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:
Rutland's Conscripts in 1863
When it became necessary, during the Civil War, to add to the Union forces in the field by drafting men, Rutland had to contribute her quota. The spirit in which the men here entered upon their enforced service is shown by the following: At Rutland the drafted men of the village, with some others, met at the town hall, elected Ben. K. Chase captain, formed into line, and, headed by fife and drum, marched through the principal streets, stopped at the park, where by request prayer was offered by Rev. Leland Howard, and speeches made by the following gentlemen who were called out by the company: D. E. Nicholson, C. C. Dewey, Henry Clark, M. G. Everts, and also by Rev. N. Seaver and G. R. Hitt, of the conscripts. Cheers were given by the conscripts for the Union, for the draft, for the conscripts from abroad, etc., etc., after which the company adjourned with the highest good feeling.
In Benedict's book "Vermont in the Civil War" he says of the total population of Vermont one in every ten were in service and of her able-bodied men of military age every other one shoulldered his musket and went to fight for his country.