8th Vermont Infantry
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The 8th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry (or 8th VVI) was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in both major theaters, first in Louisiana and then in Virginia, from February 1862 to June 1865. It was a member of the XIX Corps.
The regiment was mustered into Federal service on February 18, 1862, at Brattleboro, Vermont. It was engaged in, or present at, the Occupation of New Orleans, Raceland, Boutte Station, Bayou des Allemands, the Steamer "Cotton," Bisland, and Port Hudson, in the Department of the Gulf, and Opequon, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and Newtown in the Shenandoah Valley campaign.
The 8th Vermont lost during its term of service: 102 men killed and mortally wounded, 7 died from accident, 22died in Confederate prisons and 214 died from disease; for a total loss of 345 men.
The regiment mustered out of service on June 28, 1865.
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