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Message:: [QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 88030, member: 59"]Well, I gather from what I found on the Big G, that the part of the Vt. Militia called "Corning's Detachment" served in US Army regiments, rather than under the state government itself. That's apparently why there doesn't appear to be a "Unit Register" or muster roll under that name. The militia units were all organized at the local community level and the state legislature had to pass a special law to create this "detachment" of the militia. Otherwise they would only have been able to serve within the borders of the state, even though they were needed elsewhere. I did find a list of War of 1812 pensioners for Vermont (a work in progress from other sources) but there was no John Campbell on the list. Perhaps [USER=217]@morgen94[/USER] could see if there is any information about him on Fold3?[/QUOTE]