Civil War Articles

We have gathered together here articles about Vermont in the Civil War that were published in our journal Vermont History as a convenience to our patrons.  These and other resources can be found in our online catalog and in our collection of online Vermont History articles. Additional articles that have not been scanned may be found by using the indexes to Vermont History at the VHS's Leahy Library or at other libraries in the state and nation.

Vermont at Gettysburgh, An Address Delivered before the Society July 6th, 1870
Geo H. Scott, Vol. 1, no. 2 (1930): 51-73

Sergeant and Reverend George H. Scott
Albert Clarke, Vol. 1, no. 2 (1930): 74

Notes and Documents: The Bloody Seven Days' Battles
John F. Cook, edited by George A. MacDonald, Vol. 15, no. 4 (October 1947): 230-235

Vermont at Bull Run
William R. Folsom, Vol. 19, no. 1 (January 1951): 5-21

Vermont at Gettysburg
William R. Folsom, Vol. 20, no. 3 (January 1952): 161-179

Mrs. Cooke's Civil War Diary for 1863-1964
Mrs. Cooke, edited by Leon Dean, Jeremiah Durick, John Huden and Marcus McCorison, Vol. 25, no. 1 (January 1957): 56-65

A Vermonter in Andersonville: Diary of Charles Ross, 1864
Charles Ross, edited by Chester MacArthur Destler, Vol. 25, no. 3 (July 1957): 229-351

A Vermonter Returns From Andersonville
Charles Ross, edited by Chester MacArthur Destler, Vol. 25, no. 4 (October 1957): 344-351

The St. Albans Raid -- A Bibliography
Robin W. Winks, vol. 26, no. 1 (January 1958): 46-51, 168-169.

The Vermont General
Vrest Orton, vol. 28, no. 1 (April 1960): 152-159

Edmunds Essays, First Prize, Vermont in the Civil War
Bartley Costello III, vol. 29, no. 4 (October 1961): 220-226

Vermonter In Gray: The Story of Melvin Dwinell
Harold A. Dwinell, vol. 30, no. 3 (July 1962): 220-237

Uniforms and Equipment of the Civil War
Frederick P. Todd, vol. 31, no. 2 (April 1963): 85-93

The Eighth Regiment of Vermont Volunteers in the Lafourche Country, 1862-1863
Holman D. Jordan Jr., vol. 31, no. 2 (April 1963): 106-116

Erastus Fairbanks
Graham S. Newell, vol. 32, no. 2 (April 1964): 58-64

Frederick Holbrook
Kenneth A. Moore, vol. 32, no. 2 (April 1964): 65-77

John Gregory Smith
Albert Ricker Dowden, vol. 32, no. 2 (April 1964): 78-97

The St. Albans Raid: Vermont Viewpoint
Gary Earl Heath, vol. 33, no. 1 (January 1965): 250-254

The Canadian View of the Confederate Raid on St. Albans
John D. Kazar Jr, vol. 33, no. 1 (January 1965): 255-273

Vermonters at Cedar Creek
Louis Morton, vol. 33, no. 2 (April 1965): 326-341

Captured By Rebels: A Vermonter At Petersburg, 1864
Frank Kenfield, vol. 36, no. 4 (Autumn 1968): 230-235

John Wolcott Phelps: The Civil War General Who Became a Forgotten Presidential Candidate in 1880
John McClaughry, vol. 38, no. 4 (Autumn 1970): 263-290

A Lost Lincoln Telegram
John A. Williams, vol. 41, no. 1 (Winter 1973): 29

The Ordeal of Civil War: A Recollection
Henry Houghton, vol. 41, no. 1 (Winter 1973): 30-49

The Health of Vermont's Civil War Recruits
John David Smith, vol. 43, no. 3 (Summer 1975): 185-192

The Inner Life of The First Vermont Volunteer Cavalry, 1861-1865
Stephen Z. Starr, vol. 46, no. 3 (Summer 1978): 157-174

A Shot in the Dark
Elliott Hoffman, vol. 47, no. 4 (Fall 1979): 276-278

"The 3rd Vermont has won a name:" Corporal George Q. French's Account of the Battle of Lee's Mills, Virginia
Albert C. Eisenberg, vol. 49, no. 4 (Fall 1981): 223-231

A Reluctant Warrior Advises the President; Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Abraham Lincoln and the Union Army, Spring 1862
Marshall True, vol. 50, no. 3 (Summer 1982): 143-150

Potomac Fever: The Hazards of Camp Life
Kenneth Link, vol. 51, no. 2 (Spring 1983): 69-88

"They Also Serve. . .": The Diary of Benjamin Franklin Hackett, 12th Vermont Volunteers
Elna Rae Zeiunger and Larry Schweikart, vol. 51, no. 2 (Spring 1983): 89-97

The Public Platform and Patriotism in Vermont During the Civil War
George B. Bryan, vol. 51, no. 2 (Spring 1983): 107-116

General John Wolcott Phelps and Conservative Reform in Nineteenth Century America
William F. Messner, vol. 53, no. 1 (Winter 1985): 17-35

A Brookfield Soldier's Report: The Civil War Recollections of Edwin C. Hall
Norbert A. Kuntz, vol. 57, no. 4 (Fall 1989): 197-225

With Banner, Gun, and Sword: Marshall Harvey Twitchell and the 4th Vermont Regiment Go to War
Ted Tunnell, vol. 59, no. 2 (Spring 1991): 69-84

Vermont Yankees in King Cotton's Court: The Case of Cyrena and Amherst Stone
Thomas G. Dyer, vol. 60, no. 4 (Fall 1992): 205-229

The Civil War Letters of S. E. and S. M. Pingree, 1862-1864
Kelly A. Nolin, vol. 63, no. 2 (Spring 1995): 80-94

The Letters of Louden S. Langley
James Fuller, vol. 67, no. 3 & 4 (Summer/Fall 1999): 85-91

Designed to Cure: Civil War Hospitals in Vermont
Nancy E. Boone and Michael Sherman, vol. 69, no. 1 & 2 (Winter/Spring 2001): 173-200

Vermont Archives and Manuscripts, The Vermont Military Records Project: The Civil War Records
Kelly Nolin, vol. 70, no. 3 & 4 (Summer/Fall 2002): 153-168

"Butler's Rotten Breath of Calumny": Major General Benjamin F. Butler and the Censure of the Seventh Vermont Infantry Regiment
Jeffrey D. Marshall, vol. 72, no. 1 & 2 (Winter/Spring 2004): 23-54

In Their Words: "I don't get fair play here": A Black Vermonter Writes Home
Edited by Jane Williamson, vol. 75, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2007): 35-38

Through Battle, Prison, and Disease: The Civil War Diaries of George Richardson Crosby
Patrick Gallagher, vol. 76, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2008): 19-45

The Civil War Memoir of Charles Dubois
Michael N. Stanton, vol. 76, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2008): 47-61

St. Johnsbury Puts the Civil War to Rest
Rachel Cree Sherman, vol. 76, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2008): 63-66

A Marriage Made in Maryland: Corporal Franklin Swan of the Tenth Vermont and Miss Mary Gaster
Grant Reynolds, vol. 78, no.2 (Summer/Fall 2010): 181-195

"Death is Everywhere Present"
J. David Book, vol. 79, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2011): 26-57

Guns for Billy Yank: The Armory in Windsor Meets the Challenge of Civil War
Carrie Brown, vol. 79, no. 2 (Summer/Fall 2011): 141-160

The Man with Four Names
Grant Reynolds, vol. 80, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2012): 57-64.

The General Court-Martial of Charles G. Chandler
David R. Mayhew, vol. 80, no. 2 (Summer/Fall 2012): 158-175.

Making It Right: The Civil War Letters of John Wilmot
Marjorie J. Strong and Paul G. Zeller, vol. 81, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2013): 34-51.

"My Soldier Boy Mark": The Civil War Letters of Pvt. Mark B. Slayton
Paul G. Zeller, vol. 82, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2014): 45-62.

Forever a Rhode Islander and not a Green Mountain Boy: Bradley J. Norris of Albany, Vermont
Robert Grandchamp, vol. 87, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2019): 43-58.