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.
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |