Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Regiments

(Right):First Vermont Brigade,

Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Regiments,

Second Brigade, Second Division, Sixth Corps.

—————————Organized in the summer of 1861 by Major General William F. Smith, and commanded by Brig. Gen. W.T.H. Brooks and Brig. Gen. and Brevet Maj. Gen. L.A. Grant, this Brigade fought in whole or part with the Army of the Potomac from the First Bull Run to Appomattox.

Aggregating - including the Eleventh Regiment, for a year part of the Brigade - 11,137 officers and men, it gave 2,439 lives to the Union cause. Killed and mortally wounded in action, 1128. Died of disease and by accident, 1009. Died in Confederate prisons, 302. Wounded not mortally 2,265 - Total, 4,704.

(Left):

Reaching this field by a forced march of thirty-two miles in the evening of July 2, the Brigade took position on the left Union flank, near this point, in anticipation of an attack by the enemy and held the same July 3rd and 4th.

First Bull Run - Salem Heights - Weldon Railroad

Lee's Mill - Fredericksburg June 5, 63 - Charlestown

Williamsburg - Gettysburg - Opequon

Golding's Farm - Funkstown - Fisher's Hill

Savage Station - Rappahannock Sta. - Cedar Creek

White Oak Swamp - Wilderness - Petersburg Mar. 29, 65

Crampton's Pass - Spottsylvania - Petersburg April 2, 65

Antietam - Cold Harbor - Sailor's Creek

Fredericksburg, Dec 13, 62 - Petersburg, June 18, 64

Marye's Heights - Ream's Station

Marker is on Wright Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

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