Editing Windham, Vermont (section)

==History==

Windham was part of [[Londonderry, Vermont|Londonderry]] until after 1792 and was "duly organized" in 1796. The first settler of what was to become the village was Benjamin Pierce {{circa|1783}}. Pierce was from [[Westmoreland, New Hampshire]].<ref>Child, Hamilton, ''Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham county, Vt., 1724-1884'', Syracuse: The Journal Office, 1884, 304.</ref>
Being such a small and dispersed mountain village, relatively few men from Windham served with the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. Windham County itself contributed heavily to manning the [[4th Vermont Infantry]] and most of the village's sons joined Company C or K of that regiment. The regiment saw heavy combat throughout the war.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193520/http://vermontcivilwar.org/units/4/company.php/ Vermont in the Civil War]}}</ref>

One of Windham's soldiers, Captain [[Charles G. Gould]] of Company H, [[5th Vermont Infantry]], won the [[Medal of Honor]] for bravery under fire.