8th Vermont Infantry

John B. Mead Colonel	Alvin Franklin Lieutenant-Colonel	James Welch Quartermaster
Charles S. Smith 1st Sergeant	Austin H. Ward Sergeant	George H. Austin Sergeant
John Petrie Corporal	Charles W. Boynton Private	Wallace D. King Private

 

Organization

Organized at Brattleboro, Vermont and mustered in February 18, 1862 Left Vermont for New York March 14, 1862 Sailed for Ship Island, Mississippi, March 19, 1862, arriving April 6, 1862 Attached to Phelps' 1st Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1862 Weitzel's Reserve Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1863 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Department of the Gulf, to July, 1863 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, to February, 1864 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, to July, 1864 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to March, 1865 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Shenandoah, to April, 1865 2nd Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah, to April, 1865 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Defences of Washington, 22nd Corps, to June, 1865

Service

May 7-8, 1862	Moved from Ship Island to New Orleans
Until September, 1862	Duty there and at Algiers and guarding Opelousas Railroad
June 20 and 22, 1862	Bayou des Allemands
June 22, 1862	Raceland Station
August 29, 1862	St. Charles Station (Companies "A" and "C")
September 4, 1862	Bote Station (Company "K")
October 24, 1862 to November 6, 1862	Operations in La-Fourche District
October 27, 1862	Georgia Landing, near Labadieville
November 1, 1862 to December 8, 1862	Repair railroad to Brashear City

Until January 13, 1863	At Brashear City
January 14, 1863	Action with Steamer "Cotton" on Bayou Teche
Until March, 1863	At Camp Stevens, Bayou Boeuf, and at Brashear City
February 12-28, 1863	Operations on Bayou Plaquemine, Black and Atchafalaya Rivers
March 7-27, 1863	Operations against Port Hudson
April 9, 1863 to May 14, 1863	Operations in Western Louisiana

April 11-20, 1863

Teche Campaign

April 12-13, 1863	Fort Bisland, near Centreville
April 14, 1863	Jeanerette
May 5-17, 1863	Expedition to Alexandria on Red River
May 17-25, 1863	Moved from Alexandria to Port Hudson
May 25-July 9, 1863	Siege of Port Hudson
May 27, 1863 and June 14, 1863	Assaults on Port Hudson
July 9, 1863	Surrender of Port Hudson
July 31, 1864 to September 1, 1863	Duty at Thibodeaux
September 3-11, 1863	Sabine Pass Expedition
October 3, 1863 to November 30, 1863	Western Louisiana ("Teche") Campaign
Until January 6, 1864	At New Iberia
Until March 8, 1864	March to Franklin and duty there
March 8, 1864	Moved to Algiers
January 28, 1864	Veteranized regiment
April 7, 1864 to June 3, 1864	On furlough
Until May 6, 1864	Non-veterans at Algiers
Until June 5, 1864	At Thibodeaux
June 5, 1864	Left for home
June 22, 1864	Non-veterans mustered out
May 2, 1864 to June 3, 1864	Veterans moved from home to Dept. of the Gulf
June 8-11, 1864	Moved to Alexandria
June 19-21, 1864	Expedition to Tunica Bend
July 2, 1864	Moved to Algiers
July 5-12, 1864	Sailed to Fortress Monroe, Virginia
July 12-13, 1864	To Washington, D.C.
July 14-21, 1864	Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap
August 7, 1864 to November 28, 1864	Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign
September 19, 1864	Battle of Opequan, Winchester
September 22, 1864	Fisher's Hill
October 19, 1864	Battle of Cedar Creek
Until December 20, 1864	At Newtown
Until April 4, 1865	At Summit Point
April 4-15, 1865	Hancock's operations in the Valley
April 21, 1865	Moved to Washington
Until June, 1865	Duty there
May 23-24, 1865	Grand Review
June 28, 1865	Mustered out
Regimental Losses
4 Officers killed and mortally wounded 115 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded 7 Officers by disease 241 Enlisted men by disease ------ 367 Total lost
Source:  Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865.