The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-08-17
Soloiers' Budget.
Revised Roster of Vermont Troops.


Theodore S. Peck. General Peck has
been busily at work on it since that
time, and now, after nearly four years
of labor, the roster itself appears. 1t
is probably as complete as it has been
possible to make it. Since the annual
report of Acknowledgement Washburn
for 1886, the army lists have been cor
rected in one way or another-in the
Office of the acknowledgement of the
United States army, in the pension
office, in the official records office at
Washington, and through the re-
searches of historians. Tue Burlington
Free Press, in a recent issue, gave a
long and comprehensive review of the
new roster, from which we quote the
following:
"The Revised Roster of Vermont
Volunteers forms handsome volume
of nearly 900 imperial quarto pages.
The large page, nine inches wide, gives
room for the name, residence Cat en-
listmenD, date of enlistment and date
of muster out of each officer and soldier,
in single line, with space for added
information in regard TO promotion,
death, wounds received in action, cause
of discharge, etc. The age of the officer
or man, given in the original roster, is
omitted in this. Each company roll is
a single alphabetical list, without dis
tinction (other than in the date of en-
listmenD between original members
and recruits. This arrangement is a
great improvement on that in Wash
burns rolls. The tabular record of
each regiment and battery is pre-
faced by short sketch of the SER
vice OF the organization, prepared
by some member thereof. That of the
First Regiment was written by Lieu
tenant. Colonel Roswell Farnham; that
of the Second by Colonel A. S. Tracy;
of the Third by Lieutenant Colonel S.
E. Pingree; of the Fourth by Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Stephen M. Pingree, who
has been mustered out of the roll of the
living since it was written; that of the
Fifth Regiment appears to have had no
less than three authors-General l.. A.
Grant, Colonel John R. Lewis, and
Chaplain Charles G. Gould; the sketch
of the Sixth is by Lieutenant Colonel
Frank g. Butterfield; that of the Cav
airy regiment by Lieutenant w. l..
Greenleaf; of the Seventh by Colonel
w. G. Holbrook; of the Eighth by
Captain S. e. Howard; of the Ninth
by Lieutenant Joel G. Baker; of the
Tenth by Chaplain E. M. Haynes; of
the Eleventh by General James M.
Warner and Lieutenant-C Colonel Aldace
F. Walker; the Twelfth by Lieutenant
G. G.. Benedict; the Thirteenth by
I II
teenth by Chaplain w. S. Smart; the
Fifteenth by Colonel Redfeld Proctor
and Lieutenant-Colonel w. w. Grout;
the Sixteenth by Corporal G. M. Rus
sell and Sergeant l.. s. Emery; the
Seventeenth by Lieutenant J. H.
Lucia; the Sharpshooters by Lieuten-
ant-Colonel w. Y. w. Ripley, Colonel
Homer r. Stoughton and Captain Cur
It's Abbott; the First Battery by Lieu
tenant E. E. Greenleaf; the Second
Battery by Captain John w. Chase /;
the third Battery by Captain r. H..
Start, and the Frontier Cavalry by Ma
jor Josiah Grout. These sketches as a
rule contain little information not al
ready on record in "Vermont in the
War" Some of them, however, are
skillful and valuable COMBINATIONS of
respective regiments and almost all
are readable and interesting sketches,
which fifty preface the statistical tables.
The elaborate revisions of General
Washburn's records nearly fill the first
lOO pages OF the volume. The remain
ing 200 pages comprise much matter
compiled from original sources and now
hrst collected in separate formal rec
ord. Here, for instance, is a list of
Vermonters who held commissions in
the regular army, navy and United
States colored troops, in the regiments
and batteries of states other than Yer.
mont, or who served with distinction
as general and staff officers. These
lists are prefaced by an introduction by
Captain III. S. Foster, U. S. A. The
sketch of the navy is by Paymaster H
l.. Wait, U. S. n. and the interesting
and valuable sketch of the service o.
the United States colored troops is by
Captain Ira II. Evans. General Peck
in his Introductory report, says that, sc
Tar as is known, no other state has at
tempted the preparation of such list
OF its sons who served in the organic 4
tlons OF the other states. This list Ger
talnly is one of which Vermont may bt
proud. 1t shows that her sons helC
commands in the troops of almost every
loyal state in the Union that thei
blood was spilled in every considerable,
battle from Fort Sumter to Appomattol
and on every field from the Susque
hanna to the Rio Grande, and tina
many attained very high rank and fllet
most responsible positions in the arm,
and navy. Appended to the persona
sketches are lists of the shins of war M
which Vermonters served, of the Vel
mont volunteers in the navy and marin
corps of officers brevetted for merito
rious service of Vermont officers an,
men who have been decorated by con
gress with medals of honor, and othe
valuable tables. A dozen pages ar
devoted to sketches of the distinguish
services rendered to the Union caus
by the war governors of Vermont an
the general officers on their stats, an
by the Vermont generals in the field