Graduate of Barre Academy. In 1861, Lemuel attended Norwich Academy (Norwich, Vermont)
On September 1, 1862, Lemuel mustered in as 1st Sargeant in Co. B, 10th Regiment, Vermont infantry. In 1862, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Company D, and was promoted to 1st Lieutnant in Company E in June, 1864. Promoted to Captain of Company G on December 19, 1864. While in service, he was badly wounded at the Battle of Winchester, He mustered out June 22, 1865 to accept a position as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 97th US Colored Infantry, and mustered out September 10, 1867.
Major Abbott joined the 6th US Cavalry, serving as 1st Lieutenant, Quartermaster, and Captail. He was brevetted to major in 1882 before retiring January 3, 1885.
Major Abbot's diary "Personal Recollections and Civil War Diary, 1864" is available in several versions.
"Maj. Abbott Fought in the Civil War, Commanding and Leading men to preserve the Union, In about two score battles -- 1862-1865 -- in the Tenth Regt. Vt. Vol. Inf.; Was four times wounded, and after, in the Sixth U.S. Cavalry, against Indians on the frontier in protection of helpless families sand frontiersmen, in all about twenty years. It was on his recommendation, when in command of Camp Thomas at 1879, to the Government, which it adopted, that the Indians were schooled, elevated, and brought to a standard of civilization which took them from the warpath and its atrocities which had shocked the civilized world from the first settlement in America.
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I have loved justice therefore: to aid the helpless and unfortunate I have borne conflict and labor, plot and blighting scorn, believing that in the course of time all mankind would become perfect, and that to help others rightly with this object i view should be the chief aim in life.
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'Judge not, that ye be not judged.'
On September 1, 1862, Lemuel mustered in as 1st Sargeant in Co. B, 10th Regiment, Vermont infantry. In 1862, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Company D, and was promoted to 1st Lieutnant in Company E in June, 1864. Promoted to Captain of Company G on December 19, 1864. While in service, he was badly wounded at the Battle of Winchester, He mustered out June 22, 1865 to accept a position as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 97th US Colored Infantry, and mustered out September 10, 1867.
Major Abbott joined the 6th US Cavalry, serving as 1st Lieutenant, Quartermaster, and Captail. He was brevetted to major in 1882 before retiring January 3, 1885.
Major Abbot's diary "Personal Recollections and Civil War Diary, 1864" is available in several versions.
"Maj. Abbott Fought in the Civil War, Commanding and Leading men to preserve the Union, In about two score battles -- 1862-1865 -- in the Tenth Regt. Vt. Vol. Inf.; Was four times wounded, and after, in the Sixth U.S. Cavalry, against Indians on the frontier in protection of helpless families sand frontiersmen, in all about twenty years. It was on his recommendation, when in command of Camp Thomas at 1879, to the Government, which it adopted, that the Indians were schooled, elevated, and brought to a standard of civilization which took them from the warpath and its atrocities which had shocked the civilized world from the first settlement in America.
--
I have loved justice therefore: to aid the helpless and unfortunate I have borne conflict and labor, plot and blighting scorn, believing that in the course of time all mankind would become perfect, and that to help others rightly with this object i view should be the chief aim in life.
--
'Judge not, that ye be not judged.'
Graduate of Barre Academy. In 1861, Lemuel attended Norwich Academy (Norwich, Vermont)
On September 1, 1862, Lemuel mustered in as 1st Sargeant in Co. B, 10th Regiment, Vermont infantry. In 1862, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Company D, and was promoted to 1st Lieutnant in Company E in June, 1864. Promoted to Captain of Company G on December 19, 1864. While in service, he was badly wounded at the Battle of Winchester, He mustered out June 22, 1865 to accept a position as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 97th US Colored Infantry, and mustered out September 10, 1867.
Major Abbott joined the 6th US Cavalry, serving as 1st Lieutenant, Quartermaster, and Captail. He was brevetted to major in 1882 before retiring January 3, 1885.
Major Abbot's diary "Personal Recollections and Civil War Diary, 1864" is available in several versions.
"Maj. Abbott Fought in the Civil War, Commanding and Leading men to preserve the Union, In about two score battles -- 1862-1865 -- in the Tenth Regt. Vt. Vol. Inf.; Was four times wounded, and after, in the Sixth U.S. Cavalry, against Indians on the frontier in protection of helpless families sand frontiersmen, in all about twenty years. It was on his recommendation, when in command of Camp Thomas at 1879, to the Government, which it adopted, that the Indians were schooled, elevated, and brought to a standard of civilization which took them from the warpath and its atrocities which had shocked the civilized world from the first settlement in America.
--
I have loved justice therefore: to aid the helpless and unfortunate I have borne conflict and labor, plot and blighting scorn, believing that in the course of time all mankind would become perfect, and that to help others rightly with this object i view should be the chief aim in life.
--
'Judge not, that ye be not judged.'
On September 1, 1862, Lemuel mustered in as 1st Sargeant in Co. B, 10th Regiment, Vermont infantry. In 1862, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Company D, and was promoted to 1st Lieutnant in Company E in June, 1864. Promoted to Captain of Company G on December 19, 1864. While in service, he was badly wounded at the Battle of Winchester, He mustered out June 22, 1865 to accept a position as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 97th US Colored Infantry, and mustered out September 10, 1867.
Major Abbott joined the 6th US Cavalry, serving as 1st Lieutenant, Quartermaster, and Captail. He was brevetted to major in 1882 before retiring January 3, 1885.
Major Abbot's diary "Personal Recollections and Civil War Diary, 1864" is available in several versions.
"Maj. Abbott Fought in the Civil War, Commanding and Leading men to preserve the Union, In about two score battles -- 1862-1865 -- in the Tenth Regt. Vt. Vol. Inf.; Was four times wounded, and after, in the Sixth U.S. Cavalry, against Indians on the frontier in protection of helpless families sand frontiersmen, in all about twenty years. It was on his recommendation, when in command of Camp Thomas at 1879, to the Government, which it adopted, that the Indians were schooled, elevated, and brought to a standard of civilization which took them from the warpath and its atrocities which had shocked the civilized world from the first settlement in America.
--
I have loved justice therefore: to aid the helpless and unfortunate I have borne conflict and labor, plot and blighting scorn, believing that in the course of time all mankind would become perfect, and that to help others rightly with this object i view should be the chief aim in life.
--
'Judge not, that ye be not judged.'
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