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For more history of this regiment, see [http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/units/2/index.php 2nd Vermont Infantry, Introduction] and [http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/units/2/history.php 2nd Vermont Infantry, Regimental History]. <br><br><br> | For more history of this regiment, see [http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/units/2/index.php 2nd Vermont Infantry, Introduction] and [http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/units/2/history.php 2nd Vermont Infantry, Regimental History]. <br><br><br> | ||
=== Companies in | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.<br> | ||
<br> | [http://vermontcivilwar.org/units/2/rosters.php Rosters by company]<br> | ||
[http://vermontcivilwar.org/ | "The ten companies...were recruited in the towns of Bennington, Brattleboro, Burlington, Castleton, Fletcher, Ludlow, Montpelier, Tunbridge, Vergennes, and Waterbury, in the nine counties of Addison, Bennington, Chittenden, Franklin, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windham and Windsor, thus representing the State at large as fully as any regiment recruited during the war."<ref name="Benedict">Benedict, George Grenville. [http://vermontcivilwar.org/bene/05.pdf Vermont in the Civil War]. (Burlington VT: Free Press Association, 1888), p. 63.</ref> | ||
"A company of Irish Americans, recruited in Burlington and Colchester, was among those originally accepted; but ... was disbanded ... and the Vergennes company took its place."<ref name="Benedict" /> | |||
"A company of Irish Americans, recruited in Burlington and Colchester, was among those originally accepted; but ... was disbanded ... and the Vergennes company took its place."<ref name="Benedict" /> | |||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||