12th Kentucky Infantry (U)
Regimental History and Service Record
Company "A" organized at Camp Dick Robinson, Ky., September 26, 1861, and other companies near Waitsbore, Pulaski County, Ky., October, 1861, to January, 1862. Attached to Thomas' Command, Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky, to November, 1861. 1st Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December, 1861. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to December, 1862. District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June. 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Action at Travisville, Ky., September 29, 1861 (Co. "A"). Operations in Wayne and Clinton Counties and at Mill Springs, Ky., November, 1861. At Camp Hoskins until December. Operations about Mill Springs December 1-13. Action with Zollicoffer December 2. Moved to Somerset and duty there until January, 1862. Battle of Mill Springs January 19-20. Regiment mustered in at Clio, Ky., January, 1862. Moved to Louisville, Ky.; thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 11-March 2. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 20-April 8. Advance on and Siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville June 1-6. Buell's Campaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Nashville, Tenn.; thence to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 20-September 25. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15.
- October 8, 1862 -
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky(Reserve)
March to Lebanon, Ky., and duty there until April, 1863. Operations against Morgan December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Moved to Bowling Green, Ky., April 10. Duty there and at Russellville until August. Moved to Camp Nelson and Danville and Join Gen. Burnside. Burnside's march over Cumberland Mountains and Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. Occupation of Knoxville September 3. Watauga River, Blue Springs, October 10. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Blain's Cross Roads December 15-16. At Strawberry Plains until January, 1864. Regiment veteranize and moved to Louisville, Ky. Veterans on furlough until April 1. At Burnside's Point until May.
- March to Chattanooga, Tenn.; thence to Burnt Hickory, Ga., May 1-24.
- May 24-September 8, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign- Burnt Hickory May 25.
- May 25-June 5, 1864 -
Operations in Bartow County, Georgia - Raccoon Bottom June 2.
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
- Burnt Hickory June 13.
- Lost Mountain June 15-17.
- Muddy Creek June 17.
- Noyes Creek June 19.
- Cheyney's Farm June 22.
- Near Marietta June 23.
- Olley's Farm June 26-27.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
- Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
- Chattahoochie River July 6-17.
- Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
- July 22-August 25, 1864 -
Siege of Atlanta, Georgia - Utoy Creek August 5-7.
- Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
- Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
- Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
- Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3.
Cedar Bluff, Ala., October 27. Moved to Nashville, thence to Pulaski. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 16. Moved to Washington, D.C.; thence to Federal Point, N. C., January 16-February 9. Operations against Hoke February 12-14.
- February 18, 1865 -
Action at Fort Anderson, North Carolina - February 19, 1865 -
Capture of Fort Anderson, North Carolina
Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22.
- March 1-April 26, 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign- Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21.
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 21.
- Advance on Raleigh April 10-13.
- Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
- Bennett's House April 26.
- Surrender of Johnston and his army.
- Duty at Greensboro, N. C., until July.
- Mustered out July 11, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 40 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 193 Enlisted men by disease. Total 239.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 703, 707, 715, 730, 733, 823, 824, 1202-1203)
