12th Massachusetts Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
- Organized at Fort Warren and mustered in June 26, 1861
- Moved to Sandy Hook, Md., July 23-27
- Attached to (I) Department of the Shenandoah / 2nd Brigade (Abercrombie), Brigaded with:
- Abercrombie's Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862
- 2nd Brigade, Williams' 1st Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps and (II) Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862
- 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862
- 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862
- 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1862
- 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, to March, 1864
- 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to May, 1864
- 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1864.
SERVICE.--Operations on the Upper Potomac August, 1861, to February, 1862. Operations opposite Edward's Ferry October 21-24, 1861. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley March 24-April 27. Strasburg March 27. Edenburg April 1-2. Rappahannock Crossing April 18. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Rappahannock Station August 20-23. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Bull Run August 30. Chantilly September 1.
- September 3-20, 1862 -
The Maryland Campaign
Duty at Sharpsburg until October 30. Movement to Warrenton, thence to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth and Belle Plain, Va., until April 27.
- April 27-May 6, 1863 -
The Chancellorsville Campaign
- Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2.
- Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30.
- May 1-5, 1863 -
Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
- June 11-August 1, 1863 -
The Gettysburg Campaign
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Picket duty on the Rapidan until October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
- Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864.
- May 4-June 12, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
- May 5-7, 1864 -
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
- May 22-26, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia
- May 26-28, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia
- May 28-31, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
- June 1-12, 1864 -
Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
- June 1-3, 1864 -
Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia
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- June 1-3, 1864 -
- White Oak Swamp June 13.
- May 5-7, 1864 -
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- June 25, 1864 - Ordered home for muster out
- July 8, 1864 - Mustered out of federal service
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Notes
- ↑ Not originally listed on unit homepage
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 272, 761, 827, 905, 916, 932, 933, 934, 936, 937, 938, 939, 941, 1252)
- Fox, William F. 1840-1909. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full and Exhaustive Statistics Compiled From the Official Records on File in the State Military Bureaus and at Washington. Albany: Albany Pub. Co., 1889. (Page 11)
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