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The 16th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry (or 16th VVI) was a nine months' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the eastern theater, predominantly in the Defenses of Washington, from October 1862 to August 1863. It was a member of the 2nd Vermont Brigade. ==Recruitment== The 16th Vermont Infantry, a nine months regiment, was raised as a result of President Abraham Lincoln's call on August 4, 1862, for additional troops due to the disastrous results of the Peninsula Campaign. It was recruited in Windsor and Windham Counties, the two southernmost counties in the state, and rendezvoused in the following towns: * Bethel, Co. A, recruited by Asa G. Foster. * Brattleboro, Co. B, Robert B. Arms. * Ludlow, Co. C, Asa G. Foster. * Townshend, Co. D, David Ball. * Springfield, Co. E, Alvin C. Mason. * Wilmington, Co. F, Henry F. Dix. * Barnard, Co. G, Harvey N. Bruce. * Felchville, Co. H, Joseph C. Sawyer. * Williamsville, Co. I, Lyman E. Knapp. * Chester, Co. K, Samuel Hutchinson. On September 27, 1862, the officers listed above met at Bellows Falls and elected Wheelock G. Veazey, of Springfield, colonel, Charles Cummings, of Brattleboro, lieutenant colonel, and William Rounds, of Chester, major. The regiment rendezvoused at Brattleboro on October 9, and was mustered into the United States service on October 23, with 949 officers and men. The left Brattleboro on October 24, and arrived in Washington, D.C. on the morning of October 27, going into camp near the other four regiments that were then formed into the 2nd Vermont Brigade. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「16th Vermont Infantry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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