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.
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
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,
George J. Stannard
…given command of the 2nd Vermont Brigade in April, joining it in its camps in the defenses of Washington, D.C. The brigade consisted of the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th Vermont Infantry regiments. Stannard's immediate predecessor had been Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Stoughton, who had been captured in his bed…
Monument to the 14th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg