The 12th West Virginia Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 56 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 131 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1862 |
August 30 |
Organized at Wheeling, W. Va. Attached to Railroad District, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept. |
October |
At Buckhannon |
October 16 |
Wardensville |
1863 |
January |
Moved to Winchester, Va. and attached to Milroy's Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Army Corps |
February |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps |
May |
At Beverly |
June 13-15 |
Battle of Winchester |
June 15-17 |
Retreat to Harper's Ferry |
June 30 |
At Bloody Run, Pa. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Susquehanna |
July 14-
December 10 |
At Martinsburg, W. Va. Attached to McReynolds' Command, Martinsburg, W. Va. |
December 10-25 |
Wells' demonstration up the Shenandoah Valley. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia. |
1864 |
January |
At Harper's Ferry. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia |
February 1 |
At New Creek |
April |
At Cumberland, Md., Webster and Beverly. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia |
April 30-May 16 |
Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market, Va. |
May 14 |
Rude's Hill |
May 15 |
Battle of New Market |
May 24-June 6 |
Advance to Staunton |
June 5 |
Piedmont, Mt. Crawford |
June 6 |
Occupation of Staunton |
June 10-July 1 |
Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg |
June 14 |
Near Lynchburg |
June 17 |
Diamond Hill |
June 17-18 |
Lynchburg |
June 18-July 1 |
Retreat to Charleston, W. Va. |
July 12-15 |
Moved to Shenandoah Valley |
July 17-18 |
Snicker's Ferry |
July 23-24 |
Battle of Kernstown-Winchester |
August 6-November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
August 12 |
Cedar Creek |
August 15 |
Strasburg |
September 3 |
Berryville |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan, Winchester (guarding trains) |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill (guarding trains) |
October-November |
Duty at Winchester and in the Shenandoah Valley |
December 19-23 |
Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Bermuda Hundred, Va. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James |
1865 |
January-March |
Duty in trenches before Richmond |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 28-29 |
Moved to front of Petersburg |
March 30-31 and April 1 |
Hatcher's Run |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 |
Rice's Station |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 12-15 |
March to Lynchburg, Va. |
April 15-19 |
Farmville and Burkesville Junction |
April 22-25 |
To Richmond, and duty there |
June 16 |
Mustered out |
