United States Regiments & Batteries * West Virginia
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
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August 30 | Organized at Wheeling, W. Va. Attached to Railroad District, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept. |
October | At Buckhannon |
October 16 | Wardensville |
1863
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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 |
Second 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
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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
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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 HouseSurrender 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 |