Stacey Underwood
Lodwick D. Underwood, Vermont 1862
This is Pvt. Lodwick Daniel Underwood at the age of 15 (c. 1861), in his Vermont State Uniform before the troops received the Federal "Union" Blue from the government. The green Hardee Hat with the Red Rooster plume was the identifying characteristic of the famous Vermont Brigade (aka the "Old" Brigade or the 1st Vermont Brigade). The 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment left Brattleboro Station on September 21, 1861, by train for the "seat of war" in Virginia. The regiment's federal blues passed by their train on its way north to Vermont heading in the opposite direction. The regiment made camp on the East Steps of the Capitol Building, before making their way near Camp Advance at the Chain Bridge over the Potomac, and encamped near Lewinsville, VA at Camp Griffin. The spot where this regiment made camp is commemorated by plague on the grounds where the CIA Headquarters is today, at Langley. The Vermont Brigade was [that] brigade favored by then President Lincoln, as he admired those who would fight hard for Freedom.
Date & Place:
at Camp Griffin Brattleboro Barracks, in Brattleboro, Windsor County, Vermont United States of America
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