From Historical Rutland: an illustrated history of Rutland, Vermont, from the granting of the charter in 1761 to 1911 by Rev. F. E. Davison, Rutland, Vt.: P.H. Brehmer, 1911, page 53:
War Record
Vermont has been called "the legitimate child of war. " From the hour when aboriginal tribes disputed for possession of the territory, through the colonial period when British and French armies traversed the land, followed by the contentions engendered by the double systems of grants from New Hampshire and New York, succceeded by the heroism of the Green Mountain Boys in the Revolution, continued in the conflicts of 1812, carried on through the war with Mexico, rising to sublime heights in resistance to treason in the War of the Rebellion, and responding with alacrity in the Spanish-American War, the Green Mountain State has never been found wanting. In the battle of Lee's Mills Rutland lost the brave Reynolds; at the battle of Malvern Hill Col. Wm. Y. W. Ripley effectually stayed the tide of battle; at Baton Rouge the gallant Col. Roberts fell. In all these great struggles Rutland has sent forth her full quota, men who died gloriously fighting for their country, or returned with honorable records to spend their declining years with the consciousness of duty done.