VERMONT Medal of Honor Recipients

VERMONT
A Compilation^©of
Medal of Honor Recipients
serving from Vermont to defend the Union.

³BEATTY, Alexander M., Captain	3rd Vermont Infantry Regiment, Company F
Entered service in Vt Born: 29 July 1828, Ryegate, Vt.	Buried: Summer Street Cemetery , Lancaster, NH
Medal of Honor date of issue 25 April 1894	Citation: At Cold Harbor, Va 5 June 1864
Removed, under a hot fire, a wounded member of his command to a place of safety.
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²BENEDICT, George Greenville, 2nd Lt	12th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company C
Entered service at Burlington, Vt Born: Burlington, Vt.	Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Burlington, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 27 June 1892	Citation: At Gettysburg, Pa 3 July 1863
Passed through a murderous fire of grape and canister in delivering orders and re-formed the crowded lines.
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¹BUTTERFIELD, Franklin George, 1st Lt	6th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company C
Entered service at Rockingham, Vt Born: Rockingham, Vt.	Buried: Saxtons River Cemetery, Saxtons River, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 4 May 1891	Citation: At Salem Heights, Va 4 May 1863
Took command of the skirmish line and covered the movement of his regiment out of a precarious position
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¹CLARK, John Wesley, 1st Lt	6th Vermont Infantry Regiment - Quartermaster
Entered service at Vt Born: 21 Oct 1830 Montpelier Vt.	Buried: Green Mont Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 17 August 1891	Citation: Near Warrenton, Va 28 July 1863
Defended the division train against a vastly superior force of the enemy; he was severely wounded, but remained in the saddle for 20 hours afterwards until he had brought his train through in safety.
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²CLARKE, Dayton P., Captain	2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment Company F
Entered service at Hermon, N.Y. Born: Hermon, N.Y.	Buried: Green Mont Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 30 June 1892	Citation: At Spotsylvania, Va 12 May 1864
Distinguished conduct in a desperate hand-to-hand fight while commanding the regiment.
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² COFFEY, Robert John, Sergeant	4th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company K
Entered service at Montpelier, Vt Born in Nova Scotia.	Buried: Green Mont Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 13 May 1892	Citation: At Banks Ford, Va 4 May 1863
Single-handedly captured 2 officers and 5 privates of the 8th Louisiana Regiment (C.S.A.)
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²DAVIS, George Evans, 1st Lt	10th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company D
Entered service at Burlington, Vt Born: Dunstable, Mass	Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Burlington, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 27 May 1892	Citation: At Monocacy, Md 9 July 1864.
While in command of a small force, held the approaches to the 2 bridges against repeated assaults of superior numbers, thereby materially delaying Early's advance on Washington.
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¹DOLLOFF, Charles W. , Corporal	1st Vermont Infantry Company K
Entered service at St. Johnsbury, Vt. Born: Parishville, N.Y.	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue 24 April 1865	Citation: At Petersburg, Va 2 April 1865
Capture of flag.
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³DOWNS, Henry W., Sergeant	8th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company I
Entered service at Newfane, Vt. Born: Jamaica, Vt.	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue 13 December 1893	Citation: At Winchester, Va 19 September 1864
With one comrade, voluntarily crossed an open field, exposed to a raking fire, and returned with a supply of ammunition, successfully repeating the attempt a short time thereafter.
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³ DRURY, James, Sergeant	4th Vermont Infantry Company C
Entered service at: Chester, Vt Born in: Ireland	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue 18 January 1893	Citation: At Weldon Railroad, Va 23 June 1864
Saved the colors of his regiment when it was surrounded by a much larger force of the enemy and after the greater part of the regiment had been killed or captured.
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¹EVANS, Ira Hobart, Captain	116th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops Company B
Entered service at Barre, Vt Born: Piermont, N.H.	Buried: Corners Cemetery, Berlin, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 24 March 1892	Citation: At Hatchers Run, Va 2 April 1865
Voluntarily passed between the lines, under a heavy fire from the enemy, and obtained important information.

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¹GOULD, Charles Gilbert. Captain	5th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company H
Entered service at Windham, Vt Born: Windham, Vt	Buried: Windam Cemetery, Windam, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 30 July 1890	Citation: At Petersburg, Va. 2 April 1865
Among the first to mount the enemy's works in the assault, he received a serious bayonet wound in the face, was struck several times with clubbed muskets, but bravely stood his ground, and with his sword killed the man who bayoneted him.
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³GRANT , Lewis A. Colonel	5th Vermont Infantry Regiment
Entered service at Bellow Falls, Vt Born: 17 January 1828, Winhall, Vt.	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue 11 May 1893	Citation: At Salem Heights, VA 3 May 1893
Personal gallantry and intrepidity displayed in the management of his brigade and in leading it in the assault in which he was wounded.
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¹HACK, Lester G. ,	5th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company F
Entered service at Salisbury, Vt Born: 18 January 1841, Bolton, N.Y	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue 10 May 1865	Citation: At Petersburg, Va 2 April 1865
Capture of flag of 23d Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.) with several of the enemy.
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²HARRINGTON, Epharin W. , Sergeant	2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment Company G
Entered service at Kirby, Vt Born: Waterford, Maine	Buried: Grove Cemetery, St Johnsbury, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 13 December 1893	Citation: At Fredericksburg, Va 3 May 1863
Carried the colors to the top of the heights and almost to the muzzle of the enemy's guns.
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³HAWKINS, Gardner C., 1st Lt	3rd Vermont Infantry Regiment Company E
Entered service at: Woodstock, Vt Born: Pomfret, Vt.	Buried:
Medal of Honordate of issue 30 September 1893	Citation: At Petersburg, Va 2 April 1865
When the lines were wavering from the well-directed fire of the enemy, this officer, acting adjutant of the regiment, sprang forward, and with encouraging words cheered the soldiers on and, although dangerously wounded, refused to leave the field until the enemy's works were taken.
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²HENRY, William Wirt, Colonel	10th Vermont Infantry Regiment
Entered service at Waterbury, Vt Born: 21 Nov. 1831 Waterbury, Vt.	Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Burlington, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 21 December 1892	Citation: At Cedar Creek, Va 19 October 1864
Though suffering from severe wounds, rejoined his regiment and led it in a brilliant charge, recapturing the guns of an abandoned battery.
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²HOLTON, Edward A., First Sergeant	6th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company I
Entered service at Williston, Vt Born: Westminster, Vt	Buried: Old Cemetery Cemetery, Westminster, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 9 July 1892	Citation: At Lee's Mills, Va 16 April 1862
Rescued the colors of his regiment under heavy fire, the color bearer having been shot down while the troops were in retreat.
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¹HOOKER, George White, 1st Lt	4th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company E
Entered service at Boston, Mass Born: Salem, N.Y.	Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 17 September 1891	Citation: At South Mountain, Md 14 Sept 1862
Rode alone, in advance of his regiment, into the enemy's lines, and before his own men came up received the surrender of the major of a Confederate regiment, together with the colors and 116 men.
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²HOWARD, Squire E. , First Sergeant	8th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company H
Entered service at Townshend, Vt Born: Jamaica, Vt.	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue 29 January 1894	Citation: At Bayou Teche, La 14 January 1863
Voluntarily carried an important message through the heavy fire of the enemy to bring aid and save the gunboat Calhoun
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²INGALLS, Lewis J., Private	8th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company K
Entered service at Belvidere, Vt Born: Boston, Mass	Buried: Irasburg Cemetery, Irasburg, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 20 October 1899	Citation: At Boutte Station, La 4 Sept 1862
A railroad train guarded by about 60 men on flat cars having been sidetracked by a misplaced switch into an ambuscade of guerrillas who were rapidly shooting down the unprotected guards, this soldier, under a severe fire in which he was wounded, ran to another switch and, opening it, enabled the train and the surviving guards to escape.
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¹JEWETT, Erastus W., 1st Lt	9th Vermont Infantry Regiment> Company A
Entered service at St. Albans, Vt Born: St. Albans, Vt.	Buried: Church Street Cemetery, Swanton, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 8 September 1891	Citation: At Newport Barracks, N.C. 2 Feb 1864
By long and persistent resistance and burning the bridges kept a superior force of the enemy at a distance and thus covered the retreat of the garrison.
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¹JOHNSTON, Willie, Drummer	3rd Vermont Infantry Regiment Company D
Entered service at St. Johnsbury, Vt Born: Morristown, N.Y.	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue 16 Sept 1863	Youngest Medal of Honor recipient in the ACW
During the Peninsula Campaign, Willie Johnson, Drummer was the only drummer that did not give up his drum in the Seven Days battles.
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¹LIVINGSTON, Joshiah O., 1st Lt	9th Vermont Infantry Regiment Adjutant
Entered service at Marshfield, Vt Born: Walden, Vt	Buried: Robinson Cemetery, Calais, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 8 September 1891	Citation: At Newport Barracks, N.C. 2 Feb 1864
When, after desperate resistance, the small garrison had been driven back to the river by a vastly superior force, this officer, while a small force held back the enemy, personally fired the railroad bridge, and, although wounded himself, assisted a wounded officer over the burning structure.
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³LONEGRAN, John, Captain	13th VT Infantry Regiment Company A
Entered Service at Burlington, Vt Born in Ireland	Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Burlington,Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 28 October 1893	Citation: At Gettysburg, Pa July 2, 1863
Gallantry in the Recapture of Four Guns and the capture of two additional guns from the enemy; also the capture of a number of prisoners
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¹LYON, Frederick A. , Corporal	1st Vermont Cavalry Company A
Entered service at: Burlington, Vt Born: 25 June 1843, Williamsburg, Mass	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue 26 Nov. 1864	Citation: At Cedar Creek, Va 19 October 1864
With 1 companion, captured the flag of a Confederate regiment, 3 officers, and an ambulance with its mules and driver.
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²NICHOLS, Henry Clay, Captain	73rd U.S. Colored Troops Company E
Entered service at... Born: Brandon, Vt.	Buried: Coventry Cemetery, Coventry, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 3 August 1897	Citation: At Fort Blakely, Ala 9 April 1865
Voluntarily made a reconnaissance in advance of the line held by his regiment and, under a heavy fire, obtained information of great value.
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¹NOYES. William Wallace, Private	2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment Company F
Entered service at Montpelier Vt Born: Montpelier, Vt	Buried: Cutler Cemetery, East Montpelier, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 22 March 1892	Citation: At Spotsylvania, Va 12 May 1864
Standing upon the top of the breastworks, deliberately took aim and fired no less than 15 shots into the enemy's lines, but a few yards away.
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²PECK, Cassius, Private	1st U.S. Sharpshooters Company F
Entered service at .... Born: Brookfield, Vt	Buried: Brookfield Cemetery, New Brookfield, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 12 October 1892	Citation: Nr Blackburn's Ford, Va 19 Sept 1862
Took command of such soldiers as he could get and attacked and captured a Confederate battery of 4 guns. Also. while on a reconnaissance, overtook and captured a Confederate soldier
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¹PECK, Theodore Stafford, 1st Lt	9th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company H
Entered service at Burlington, Vt Born: Burlington, Vt.	Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Burlington, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 8 September 1891	Citation: At Newport Barracks, N.C. 2 Feb 1864
By long and persistent resistance and burning the bridges, kept a superior force of the enemy at bay and covered the retreat of the garrison
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¹PINGREE, Samuel E., Captain	3rd Vermont Infantry Regiment Company F
Entered service at Hartford, Vt Born: Salisbury, N.H.	Buried: White River Junction Cemetery, W R J, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 17 August 1891	Citation: Lees Mills, Va 16 April 1862
Gallantly led his company across a wide, deep creek, drove the enemy from their rifle pits, which were within 2 yards of the farther bank, and remained at the head of his men until a second time severely wounded.
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²RICH, Carlos N., First Sergeant	4th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company K
Entered service at Northfield, Mass Born in Canada	Buried: Roxbury Cemetery, Roxbury, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 4 January 1895	Citation: At Wilderness, Va 5 May 1864
Saved the life of an officer.
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²RlPLEY, William Young Warren, Lt Colonel	1st U.S. Sharpshooters
Entered service at Rutland, Vt Born: ....	Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 11 March 1893	Citation: At Malvern Hill, Va 1 July 1862
At a critical moment brought up two regiments, which he led against the enemy himself, being severely wounded.
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³ROBBINS, Augustus I. , 2nd Lieutenant	2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment Company B
Entered service at Grafton, Vt Born: Grafton, Vt.	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue 24 March 1892	Citation: At Spotsylvania, Va 12 May 1864
While voluntarily serving as a staff officer successfully withdrew a regiment across and around a severely exposed position to the rest of the command; was severely wounded
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²SARGENT, Jackson E., Sergeant	5th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company D
Entered service at Stowe Vt Born: Stowe, Vt.	Buried: River View Cemetery, Stowe, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 28 October 1891	Citation: At Petersburg, Va 2 April 1865
First to scale the enemy's works and plant the colors thereon.
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³SCOTT, Alexander, Corporal	10th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company D
Entered service at Winooski, Vt Born in Canada	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue 28 September 1897	Citation: At Monocacy, Md 9 July 1864
Under a very heavy fire of the enemy saved the national flag of his regiment from capture
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¹SCOTT, Julian A. , Drummer	3rd Vermont Infantry Regiment Company E
Entered service at Johnson, Vt Birth: Johnson, Vt.	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue February 1865	Citation: At Lees Mills, Va 16 April 1862
Crossed the creek under a terrific fire of musketry several times to assist in bringing off the wounded
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¹SEAVER, Thomas Orville, Colonel	3rd Vermont Infantry Regiment
Entered service at Pomfret, Vt Born: Davendish, Vt.	Buried: River Street Cemetery, Woodstock, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 8 April 1892	Citation: At Spotsylvania Courthouse, Va 10 May 1864
At the head of 3 regiments and under a most galling fire attacked and occupied the enemy's works.
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²SPERRY, William Joseph, Major	6th Vermont Infantry Regiment
Entered service at ----- Vt. Born: Cavendish, Vt	Buried: Mount Union Cemetery, Cavendish, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 12 August 1892	Citation: At Petersburg, Va 2 April 1865
With the assistance of a few men, captured 2 pieces of artillery and turned them upon the enemy.
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¹SWEENEY, James, Private	1st Vermont Cavalry Company A
Entered service at Essex, Vt Born in England	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue	Citation: At Cedar Creek, Va 19 October 1864
With one companion captured the State flag of a North Carolina regiment, together with 3 officers and an ambulance with its mules and driver.
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²THOMAS, Stephen, Colonel	8th Vermont Infantry Regiment
Entered service at Montpelier, Vt Born: ... Vt	Buried: Green Mont Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 25 July 1892	Citation: At Cedar Creek, Va 19 October 1864
Distinguished conduct in a desperate hand-to-hand encounter, in which the advance of the enemy was checked.
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²TRACY, Amasa Sawyer, Lt Colonel	2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment
Entered service at Middlebury, Vt Born in Maine	Buried: West Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt
Medal of Honor date of issue 24 June 1892	Citation: At Cedar Creek, Va 19 October 1864
Took command of and led the brigade in the assault on the enemy's works.
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¹VEAZEY, Wheelock G., Colonel	16th Vermont Infantry Regiment
Entered service in Vermon Born: Brentwood, New Hampshire	Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, VA
Medal of Honor date of issue September 8, 1891	Citation: At Gettysburg, Pa 3 July 1863.
Rapidly assembled his regiment and charged the enemy's flank; changed front under heavy fire and charged and destroyed a Confederate brigade; all this with new troops in their first battle.
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¹WELLS, William, Major	1st Vermont Cavalry
Entered service at Waterbury, Vt Born: Waterbury, Vt	Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Burlington, Vt>
Medal of Honor date of issue 8 September 1891	Citation: At Gettysburg, Pa 3 July 1863
Led the second battalion of his regiment in a daring charge.
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¹WHEELER, Daniel D. , 1st Lieutenant	4th Vermont Infantry Regiment Company G
Entered service at Cavendish, Vt Born: Cavendish, Vt.	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue 28 March 1892	Citation: At Salem Heights, Va 3 May 1863
Distinguished bravery in action where he was wounded and had a horse shot from under him
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¹WOODBURY, Eri D. , Sergeant	1st Vermont Cavalry Company E
Entered service at St. Johnsbury, Vt Born: Francistown, N.H.	Buried:
Medal of Honor date of issue 26 October 1864	Citation: At Cedar Creek, Va 19 October 1864
They surrendered to him together with their rifles and 12th North Carolina (C.S.A.) regimental flag