12th Indiana Infantry Regiment
- 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 Campaign
Battle of Bentonville
Indiana U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861–1865 | ||||
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The 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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 service[3]
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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
Notes/References/Sources
Notes
- ^ Although nit official until the 1890s, this general design was used by several Indiana regiments for their state colors.[1]
References
- ^ Indiana War Memorial, Indiana Battle Flag Inventory (2021).
- ^ "Union Regimental Histories: Indiana". Civil War Archive. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Dyer (1908), p. 1122.
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick Henry (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (PDF). Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co. p. 1122. ASIN B01BUFJ76Q. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Federal Publishing Company (1908). Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan (PDF). 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. Vol. III. Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company. pp. 115–116. OCLC 694018100.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Gage, Moses D. (1865). From Vicksburg to Raleigh or, A Complete History of the Twelfth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Iinfantry, and the Campaigns of Grant and Sherman, with an Outline of the Great Rebellion (pdf) (1st ed.). Chicago, IL: Clarke & Co. p. 368. OCLC 276859037. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Hemphill, William S. (1993) [1904]. Priser, Marjorie (ed.). Journal of the Kosciusko Guards, Company E, 12th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, written by William S. Hemphill. Warsaw, IN: Kosciusko County Historical Society. p. 141. OCLC 866696727. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- Terrell, William Henry Harrison (1865). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana (pdf). Indiana Adjutant General Reports. Vol. II. Indianapolis, IN: A.H. Connor State Printer. pp. 86–99. OCLC 558004259. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Williams, Reub (2004) [c.1903]. General Reub Williams's Memories of Civil War Times: Personal Reminiscences of Happenings that Took Place from 1861 to the Grand Review (pdf). Westminster, MD: Heritage Books. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-7884-2517-2. OCLC 61858269. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- "Indiana Battle Flag Inventory". Indiana War Memorial. May 4, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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