 Throughout the 6th Vermont's service, 189 men were killed and mortally wounded in combat, 2 died from non-combat related accidents, 20 died in Confederate prisons(including seven who perished at the infamous Andersonville POW camp) and 189 died from disease for a total loss of 400 men.When the original three-year enlistees mustered out 16 October 1864, the regiment was left with 320 men on its muster who had either reenlisted or joined as recruits after initial muster into federal service.The regiment mustered out of service on July 8, 1865 in Burlington.