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1. John Olsaver – W Vt RR

2. C. Fox - Do

3. A. F. Fleming - Do

4. Sam. E. Adams - Boston, Ms – Colonel Samuel Emery Adams (1828 – 1912) – Route Agent Boston, MA to Burlington, VT Appointed by President Pierce 1853 – 1855 Resigned due to severe Bronchial Problems, Moved to Minnesota in hopes of finding relief; Postmaster (Special agent) MN & IA 1859 - ?; Minnesota State Senator 1st and 2nd State legislative Sessions, 1857 – 1860; United States Army Paymaster Appointed by Abraham Lincoln, 1862 – 1866; Breveted Lieutenant- Colonel for “Meritorious services in the field”, 1865; Receiver, United States Land Office, Saint Cloud, Minnesota, 1860 – 1861; Admitted to the Minnesota Bar in 1862; President of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society, 1879; Editor and Proprietor of the Wright County Times; Minneapolis City Alderman, 1892 – 1900; Member and President of the Monticello Minnesota Board of Education; Master of the State Grange 8 years and of the Federal Grange 2 years.

5. E. R. Jennings – Hartford

6. A. T. (Illegible) - Do

7. Hon. J. Barrett – Woodstock – James Barrett (1814 – 1900) – 1838 Graduate of Dartmouth Collage; Vermont State Senator and President of the Senate, 1845; Windsor County Vermont State's Attorney, 1854 & 1855; Sat on the Vermont Supreme Court, 1857 – 1880; Received a honorary LL. C degree from Middlebury College, 1865; President of the Dartmouth Alumni Association; President of the Vermont Bar Association.

8. T. V. Russell - Do

9. W. Duncan – (Illegible) NH

10. William Taylor – Albany

11. S. C. Frink – Woodstock, Vt

12. Miss Frink - Do

13. “ Frink - Do

14. Mrs Raymond - Do

15. & 9 Children - Do

16. G. W. Hill – W Vt RR

17. R. L. Morehouse – Rutland, Vt

18. A. Lathow – (Illegible) NH

19. G. D. Bradley – Brattleboro, Vt

20. W. E. Lewis – Vermont

21. Harry Burton - ----------

22. Louis S. Partridge - “

23. Lyman Pathwell - “

24. Stephen Thomas – West Fairlee – Brigadier General Stephen Thomas (1809 – 1903)
- Represented Fairlee in the Vermont House of Representatives, 1838, 1839, 1845, 1846, 1860, 1861; State Senator from Orange County, 1848, 1849; Delegate to the Constitutional Conventions, 1843, 1850; Register of probate for the district of Bradford, 1842 – 1846; Probate Judge 1847 – 1849; Alternate to the Democratic National Convention, 1848; Delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1852, 1856, 1860;

From Wikipedia:
Governor Erastus Fairbanks called an extra session of the State Legislature on April 23, 1861, which Thomas attended. He was a member of the Ways and Means committee, which intended to report out a bill appropriating half a million dollars for military purposes. Thomas presented an impassioned speech supporting an amendment that doubled the amount to one million dollars. He said "Until this rebellion shall have been put down, I have no friends to reward and no enemies to punish, and I trust that the whole strength and power of Vermont, both of men and of money, will be put into the field to sustain the government."
After some spirited debate in the full house, the measure was passed unanimously. Thomas also supported passage of a bill giving every non-commissioned officer and private seven dollars a month in addition to their Federal pay, and that bill was enacted as well.

Commissioned Colonel of the 8th Vermont Infantry, November 12, 1861 and commanded it until May 1863 when he assumed command of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XIX Corps, which included the 8th Vermont. Participated in the occupation of New Orleans and the battles of, Raceland, Boutte Station, Bayou des Allemands, Bisland, & Port Hudson.
In July 1864, A portion of the XIX Corps, Including the 8th Vermont, was transfered to the eastern theater of the war. They arrived at Fortress Monroe just in time to join the VI Corps in the Shenandoah Valley, and participate in Major General Philip Sheridan's c

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