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8th Vermont Infantry Regiment information


8th Vermont Infantry Regiment
ActiveFebruary 18, 1862, to June 28, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Engagements
  • Port Hudson
  • Opequon
  • Fisher's Hill
  • Cedar Creek
The charge of the 8th Vermont at the Third Battle of Winchester by Alfred Waud, September 19, 1864

The 8th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three-year infantry regiment[1][2][3][4] in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in both major theaters, first in Louisiana and then in Virginia, from February 1862 to June 1865. It was a member of the XIX Corps.

The regiment was mustered into Federal service on February 18, 1862, at Brattleboro, Vermont. It was engaged in, or present at, the Occupation of New Orleans, Raceland, Boutte Station, Bayou des Allemands, the Steamer "Cotton," Bisland, and Port Hudson, in the Department of the Gulf, and Opequon, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and Newtown in the Shenandoah Valley campaign.[5]

  1. ^ Dyer (1908), p. 1652; Federal Publishing Company (1908), pp. 112–114.
  2. ^ Civil War in the East, 8th Vermont Volunteer Infantry.
  3. ^ NPS 8th Regiment, Vermont Infantry.
  4. ^ VCW, 8th Vermont (2004).
  5. ^ Carpenter (1886), p. 9.

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