This project is for those buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont. Notable Interments Thomas Davenport (1802-1851) - Inventor Ebenezer Jolls Ormsby (1834-1924) - Governor of Vermont Links Find a Grave
Wikipedia Saint Michael's College is a private Catholic college of approximately 2,000 undergraduate students located in Colchester, Vermont, in the United States. Saint Michael's grants Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in over 30 majors. The campus is 100 percent residential. Notable Alumni
This project is for those who are buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Orwell, Addison County, Vermont. Find a Grave
This project is for those who are buried in Old Benson Cemetery, Benson, Rutland County, Vermont. Find a Grave
In 1761 the then Royal Governor Wentworth of New Hampshire, under the power invested in him by King George, issued 12 charters for towns along the Connecticut River along with specifications as to what purveyors needed to accomplish to make the charter valid, including governance, number of settlers, and land allotment. This was the first in a series of such grants. The first towns are known as...
This project is for those buried in Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont.The cemetery has also been known as West Cemetery and is located on South Main Street, adjoining Saint Mary's Cemetery. Notable Burials * Daniel Chipman (1765-1850) - US Congressman*Amun Her-Khep-Esh-Ef (unknown-1883) - Egyptian Aristocrat (4,000 year old mummy)* James Meacham (1810-1856) - US Congressm...
The First Vermont Brigade , or Old Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. It suffered the highest casualty count of any brigade in the history of the United States Army, with some 1,172 killed in action. It was the only brigade in the Army of the Potomac known by the name of its state.Major General James Harrison Wilson:>The Vermont briga...
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . =The state of Vermont is a state (and former republic) in the New England region of the northeastern United States and the fourteenth state admitted to the Union. This portal is for people researching its residents, who are known as "Vermonters."Known as "The Green Mountain State," Vermont is the 2nd-least populous of the U.S. states, with nearly 50,00...
UNION VERMONT TROOPS===1st Vermont Heavy Artillery Regiment==Mustered in at Brattleboro, VT., as the 11th Vermont Infantry Regiment but was changed to heavy artillery December 10, 1862, while on duty in Washington. The additional companies, L. and M. made necessary by this change, were recruited in July and October, 1863. The regiment was assigned to garrison duty within the defences of Washing...
The 6th Vermont Infantry, while formed separately, was combined with other Vermont state units to create the 1st Vermont Brigade.* Colonels: Nathan S. Lord, Oscar S. Tuttle, Elisha Leonard Barney, Sumner H. Lincoln* Lieutenant Colonels: Asa P. Blunt, Oscar S. Tuttle, Elisha Leonard Barney, Oscar Adrian Hale, Franklin George Butterfield , Sumner H. Lincoln, William J. Sperry* Majors: Oscar S. Tu...
UNION VERMONT TROOPS===11th Vermont Infantry==The 11th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry or simply known as 11th VVI was a three-years infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in eastern theater, from September 1862 to August 1865. It served in the XXII Corps in the defenses of Washington D.C., and with the Vermont Brigade in VI Corps.The regiment was must...
Cavendish, Vermont This project will collect information about the beginning of Cavendish and the founders.HISTORYThe charter for Cavendish was issued by New Hampshire on October 12, 1761 and the Town was rechartered by New York on June 16, 1762. Cavendish was most likely named for William Cavendish, the fourth Duke of Devonshire.The first settlers in Cavendish, John and Susanna Coffeen and the...
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