12th Indiana Infantry Regiment (1 year)

This article is about the unit formed in 1861. For the unit formed in 1862, see 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment.

12th Indiana Infantry Regiment

Active| May 11, 1861 - May 14, 1862[1]
Allegiance| Union
Branch| Infantry
Size| Regiment
Engagements| American Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders| John M. Wallace, W. H. Link, Reub Williams[2]

Military unit

Captain Ferdinand F. Boltz of Co. S, 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment, with Siddie Boltz. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army between May 11, 1861, and May 14, 1862, during the American Civil War.

## Service

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The 12th Indiana Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana May 11, 1861, and mustered in for one year's service; it was transferred to U.S. service on July 18, 1861. The regiment was attached to Abercrombie's Brigade, Banks' Department of the Shenandoah, to October 1861. Abercrombie's Brigade, Bank's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 2nd Brigade, Williams' 1st Division, Banks' V Corps, to April 1862, and Department of the Shenandoah to May 1862.

## Detailed service

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Moved to Evansville, Indiana, June 11. Left Indiana for Baltimore, Maryland, July 23; then moved to Sandy Hook, Maryland, July 28. Duty at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, Williamsport, and Sharpsburg, Maryland, until March 1862. Advance on Winchester, Virginia, March 1–12. Skirmished at Stephenson's Station, near Winchester, March 11. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley until April. Duty at Warrenton Junction, Virginia, April 3-May 5. Reconnaissance to Rappahannock River and skirmish at Rappahannock Crossing April 18. March to Washington, D.C., May 5.

## Casualties

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The regiment lost a total of 24 enlisted men, all due to disease.

## See also

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* American Civil War portal
* Indiana portal

* List of Indiana Civil War regiments
* Indiana in the Civil War

## References

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1. ^ "Union Regimental Histories: Indiana". Civil War Archive. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
2. ^ "Survivors of Old Indiana Regiment Renew Acquaintance in Warsaw". Northern Indianian. October 1, 1908. Retrieved June 14, 2022.

## Bibliography

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* Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. LCCN 59-12963.
* Holloway, William R. (2004). Civil War Regiments From Indiana. eBookOnDisk.com Pensacola, Florida. ISBN 1-9321-5731-X.
* Terrell, W.H.H. (1867). The Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. Containing Rosters for the Years 1861–1865, Volume 7. Indianapolis, Indiana. Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer.

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