6th Vermont Infantry

Riley A. Bird Captain	Solon W. Fletcher Sergeant	Drew Hill Private

 

Organization
Organized at Montpelier, Vermont Mustered in October 15, 1861 Moved to Washington, D.C., October 19-22, 1861 Attached to Brook's Brigade, Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to June, 1865
Service
Until March 10, 1862	Duty in the Defenses of Washington
March 10, 1862	Moved to Alexandria
March 23-24, 1862	Moved to Fortress Monroe, Virginia
March 30, 1862	Reconnoissance to Warwick River
April 5, 1862 to May 4, 1862	Siege of Yorktown
April 16, 1862	Lee's Mills
May 5, 1862	Battle of Williamsburg
June 25, 1862 to July 1, 1862	Seven days before Richmond
June 27, 1862	Garnett's Farm
June 29, 1862	Savage Station
June 30, 1862	White Oak Swamp Bridge
July 1, 1862	Malvern Hill
Until August 16, 1862	At Harrison's Landing
August 16-24, 1862	Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria
September-October, 1862	Maryland Campaign
September 14, 1862	Crampton's Pass, Maryland
September 16-17, 1862	Battle of Antietam
Until October 29, 1862	At Hagerstown, Maryland
October 29, 1862 to November 19, 1862	Movement to Falmouth, Virginia
December 12-15, 1862	Battle of Fredericksburg
January 20-24, 1863	Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud March"
April 27, 1863 to May 6, 1863	Chancellorsville Campaign
April 29, 1863 to May 2, 1863	Operations at Franklin's Crossing
May 3, 1863	Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg
May 3-4, 1863	Salem Heights
May 4, 1863	Banks' Ford
June 5-13, 1863	Franklin's Crossing
July 2-4, 1863	Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
July 10-13, 1863	Funkstown, Maryland
August 14, 1863 to September 16, 1863	Detached for duty in New York
September 23, 1863	Rejoined Army at Culpeper Court House
October 9-22, 1863	Bristoe Campaign
November 7-8, 1863	Advance to line of the Rappahannock
November 7, 1863	Rappahannock Station
November 26, 1863 to December 2, 1863	Mine Run Campaign
May-June, 1864	Campaign from the Rapidan to the James
May 5-7, 1864	Battle of the Wilderness
May 8-12, 1864	Battle of Spottsylvania
May 12-21, 1864	Battle of Spottsylvania Court House
May 12, 1864	Assault on the Salient, Spottsylvania Court House
May 23-26, 1864	North Anna River
May 26-28, 1864	Line of the Pamunkey
May 28-31, 1864	Totopotomoy
June 1-12, 1864	Cold Harbor
June 18-19, 1864	Before Petersburg
June 22-23, 1864	Jerusalem Plank Road
Until July 9, 1864	Siege of Petersburg
July 9-11, 1864	Moved to Washington, D.C.
July 11-12, 1864	Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens
August 7, 1864 to November 28, 1864	Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign
August 21-22, 1864	Near Charlestown
September 13, 1864	Gilbert's Ford, Opequan Creek
September 19, 1864	Battle of Opequan, Winchester
September 22, 1864	Fisher's Hill
October 19, 1864	Battle of Cedar Creek
Until November 9, 1864	At Strasburg
Until December 9, 1864	At Kernstown
December 9-12, 1864	Moved to Petersburg
December 13, 1864 to April 2, 1865	Siege of Petersburg
March 25, 1865	Fort Fisher, before Petersburg
March 28, 1865 to April 9, 1865	Appomattox Campaign
April 2, 1865	Assault on and fall of Petersburg
April 6, 1865	Sailor's Creek
April 9, 1865	Appomattox Court House, surrender of Lee and his army
Until April 23, 1865	At Farmville and Burkesville Station
Until May 18, 1865	March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there
May 24, 1865 to June 3, 1865	Moved to Manchester, thence march to Washington, D.C.
June 8, 1865	Corps Review
June 26, 1865	Mustered out
Regimental Losses
12 Officers killed and mortally wounded 191 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded 3 Officers by disease 212 Enlisted men by disease ------ 418 Total lost
Source:  Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865.