Henry E. Barnum, of Monkton, was a private in Company "F", 1st US Sharpshooters. That unit was organized in September, 1861, with Edmund Weston Jr., of Randolph as captain and C. W. Seaton and M. V. Bronson as lieutenants. It joined the regiment at New York and went with it to Washington, where the men were mustered into the service of the United States. Before any man could be accepted, he must shoot his target -- that is, he must put ten successive bullets into a five inch ring one hundred yards distant. The company left Vermont with one hundred and thirteen enlisted men, but upon Muster-In thirteen were rejected, to reduce the number to the regulation limit of one hundred men.
American Civil War Soldiers; Name: Henry Barnum; Residence: Monkton, Vermont; Enlistment Date: 25 Aug 1862; Side Served: Union; State Served: Vermont; Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 25 August 1862. Enlisted in Company "F", 1st SS Regiment U.S. Volunteers on 20 Sep 1862. Died from wounds Company "F", 1st SS Regiment U.S. Volunteers on 14 Jul 1864. Parents: Franklin E. Barnum (1813 - 1864), Jane L. Barnum (____ - 1862). Burial: East Monkton Cemetery, East Monkton, Addison County, Vermont, USA.