of 1861-5.
1861 Derby's tribute to her sons who fought in the Civil War 1865
+Spaulding, S.F., 1st Lt.• *Chase, G.W. 1st Lt.• *Hopkins, M. 2nd Lt.• . . . — — Map (db m221723) WM
Willie Johnston was the youngest recipient of The Medal of Honor at the age of 13. In 1861, at age 11, he enlisted as a drummer boy for Company D of the 3rd Vermont Infantry. He was the only drummer in his division to come away with his drum during . . . — — Map (db m207862) HM
On Gardner Park Road east of Causeway Street (U.S. 5), on the right when traveling east.
In memory of the Eighteen Charter Members of Baxter Post No 51 G.A.R.
Ina L. Rocque, Dept. President W.R.C.
In memory of Our Fathers
Vermont Dep't. D. of U.V. of the Civil War
In memory of Sarah . . . — — Map (db m122865) HM WM
On Franklin STreet (U.S. 7) at Park Street (Vermont Route 73), on the right when traveling north on Franklin STreet.
Killed in Battle
Capt. Geo. B. Davenport, May 5, 1864
Capt. Chas. J. Ormsbee, May 5, 1864
Lieut. Hiram Bailey, June 3, 1864
Sergt. Ezra P. West, June 29, 1862
Corp. Chas. A. Ford, April 2, 1865
Hadley P. Ford, May 16, 1864
John . . . — — Map (db m136383) WM
On Grove Street (U.S. 7) at Champlain Street (Vermont Route 73), on the right when traveling south on Grove Street.
The ‘little giant’ of national politics, born in Brandon in 1813, later moved to Middlebury to learn cabinet making. Returning to Brandon, he attended the Academy. Moving to Illinois in 1833, his career merged with the stream of American politics, . . . — — Map (db m76006) HM
On Grove Street (U.S. 7) at Pearl Street, on the left when traveling north on Grove Street.
(side 1)
Teacher Lawyer Orator Statesman
United States Senator from Illinois 1847 to 1861
Democratic candidate for President of United States
against Abraham Lincoln. Loyal supporter of Lincoln and
the Union in the early days . . . — — Map (db m136876) HM
On South Street, 0.2 miles south of Main Street (Alternate Vermont Route 4A), on the right when traveling south.
American portrait and landscape painter, James Hope excelled at capturing the beauty of mid-19th century Vermont. He is best known for his five large paintings of the Civil War Battle of Antietam in Maryland done from sketches made while serving as . . . — — Map (db m95452) HM
On Vermont Route 103, 0.7 miles north of Freeman Brook Road, on the left when traveling north.
(side 1)
John Porter Bowman and Laurel Hall
John Bowman was born in 1816 in his grandparents’ tavern at Pierce’s Corner, VT. At 15 he began working in tanneries in Rutland and New York. In the 1840s he opened Tannery Crossing in . . . — — Map (db m199457) HM
On Town Hill Road at Vermont Route 140, on the right when traveling east on Town Hill Road.
To our country's defenders of Poultney,VT. Erected in grateful memory of their heroic service by Mrs. Josephine L. Lewis in memory of her husband Col. Judson A. Lewis. — — Map (db m60775) HM
On W Road west of Vermont Route 133, on the left when traveling west.
1861 • Civil War • 1865
Lawson E Barber · John L Batchelder · Charles P Bateman · John T Bour
Oliver E Brewster · George Brown · William Coole · Cornelius P Curtis
Henry T Davis · Albert Fish · Henry Flagg · James H Fowler · James S Fox . . . — — Map (db m229680) WM
On U.S. 4 at Esquiline Parkway, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 4.
Born in Rutland, Ripley enlisted in the 9th Vermont in 1862 and fought at Harper’s Ferry, Chaffin’s Farm and Second Fair Oaks. As brigade commander of the Army of the James, the general led the first Union troops into the Confederate capitol of . . . — — Map (db m103338) HM
On West Street (U.S. 4) at Forrest, on the right when traveling west on West Street.
This monument is dedicated to
the memory of
the Veterans who served
in the following wars
Revolutionary War
(16 names)
War of 1812
(5 names)
Mexican War
(1 name)
Civil War
(19 names) — — Map (db m133953) WM
On Center Street at Merchants Row, on the right when traveling east on Center Street.
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first African-American regiment formed after the Emancipation
Proclamation, included dozens of Vermonters, 20 enlisted in Rutland, many born in Rutland County.
The regiment helped debunk military beliefs . . . — — Map (db m229886) HM WM
Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War (1861-1865). As the death toll rose, the U.S. Government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. This propelled the . . . — — Map (db m191607) WM
On Depot Square at Wall Street, in the median on Depot Square.
1885
Erected by
the Town, in grateful
remembrance of her sons, who
heroically risked their lives in defense
of their Country in the War of 1861.
1st. Regt.
Capt. W. H. Boyton • Chap. L. H. Stone • L. P. Barnes • R. G. Bassett • . . . — — Map (db m157401) WM
On North Main Street (U.S. 2) 0.2 miles east of Waterbury-Stowe Road (Vermont Route 100), on the right when traveling east.
Henry Janes, physician, soldier, farmer, and humanitarian, was born here January 24, 1832. As head of services at the Union Army hospital immediately after the Battle of Gettysburg, Dr. Janes faced the challenge of caring for 20,000 wounded Union . . . — — Map (db m86683) HM
On Park Place, 0.1 miles east of Linden Street (Vermont Route 30), on the left when traveling east.
(Front): This Monument Commemorates The Loyalty and Patriotism Of the Men of Brattleboro, Who Fought for Liberty and the Union In the Great Rebellion of 1861 – 1865 Enlisted 385. Died in Service 31. Erected by a Grateful . . . — — Map (db m23114) HM
Near South Main Street south of Washington Street, on the left when traveling south.
Brattleboro at War (center panel) In May 1861, a month after the Confederate assault on Fort Sumter in South Carolina, the State of Vermont established a camp in the town of Brattleboro. The barracks and other buildings were used to . . . — — Map (db m136427) HM
On Fairground Road, 0.2 miles east of Atwood Street, on the right when traveling east.
Ten thousand two hundred volunteers in the 4th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Vermont Regiments and the 1st Vermont Light Battery encamped and were mustered into the Union service, before departing for the field.
Upon . . . — — Map (db m151917) HM WM
On Vermont Route 30 at Church Street, on the left when traveling north on State Route 30.
(Front): In Memory of The Men of Newfane Who Served Their Country In the Civil War 1861 – 1865 “On fames eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread, and glory guards, with solemn round, the bivouac of the . . . — — Map (db m23134) HM
On South Main Street at Beaver Street, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
Roll of Honor
Dedicated to Those Who Offered
Their Lives in Humanity’s Defense in
The War of the Nations 1914 – 1918
And in Memory of Those Indicated
Here by Gold Stars, Who Gave Their
* Last Full Measure of Devotion * . . . — — Map (db m23268) HM
On Vermont Route 11 at School Street, on the right when traveling west on State Route 11.
[ South Plaque ]
Roll of Honor to Those Who Sleep Where They Fell.
Sewell Barker, Corp. Co. G. 7th Vt. Vols.
Joseph W. Fletcher, Corp. Co. H. 10th Vt. Vols.
Azro B. Stiles, Corp. Co. K. 4th Vt. Vols.
Rensselaer H. . . . — — Map (db m23189) HM
On Main Street (Vermont Route 100) at Park Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Presented to the Town of Weston by Harrison Meads In Memory of the Soldiers of Said Town Who Gave Their Lives in The War of the Rebellion, 1861 – 1865 George E. Meads, Berdans 1st Reg. Of Sharpshooters Co. F. Died Sept. 9, 1862 . . . — — Map (db m23223) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 5) at Depot Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
[Roll of Honored Dead]
William C. Tracey · Joseph Bickford · Richard F. Rich
William Greenwood · Joseph A. Smith
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
Edward Blanchard · Henry S. Blanchard · James Brady · William H. Clayton
Albert Coates · . . . — — Map (db m230914) WM
On Central Street at Pleasant Street, on the right when traveling west on Central Street.
[ East face ]
In Memory of the Boys of Woodstock and Vicinity Who Served in the Army And Navy of the Nation in the War of the Rebellion of ’61 to ’65.
[ South face ]
From Big Bethel to Appomattox. . . . — — Map (db m23169) HM
