A HISTORY

OF THE

TENTH REGIMENT, VT. VOLS.

WITH

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

Of nearly every Officer who ever belonged to the Regiment, and many of
the Non-commissioned Officers and Men, and

A COMPLETE ROSTER

Of all the Officers and Men connected with it-showing all changes by Pro-
motion, Death or Resignation, during the Military
Existence of the Regiment.

REVISED, ENLARGED AND EMBELLISHED BY OVER SIXTY ENGRAV-

INGS, AND FULLY ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND
CHARTS OF BATTLEFIELDS.

BY THE CHAPLAIN,

E. M. HAYNES, D. d.

RUTLAND, VT.:

THE TUTTLE COMPANY, PRINTERS,

1894.

in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

PREFACE.

In 1870 the author of this volume published a "History of the Tenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers," based upon personal observation, his own and other private diaries, with such public and official sources of information as were at his command. For this revised edition, in addition to the above, the large mass of material contained in the "Official Records of Union and Confederate Armies," later general and special histories of the war, and all other accumulated sources of information, so far as they bear, directly or indirectly, upon the campaigns and battles of which any description has been undertaken, have been carefully studied and compared.

Hitherto but little has been written or understood about the battle of the Monocacy; much that has been written on the battle of Cedar Creek is misleading and inaccurate; while the vast importance of the battle of Sailors Creek has been overshadowed by the swiftly succeeding and culminating event at Appomattox. It is humbly hoped that the story of these three engagements, each of which has gained some wellmerited distinctions for the Union arms, will afford at least a larger knowledge, both of those who participated in them and of the importance and magnificence of their results.

The excuse for embracing the operations of army corps, divisions, brigades and even other regiments, in the description of battles undertaken in the following pages, is that the movements of so small an organization as one regiment, acting with similar and larger bodies of troops, could not be easily extricated and made to play a single and intelligible part in any general action where all contributed alike to the same result. Moreover, omissions of this kind would appa

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rently imply presumptuous claims for a regiment which is content to share with similar organizations the glorious deeds achieved on the field of battle, through the equal valor and coöperation of honored and beloved companions in arms.

It is to be regretted that a reference to the meritorious conduct and high personal character of many more of the enslisted men of the regiment, some of whom refused the offer of a commission, could not have been made. Such was the intention, but it was found that the limits of the volume would not admit of it, and that such matter must necessarily be confined to what is set forth in the appended official roster.

But, with all of its omissions and all of its faults, it is hoped that this book may be regarded as a grateful and affectionate tribute to the memory of the Tenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers, a memorial that shall

"Bear witness for those that can utter no word,"

and tell, in part at least, the brave story of all who helped to make and now share its fame.

The author gratefully acknowledges indebtedness to Hon. Redfield Proctor, United States Senator in Congress from Vermont, for maps furnished from the War Department; to George B. Davis, Major and Judge Advocate U. S. A., for copies of unpublished reports and documents from the War Records office; to General Theodore S. Peck, Adjutant and Inspector General, for copies of valuable papers from his office and for many courtesies; to Colonel Aldace F. Walker, for use of maps from his "Vermont Brigade in the Shenandoah Valley;" to General William W. Henry, for valuable aid in many ways; to Major A. B. Valentine, for material assistance; to Major and Brevet Colonel Wyllys Lyman, U. S. A., for invaluable material and unwearied assistance, wise suggestions and valuable counsel; to Captain Lemuel A. Abbott, U. S. A., for material aid and historical papers; to Captain George E. Davis, for rare sources

PREFACE.

of information and use of photographs; to Corporal Alexander Scott, U. S. Patent Office, for superintending the engraving of maps, for engraved frontispiece and devices for cover; to Thomas L. Wood, Assistant Librarian, State Library, Montpelier, Vt., for Regimental Roster; to Prof. James Herbert George, for information concerning the band; to Rev. E. J. Ranslow, for sketch of Col. Jewett before and after the war; and, finally, to all who have furnished data and memoranda for personal sketches and other material; to the publishers, the superintendent of the work, Mr. A. H. Cobb, and the proof-reader, Mr. J. J. Garrett, for their uniform. and enduring courtesies.

Rutland, Vermont, Feb. 22, 1894.

THE AUTHOR.