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For more information on the history of the 2nd Vermont Infantry, see the following: | For more information on the history of the 2nd Vermont Infantry, see the following: | ||
*The Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Vermont_Infantry 2nd Vermont Infantry], accessed 21 November 2011.<br> | *The Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Vermont_Infantry 2nd Vermont Infantry], accessed 21 November 2011.<br> | ||
*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unvttr2.htm#2ndinf 2nd Regiment Infantry], (accessed 14 November 2012). | |||
*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unvttr2.htm#2ndinf 2nd Regiment Infantry], (accessed 14 November 2012). | |||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 2,978 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UVT0002RI Roster]. | The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 2,978 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UVT0002RI Roster]. | ||
Men often enlisted in | 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> | ||
[http://vermontcivilwar.org/units/2/rosters.php Rosters by company]<br> | [http://vermontcivilwar.org/units/2/rosters.php Rosters by company]<br> | ||
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"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> | "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 | "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 === | ||
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*[http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/units/2/bibl.php 2nd Vermont Infantry, Bibliography] lists many sources about the 2nd Vermont Infantry.<br> | *[http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/units/2/bibl.php 2nd Vermont Infantry, Bibliography] lists many sources about the 2nd Vermont Infantry.<br> | ||
=== Internet<br> === | |||
*Breakthrough Battle at Petersburg, [http://www.petersburgbreakthrough.org/2ndVT.htm 2nd Regiment Vermont Infantry], (accessed 1 April 2013).<br> | |||
*Civil War in the East, [http://www.petersburgbreakthrough.org/2ndVT.htm Second Vermont Infantry Regiment], (accessed 1 April 2013). | |||
=== References === | === References === | ||