14th Vermont Infantry Regiment History

The fourteenth regiment was raised under President Lincoln’s call of August 4, 1862, for three hundred thousand militia to serve for nine months. It consisted of companies recruited in Addison, Rutland and Bennington counties, and contained men from every town except Brandon, which had furnished a company (G) under Capt. E.J. Ormsbee, to the Twelfth regiment. The headquarters of the various companies were as follows: A, Bennington; B, Wallingford; C, Manchester; D, Shoreham; E, Middlebury; F, Castle-ton; G, Bristol; H, Rutland; I, Vergennes; K, Danby. The regiment went into camp at Brattleboro, October 6, 1862, and was mustered into the United States service, October 21, and left next day for Washington, D.C., nine hundred fifty two strong. They fought at the battles of Fairfax Court House, VA 12/28/1862; Gettysburg, PA 7/01-03/1863. The percentage of killed in the quota furnished by Vermont is far above the average, and is exceeded by only one other state. Its large percentage is easily under-stood by a glance at the battle losses of its regiments. The "Old" Vermont Brigade, comprised of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Volunteer Infantry, along with the 1st Heavy Artillery, lost more men killed in action than any other brigade in the US Army. The Second Vermont Brigade was comprised of the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th Infantry, was enlisted for nine months and was present at Gettysburg, where three of the regiments, under the command of General George J. Stannard, took a conspicuous part in the repulse of Pickett's charrge.

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