The Civil War in the East

Second Vermont Infantry Regiment

The Second Vermont Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 218 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 175 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored on the Old Vermont Brigade monument at Antietam (first right) and the 1st Vermont Brigade monument at Gettysburg (far right).

Monument to the First Vermont Brigade at Antietam Monument to the First Vermont Brigade at Gettysburg

1861

 

Organized at Burlington

June 20

Mustered in

June 24

Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Howard's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia

July 16-21

Advance on Manassas, Va.

July 21

Battle of Bull Run

August

Attached to W. F. Smith's Brigade, Division of the Potomac

August 20-25

Scout to Great Falls

September 11

Skirmish near Lewinsville (Companies A and F)

September 25

Reconnoissance to Lewinsville (Companies A and F)

September 28

Expedition to Munson's Hill

October

Attached to Brook's Brigade, Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac

October 17

Reconnoissance to Vienna

November 9

Reconnoissance to Peacock Hill

November

Duty in the Defences of Washington

1862

March 10

Moved to Alexandria. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

March 23-24

Mpoved to the Virginia Peninsula

April 4

Young's Mill

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown

April 16

Lee's Mills

April 30

Reconnoissance to Warwick River

May 5

Battle of Williamsburg

May

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

May 21

Captain James H. Walbridge of Company A promoted to major

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 27

Garnett's Farm

June 29

Savage Station

June 30

White Oak Swamp Bridge

July 1

Malvern Hill

July - August

At Harrison's Landing

August 16-24

Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Alexandria

September-October

Maryland Campaign

September 14

Crampton's Pass, Md.

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

Commanded by Major James H. Walbridge. The regiment was not heavily engaged at Antietam and suffered only light losses.

September 26-
October 29

At Hagerstown

October 29-
November 19

Movement to Falmouth, Va.

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

1863

January 8

Major Walbridge promoted to lieutenant colonel

January 20-24

Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud March"

February 9

Lt. Colonel Walbridge promoted to colonel

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

April 29-May 2

Operations at Franklin's Crossing

May 3

Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg

May 3-4

Salem Heights

May 4

Banks' Ford

June 5-13

Franklin's Crossing

July 2-4

Battle of Gettysburg

Commanded by Colonel James H. Walbridge. It brought 528 men to the field and had no casualties.

July 10-13

Funkstown, Md.

August 14

Ordered to New York City. Duty there and at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

September 13-17

Moved to Alexandria, then to Fairfax Court House, Va.

September 22

To Culpeper Court House

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

November 7-8

Advance to the Rappahannock

November 7

Rappahannock Station

November 26-December 2

Mine Run Campaign

1864

April 1

Colonel Walbridge resigns

May-June

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James

May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness

May 8-12

Spottsylvania

May 12-21

Spottsylvania Court House

May 12

Assault on the Salient at Spottsylvania

May 23-26

North Anna River

May 26-28

Line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 18-19

Before Petersburg

June 22-23

Jerusalem Plank Road

July 9-11

Moved to Washington, D.C.

July 11-12

Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens

August 7-
November 28

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

August 21-22

Charlestown

September 18

Gilbert's Ford, Opequan River

September 19

Battle of Opequan, Winchester

September 22

Fisher's Hill

October 19

Battle of Cedar Creek

October

At Strasburg

November 9

At Kernstown

December 9-12

Moved to Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins

1865

February 5-7

Dabney's Mills

March 25

Fort Fisher, before Petersburg

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

April 2

Assault on and fall of Petersburg

April 6

Sailor's Creek

April 9

Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.

April 10-23

At Farmville and Burkesville Junction

April 23-27

March to Danville

May 18

At Manchester

May 24-June 3

March to Washington

June 8

Corps Review

June 29

Nonveterans mustered out

July 15

Regiment mustered out