12th Vermont Infantry Regiment

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The 12th Vermont Infantry Regiment did not lose any men to death or wounds. Two officers and 62 enlisted men died of disease. Out of 1,000 men there were only four deserters.

1862
September – October Organized at Brattleboro. The average age of the men was 23 years.

Organization of the Regiment
  • Company A – “West Windsor Guard ” – Captain Charles L. Savage
  • Company B – “Woodstock Light Infantry” – Captain Ora Paul, Jr.
  • Company C –  “Howard Guard of Burlington” – Captain Lemuel W. Page
  • Company D – “Tunbridge Light Infantry” – Captain Daniel F. Cole
  • Company E – “Ransom Guards of St. Albans” – Captain Hamilton S. Gilbert
  • Company F – “New England Guard of Northfield” – Captain Darius Thomas
  • Company G – “Allen Grays of Brandon” – Captain Ebenezer J. Ormsbee
  • Company H – “Bradford Guards” – Captain Preston S. Chamberlin
  • Company I – “Saxton’s River Light Infantry of Rockingham” – Captain Carlton H. Roundy
  • Company K – “Rutland Light Guard” – Captain Walter C. Landon
October 4 The 12th Vermont Infantry Regiment mustered in 996 officers and men for nine months Federal service under the command of Colonel Asa P. Blunt (formerly Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Vermont Infantry), Lieutenant Colonel Roswell Farnham and and Major Levi Kingsley.
October 7-10 Moved to Washington, D.C.; Attached to the 2nd Brigade, Casey’s Division, Military District of Washington; Camp on East Capital Hill, Washington. Colonel Blunt temporarily commanded the brigade as senior colonel until December 7.
October 30 Moved to Munson’s Hill. The Second Vermont Brigade was organized after the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Vermont Infantry Regiments reached Washington.
October 31 To Hunting Creek, at Camp Vermont.
December 7 Brigadier General Stoughton took command of the brigade and Colonel Asa Blunt returned to command of the regiment.
December 12 Picket duty near Fairfax Court House
December 28

Stuart’s Third Raid

The regiment was stationed in rifle pits east of Fairfax Court House across the Alexandria Pike, with Companies B and G under Captain Ora Paul in a woods half a mile in advance. Stuart’s 1,800 men were heading to Fairfax to capture supplies and the garrison but were turned back by Captain Paul’s volleys, which killed one man and wounded 13 others. Finding Fairfax well defended, Stuart returned to Culpeper.
1863
January 20 Duty at Wolf Run Shoals; Guarded railroad at Warrenton Junction
January 21 Captain Carlton H. Roundy of Comapny I resigned. He was replaced by Captain George E. Dimick.
February Attached to 2nd Brigade, Casey’s Division, 22nd Army Corps
February 9 Captain Walter C. Landon of Company K resigned.
February 20 First Lieutenant Stephen G. Staley was promoted to Captain of Company H.
Match 9 Brigadier General Stoughton was captured by Moseby’s guerillas, and Colonel Asa Blunt again took temporary command of the brigade.
April Transferred to 2nd Brigade, Abercrombie’s Division, 22nd Corps 4/17
April 20 Brigadier General George Stannard took command of the brigade, and Colonel Blunt returned to regimental command.
May 7 At Rappahannock Station
May 18 At Bristoe and Catlett’s
June 1 At Union Mills
June 25-July 1 March to Gettysburg. Detached at Westminster to guard supply wagons, with Companies B and G stationed along the Taneytown Road to protect ammunition trains, and was not engaged in the battle.
July Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac
July 4-6 Guarded 2,500 Confederate prisoners to Baltimore
July 6-9 Moved to Brattleboro. While waiting to be mustered out two hundred men volunteered to assist in the New York draft riots, but they were not needed.
July 14 The 12th Vermont Infantry Regiment mustered out at Brattleboro.