6th Vermont Infantry Regiment

6th Vermont Infantry Regiment
Flag of Vermont, 1837–1923
ActiveOctober 15, 1861 to October 16, 1864
DisbandedJuly 26, 1865
AllegianceUnited States United States
Union
BranchUnited States Army
Union Army
TypeInfantry
Engagements
Commanders
ColonelAsa P. Blunt
Insignia
2nd Brigade (Vermont Brigade), 2nd Division, VI Corps (Union Army), Army of the Potomac/Army of the Shenandoah (Union)
Colonel Nathan Lord, Jr.
seated man with beard in uniform
Asa P. Blunt commanded in 1861

The 6th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Organized at Montpelier and mustered in October 15, it served in the Army of the Potomac (AoP).[1] It departed Vermont for Washington, DC, October 19, 1861. It served in the Eastern Theater, predominantly in the VI Corps, AoP, from October 1861 to June 1865. It was a part of the Vermont Brigade.