History of the Eighth Regiment Vermont Volunteers. 1861-1865, Issue 8 |
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1st sergeant 2d lieutenant Company adjutant Algiers Allemands April army Barstow battery battle battle of Opequon Bayou Brattleboro brave brigade Butler camp Capt cavalry Cedar Creek charge Charles Chas colonel colored command Company H comrades Confederate corporal Corps Date of Discharge Date of Enlistment Derby Died of disease Edward Eighth Regiment Eighth Vermont enemy enemy's fight fire flag front George guns Henry Henry H Hill James John Johnsbury Joseph July July 15 July 23 June 14 June 28 killed Lewis Lieut Lunenburg March ment morning mustered out June Newfane night officers ordered Orleans picket pike Port Hudson prisoners Private Company Quartermaster Randolph re-enlisted Jan rebel recruits S. E. Howard second lieutenant Sept Sergt Sheridan shot skirmishers Smith soldiers soon surgeon Topsham troops Union valley veterans volunteers Wardsboro Weitzel West Fairlee William Winchester woods wounded
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