Typed "Civil War service of William H. Flint," by Edith F. Keeler. This is an account, taken from his diaries, of his service from April 1861 to October 1865 in the 1st Vermont Regiment, the 2nd Vermont Artillery, and 73rd U.S.C. Infantry. His service was mostly in Louisiana under General Banks.

William H. Flint was born in Vermont on December 23, 1843, the son of William and Delia (Kimball) Flint. He enlisted as a Private in Co. G, 1st Vermont Regiment, on May 2, 1861. He was mustered out of service on August 15, 1861, but signed up once again, on October 22, 1861in Leicester, Vermont, as a Corporal in the 2nd Vermont Battery, Light Artillery. He was promoted to Sergeant on April 13, 1862. He re-enlisted on February 20, 1864 at reduced rank, and was discharged on July 11, 1864. He died of capillary bronchitis and chronic myocarditis on December 20, 1916, at Brandon, Vt., and was buried there at Pine Hill Cemetery on December 23, 1916.