(I) 12th New York Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Sailed from New York for Fortress Monroe, Va., April 21, 1861; arrived April 23; thence moved to Annapolis and Washington, D.C
• Assigned to Mansfield's Command
• Mustered in May 2, 1861
• Advance into Virginia May 23
• May 24, 1861 - Union Occupation of Arlington Heights, Virginia - Colonel Ellsworth becomes the first Union officer killed in the Rebellion
• Attached to Department of Pennsylvania / 3rd Division (Sanford) / 8th Brigade (Butterfield), July 6, Brigaded with:
  • (I) 5th New York Infantry
  • 19th New York Infantry
  • (I) 28th New York Infantry
• Attached to Department of Northeastern Virginia / 1st Division (Tyler) / 4th Brigade (Richardson), Brigaded with:
  • 1st Massachusetts Infantry
  • 2nd Michigan Infantry
  • (I) 3rd Michigan Infantry
  • 1st United States Artillery / Battery G
• Skirmish near Martinsburg July 12
• Near Bunker Hill July 15
• Mustered out at New York City August 5, 1861, expiration of term

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 270, 894, 1409-1410)