Union Monuments, Vermont

1st Vermont Brigade Monument
(2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Vermont Infantry Regiments)

The monument to the First Vermont Brigade is south of Gettysburg on Wright Avenue. (see map) It was dedicated in 1889 by the State of Vermont.

From the left side of the monument:

First Vermont Brigade,
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Regiments,
Second Brigade, Second Division, Sixth Corps.
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Organized in the summer of 1861 by Major General William F. Smith, and commanded by Brig. Gen. W.T.H. Brooks and Brig. Gen. and Brevet Maj. Gen. L.A. Grant, this brigade fought in whole or part with the Army of the Potomac from the First Bull Run to Appomattox.

Aggregating-including the Eleventh Regiment, for a year part of the brigade, -11,137 officers and men, it gave 2,439 lives to the Union cause. Killed and mortally wounded in action, 1128. Died of disease and by accident, 1009. Died in Confederate prisons, 302. Wounded not mortally 2,265 - Total, 4,704.

From the right side:

Reaching this field by a forced march of thirty two miles in the evening of July 2, the brigade took position on the left Union flank near this point in anticipation of an attack by the enemy and held the same July 3d and 4th.

First Bull Run        Salem Heights        Weldon Railroad
Lee's Mill    Fredericksburg June 5, 63    Charlestown
Williamsburg            Gettysburg              Opequon
Golding's Farm            Funkstown             Fisher's Hill
Savage Station       Rappahannock Sta.      Cedar Creek
White Oak Swamp   Wilderness   Petersburg Mar.29, 65

2nd Vermont: Commanded by Colonel James H. Walbridge. It brought 528 men to the field and had no casualties. See more on the 2nd Vermont Infantry during the Civil War

3rd Vermont: Commanded by Colonel Thomas O. Seaver. It brought 428 men to the field and had no casualties. See more on the 3rd Vermont Infantry during the Civil War

4th Vermont: Commanded by Colonel Charles B. Stoughton. It brought 437 men to the field and suffered 1 wounded. See more on the 4th Vermont Infantry during the Civil War

5th Vermont: Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John R. Lewis. It brought 341 men to the field and had no casualties. See more on the 5th Vermont Infantry during the Civil War

6th Vermont: Commanded by Colonel Elisha L. Barney. It brought 362 men to the field and had no casualties. See more on the 6th Vermont Infantry Regiment during the Civil War