6th Vermont Infantry Regiment

6th Vermont Infantry Regiment
6th Vermont Infantry Regiment
	Flag of Vermont, 1837–1923
Active	October 15, 1861 to October 16, 1864
Disbanded	July 26, 1865
Allegiance	United States; Union
Branch	United States Army; Union Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	Battle at Lee's Mills; Battle of Williamsburg; Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm; Battle of Savage's Station; Battle of White Oak Swamp; Battle of Crampton's Gap; Battle of Antietam; Battle of Fredericksburg; Battle of Marye's Heights; Battle of Salem Church; Second Battle of Fredericksburg; Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Funkstown; Battle of Rappahannock Station; Battle of the Wilderness; Battle of Spotsylvania; Battle of Cold Harbor; Second Battle of Petersburg; Battle of Reams' Station; Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.); Battle of Charlestown; Battle of Opequon (Gilbert's Ford); 3rd Battle of Winchester (Opequon); Battle of Fisher's Hill; Battle of Cedar Creek; Siege of Petersburg; Third Battle of Petersburg;
Commanders
Colonel	Asa P. Blunt
Insignia
2nd Brigade (Vermont Brigade), 2nd Division, VI Corps (Union Army), Army of the Potomac/Army of the Shenandoah (Union)

The 6th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Organized at Montpelier and mustered in October 15, it served in the Army of the Potomac (AoP). It departed Vermont for Washington, DC, October 19, 1861. It served in the Eastern Theater, predominantly in the VI Corps, AoP, from October 1861 to June 1865. It was a part of the Vermont Brigade.

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