Dedicated in 1900, the Vermont Brigade monument is on
Mumma Lane north of Richardson Avenue. See map >
From the monument:
Old Vermont Brigade
1861 - 1865
Brig. Gen. W.T. H. Brooks
Second Division, Sixth Corps
Second Regiment, Major James H. Walbridge
Third Regiment, Major Thomas O. Seaver
Fourth Regiment, Lieut. Col. Chas. B. Stoughton
Fifth Regiment, Colonel Lewis A. Grant
Sixth Regiment, Major Oscar S. Tuttle
Vermont
The brigade was not heavily engaged at Antietam and suffered only light losses.
Three days earlier at Crampton's Gap, First Lieutenant George Hooker of the 4th Vermont earned the Medal of Honor by singlehandedly capturing a Confederate major and over 100 men, as well as their regiment's colors.
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