STANNARD, George Jerrison

Affiliation:  Union

Born: October 20 1820, Georgia VT

Died: June 1 1886, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Farm worker, teacher, partner in a foundry, militia officer

War Service: June 1861 Lt. Col. of 2nd Vermont, First Bull Run, Peninsula campaign, Col. of 9th Vermont, Second Bull Run, Maryland campaign, Harper's Ferry (s), March 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/3rd Divn/I Corps at Gettysburg (w), served in Virginia and North Carolina, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/XVIII Corps at Cold Harbor (w), commanded 1st Divn/XVIII Corps at Petersburg (w), Ft Harrison (w), served in Vermont.

Post War: Army service with the Freedmen's Bureau, resigned 1867, collector of customs, and doorkeeper of the House of Representatives