The 1st Regiment of the Vermont Cavalry was organized at Burlington, Vermont and mustered into service in November 1861 (Companies L and M were later organized in September and December 1862). The regiment saw service with the Army of the Potomac for most of the Civil War, defending Washington, D.C. and saw service in the Shenandoah Valley and at Gettsyburg among many other battles and skirmishes. The regiment was present at Appomattox Court House in 1865 with the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army.

The regiment lost 10 officers and 124 enlisted men in battle and 4 officers and 200 enlisted men due to disease.

[Information retrieved from the National Park Service, "Union Vermont Volunteers: 1st Regiment, Vermont Cavalry," https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UVT0001RC.]

The 13th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized at New Haven, CT in late 1861/early 1862 and spent most of its service attached to the Department of the Gulf, including participating in the siege and assault on and surrender of Port Hudson. The regiment was attached to the Army of the Shenandoah in 1864, then to the Department of the South in 1865 before being mustered out at Fort Pulaski, Georgia in 1866.

The regiment lost 2 officers and 42 enlisted men in battle and 3 officers and 157 enlisted men from disease.

[Information retrieved from the National Park Service, "Union Connecticult Volunteers: 13th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry," https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UCT0013RI.]