The 14th Vermont Infantry Regiment 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,
Monument to the 14th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg
George J. Stannard
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George Jerrison Stannard was a Vermont farmer, teacher, government official and Union general in the American Civil War.
14th Vermont Infantry Regiment
…the 14th, stopped the advance of Cadmus M. Wilcox's brigade, capturing hundreds of Virginians. Lieutenant George Benedict, an aide to Brigadier General George J. Stannard, related General Abner Doubleday's reaction, saying he "waved his hat and shouted: 'Glory to God, glory to God! See the Vermonters go it!'" After the…
Brig. Gen. George Stannard
Stannard as a brigadier general in the Union Army; note the empty right sleeve.
Stannard as a major general in the Union Army