12th Indiana Infantry Regiment

the unit formed in 1862 the unit formed in 1861 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment (1 year) 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment Captain Ferdinand F. Boltz of Co. S, 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment, and Co. F, 88th Indiana Infantry Regiment LCCN2013645667.jpg Captain Ferdinand F. Boltz of Company S of the 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment, and Co. F, 88th Indiana Infantry Regiment May 27, 1862 – June 1865Union Regimental Histories: Indiana https://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf1.htm#12th1yr Civil War Archive 28 February 2022 United States Union Infantry Battle of Richmond Siege of Vicksburg Siege of Jackson Chattanooga campaign Battle of Missionary Ridge Atlanta campaign Battle of Resaca Battle of Dallas Battle of New Hope Church Battle of Allatoona Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta Siege of Atlanta Battle of Jonesborough Sherman's March to the Sea Carolinas campaignBattle of Bentonville Indiana U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861–1865 11th Indiana Infantry Regiment 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Organization The regiment was organized in Indianapolis from May 27 to August 27, 1862, and was mustered into federal service on August 17, 1862.Battle Unit Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm 2025-10-28 www.nps.gov en The original organization of the regiment was as follows: +Original Organization of Regiment.Journal of Kosciusko Guards Chapter 12 http://yesteryear.clunette.com/kosguard12.html 2025-10-28 yesteryear.clunette.comIndiana. Adjutant General's Office. cn http://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant04indi Report of the Adjutant General of the state of Indiana .. Terrell William H. H. 1865 Indianapolis, A.H. Connor [etc.] State Printer Allen County Public Library Genealogy CenterIndiana. Adjutant General's Office. cn http://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant02indi Report of the Adjutant General of the state of Indiana .. Terrell William H. H. 1865 Indianapolis, A.H. Connor [etc.] State Printer Allen County Public Library Genealogy CenterCompanyEarliest MonikerPrimary Place of RecruitmentEarliest CaptainAThe BloodhoundsVernon and WarsawJames Harrison GoodnowBThe Fortville RiflesFortville, Fort Wayne, and AlbionElbert D. BaldwinCThe CopperheadsMarionDavid P. CubberlyDNoblesville GuardsNoblesville and MonticelloGeorge BowmanEKosciusko GuardsWarsaw and Kosciusko CountySamuel F. RookerFThe AlertsWarsawReuben WilliamsGMad Anthony GuardsFortville and AlfontJames HustonHVernon Light GuardsVernon and ColumbusGeorge May TrotterIVernon Light GuardsWarsawSamuel W. WellsKVernon Light GuardsFort WayneGeorge Nelson Service The 12th Indiana Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana May 27 through August 27, 1862, and mustered in on August 17, 1862, for three year's service under the command of Colonel William H. Link. The regiment was attached to Cruft's Brigade, Army of Kentucky, August 30. Attached to 2nd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tennessee, XIII Corps, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, XIII Corps, December 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XVII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, to July 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, XV Corps, to September 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XV Corps, to June 1865. The 12th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service after June 24, 1865. Veterans and recruits were transferred to the 48th Indiana Infantry and 59th Indiana Infantry. Detailed serviceDyer 1908 1122 Left Indiana for Kentucky August 21. Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, August 30. Regiment mostly captured. Paroled and sent to Indianapolis, for reorganization. Action at Lexington, Kentucky, September 2 (detachment). Regiment left Indianapolis, for Memphis, Tennessee, November 23, 1862. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November–December 1862. Action at Holly Springs, Mississippi, December 20, 1862. Duty at Grand Junction and Colliersville, Tennessee, guarding Memphis and Charleston Railroad until June 1863. Ordered to Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 9. Siege of Vicksburg June 12-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Mississippi, July 4–10. Siege of Jackson July 10–17. Duty at Big Black until September 28. Moved to Memphis, Tennessee, then marched to Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 28-November 20. Operations on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20–29. Chattanooga campaign November 23–27. Tunnel Hill November 23–25. Battle of Missionary Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville, Tennessee, November 28-December 8. Duty at Scottsboro, Alabama, until May 1864. Atlanta campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Resaca May 8–13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14–15. Movements on Dallas May 18–25. Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Brush Mountain June 15. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2–5. Chattahoochee River July 5–17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Battle of Ezra Chapel, Hood's 2nd sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesborough August 25–30. Battle of Jonesborough August 31-September 1. Battle of Lovejoy's Station September 2–6. Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29-November 3. Sherman's March to the Sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10–21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River, South Carolina, January 25. Battle of Rivers' Bridge February 2–5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12–13. Congaree Creek February 15. Columbia February 16–17. Battle of Bentonville, March 20–21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10–14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 20. Grand Review of the Armies June 24, 1865. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 295 men; 8 officers and 92 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 193 enlisted men due to disease. Commanders Colonel William H. Link - mortally wounded at the Battle of Richmond; died September 20, 1862 Colonel Reuben Williams See also American Civil War Indiana List of Indiana Civil War regiments Indiana in the Civil War Notes/References/Sources Notes 50em References Sources 60em Dyer Frederick Henry Frederick H. Dyer A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Pub. Co. Des Moines, IA 1908 B01BUFJ76Q https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OBkNAQAAMAAJ/page/1122/mode/1up?view=theater PDF August 8, 2015 1122 Federal Publishing Company Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan Federal Publishing Company The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. III 1908 Madison, WI https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory03madi/page/115/mode/1up 694018100 PDF 115–116 Gage Moses D. From Vicksburg to Raleigh or, A Complete History of the Twelfth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and the Campaigns of Grant and Sherman, with an Outline of the Great Rebellion Clarke & Co. 1st 1865 Chicago, IL 368 en https://archive.org/details/fromvicksburgtor00gage/page/n5/mode/2up January 6, 2024 276859037 pdf Hemphill William S. Priser Marjorie Journal of the Kosciusko Guards, Company E, 12th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, written by William S. Hemphill Kosciusko County Historical Society 1993 1904 Warsaw, IN 141 en https://books.google.com/books?id=a1mbngEACAAJ January 6, 2024 limited 866696727 Terrell William Henry Harrison Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana A.H. Connor State Printer Indiana Adjutant General Reports II 1865 Indianapolis, IN 86–99 en https://archive.org/details/reportofadjutant02indi/page/86/mode/2up?view=theater August 11, 2018 558004259 pdf Williams Reub General Reub Williams's Memories of Civil War Times: Personal Reminiscences of Happenings that Took Place from 1861 to the Grand Review Heritage Books 2004 c.1903 Westminster, MD 318 en https://books.google.com/books?id=4KwyAQAAMAAJ January 6, 2024 limited 978-0-7884-2517-2 61858269 pdf Indiana Battle Flag Inventory Indiana War Memorial May 4, 2021 https://www.in.gov/iwm/battle-flag-collection/indiana-battle-flag-inventory/ Indiana War Memorial, '' Indiana Battle Flag Inventory (2021) January 6, 2024 Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Indiana Category:1862 establishments in Indiana Category:1865 disestablishments in Indiana