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Memorial Record of Waitsfield

In the "Memorial Record of Waitsfield," prepared with great care by Rev. A. B. Dascomb, the number of our soldiers stands as follows: No. credited to the town by government, 95. No. of different individuals who served, 87. Died from sickness, 10. Killed in action, 8. Several died after discharge from disease contracted and wounds received in service. The record of the standing of these men at their discharge or death is as follows:

The list of their names in the order of enlistment, with their ages and rank at discharge, is as follows:

C. M. Benedict, age 20, private.
L. D. Savage, 23, private.
A. H. Sellock, 19, private.
H. P. Stoddard, 24, private.
H. F. Dana, 24, private.
F. T. Dana, 20, private.
L. Ainsworth, 30, captain.
M. Basconner, 27, private.
H. N. Bushnell, 23, captain.
B. D. Campbell, 18, private.
H. F. Dike, 18, private.
E. H. Fuller, 21, corporal.
Horace B. Stoddard, 19, private.
J. Harriman, 29, private.
Manly N. Hoyt, 30, private.
J. F. Jones, 47, private.
G. S. Kneeland, 24, corporal.
J. P. Newcomb, 18, private.
E. R. Richardson, 24, sergeant.
D. P. Shepherd, 27, corporal.
M. C. Shepherd, 18, private.
L. M. Spaulding, 19, private.
S. S. Spaulding, 21, corporal.
L. T. Stoddard, 18, corporal.
S. Stoddard, 22, private.
J. E. Tucker, 20, private.
L. C. Peabody, 31, captain.
Henry C. Shaw, M. D., 30, surgeon.
A. Baird, 18, private.
O. C. Campbell, 30, 2nd lieutenant.
J. H. Elliot, 34, private.
H. R. French, 32, private.
W. H. H. Greenslit, 26, private.
G. B. Hall, 18, corporal.
P. Haffman, 23, sergeant.
J. H. Quigley, 28, sergeant.
T. Sanders, 29, corporal.
H. A. Luce, 23, private.
D. Foster, 21, captain.
Almon Walker, 45, private.
A. D. Barnard, 20, private.
F. O. Bushnell, 22, corporal.
H. A. Dewey, 30, private.
J. Dumas, Jr., 22, private.

E. A. Fisk, 20, private.
D. Gleason, 42, private.
D. Grandy, 24, private.
E. A. Hastings, 23, private.
J. Hines, 24, private.
Z. H. McAllister, 21, private.
A. D. Page, 21, private.
E. F. Palmer, 26, 2nd lieutenant.
D. Parker, 21, private.
L. B. Reed, 21, private.
O. C. Reed, 23, private.
J. W. Richardson, 43, private.
L. Seaver, 17, private.
D. S. Stoddard, 23, corporal.
T. Stoddard, 18, private.
C. G. Thayer, 20, private.
J. M. Thayer, 21, private.
H. M. Wait, 22, private.
E. Whitcomb, 19, private.
O. C. Wilder, 34, captain.
L. C. Berry, 21, private.
G. M. Jones, 19, private.
H. Jones, 19, private.
E. E. Joslyn, 19, corporal.
J. L. Maynard, 29, private.
T. T. Prentiss, 19, private.
J. N. Richardson, 18, corporal.
L. S. Richardson, 20, private.
S. L. Kneeland, 18, private.
J. W. Parker, 17, private.
J. Sterling, 19, private.
W. H. Stoddard, 18, private.
V. B. Mix, 18, private.
J.C. Williams, 20, private.
A. B. Durkee, 21, private.
J. P. Davis, 40, private.
W. E. Dana, 18, private.
G. P. Welch, 21, private.
T. Burke, 21, private.
J. H. Somerville, 21, private.
E. L. Allen, 19, private.
E. McCarty, 20, private.
E. A. Burns. 18, private.

Captains, 4; 2nd lieutenants, 2; sergeants, 3: corporals, 11; privates, 50; sharp shooters, 7; cavalry men, 4; batterymen, 2; Signal corps, 1; surgeon, 1; hospital steward, 1; musicians, 1; in the navy, 1.

Of those who were natives of this town, who went into the army from other places, there are, 2 1st lieutenants, 1 cavalryman, and 12 privates.

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Source: History of Washington County Vermont, Collated and Published by Abby Maria Hemenway, 1882.

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