1862 Civil War Newspaper - Battle & Casualty Lists of 1st Vermont Brigade

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Listed here is a four page Civil War Newspaper published by The Burlington Times on July 10, 1862.
This edition reports on the 1st Vermont Brigade's involvement in the Battle at Savage's Station, VA which took place on June 29, 1862.
The 5th Vermont Infantry of that Brigade suffered the greatest loss of any Union regiment during the entire Civil War the day.
Casualty lists mention the Cummings brothers of Company E, 5th VT from Manchester Vermont who along with a cousin and brother-in-lay would ultimately loose seven members in that one battle.
Below is an excerpt from the Vermont Humanities Council publication:
Six Family Members Killed in the Same Battle
By: The Civil War Book of Days - Published by the Vermont Humanities Council
Of the 87 men who joined the 5
th
Vermont from Manchester, Vermont nine months earlier, 59 went into battle on June 29
th
1862 at Savage?s Station.  All but seven were either killed or wounded.
Among the casualties were seven members of the Cummings family ? four brothers, a cousin and a brother-in-law killed, and a fifth brother who was
wounded and
ultimately made it home,
but died some time later.  Those brave soldiers were:
Cummings brother-in-law, Horace Clayton - killed in action at Savage?s Station, VA.
Brother, William Cummings - wounded and died on July 2
nd
in a Union hospital.
Brother, Edmund M. Cummings -  wounded and taken prisoner.  He died in a Richmond prison hospital on July 2
nd
(he had just joined the regiment two weeks earlier).
Brother, Silas A. Cummings - wounded and taken prisoner.  He died on July 4
th
in an abandoned battlefield hospital.
Brother, Hiram P. Cummings - also wounded and taken prisoner.  He died on July 7
th
in the same abandoned battlefield hospital.
Cousin, William H. Cummings - wounded, taken prisoner, and confined in a Richmond prison until paroled on July 17
th
.  He died on Aug. 2
nd
in a Union hospital after amputation surgery.
The oldest Brother Henry Cummings - shot through the knee and discharged on Jan. 15, 1863.  He died at home from his wounds.
It was the greatest mortality suffered by any Union family in the entire war.