1st Vermont Infantry

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Organization

Organized at Rutland, Vermont and mustered in for three months on May 9, 1861

Left Vermont for Fortress Monroe, Virginia on May 9, 1861, arriving there May 13, 1861

Service

Until May 25, 1861 Camp at Hygea Hotel
May 20, 1861 Demonstration on Hampton
May 23, 1861 Reconnoissance to Hampton

May 27, 1861

Occupation of Newport News , and duty there until August

June 9, 1861

Advance on Big Bethel

June 10, 1861

Battle of Big Bethel

August 4-7, 1861

Moved to Brattleboro, Vermont

August 15, 1861

Mustered out

Regimental Losses

2 Enlisted men killed
6 Enlisted men died of disease
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8 Total lost
Source:  Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865.