12th Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at St. Louis, Mo., under authority of Governor Harvey, as a Company for the 1st Missouri Light Artillery, to be known as the 12th Wisconsin Battery February and March, 1862. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., May 6, 1862. Attached to Artillery Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. Artillery, 7th Division, Left Wing, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 17th Array Corps, to December, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., May 8-30, 1862. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. At Camp Clear Creek until August. Ordered to Jacinto August 14. Battle of Iuka, Miss., September 19. Battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. At Corinth until November 8. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November, 1862, to January, 1863. Duty at Germantown, Tenn., January 4 to February 8, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., February 8; thence to Grand Lake, Ark. Yazoo Pass Expedition and operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 16. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss., May 1 (Reserve). Battles of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill May 16.
- May 18-July 4, 1863 -
Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi - Duty at Vicksburg until September.
- Moved to Helena, Ark., September 12; thence to Memphis, Tenn., September 27.
- September 26-November 20, 1863 -
Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Chattanooga, Tennessee - Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29.
- November 23-27, 1863 -
The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign- Tunnel Hill November 24-25.
- Mission Ridge November 25.
- Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., until December 22; at Larkinsville until January 7, 1864, and at Huntsville, Ala., until June 22.
- June 30?-September 8, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign- March to Kingston, Ga., June 22-30, and duty there until July 13.
- Moved to Allatoona, Ga.. July 13, and duty there until November 12.
- October 5, 1864 -
Engagement at Allatoona, Georgia - Reconnaissance from Rome on Cave Springs Road and skirmishes October 12-13.
- November 15-December 21, 1864 -
The Savannah Campaign- December 10-21, 1864 -
Siege of Savannah, Georgia
- December 10-21, 1864 -
- January 1-April 26, 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign- Combahee River, S. C., January 28.
- Hickory Hill February 1.
- South Edisto River February 9.
- North Edisto River February 12-13.
- Congaree Creek February 15.
- Columbia February 16-17.
- Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21.
- Near Falling Creek March 20.
- Mill Creek March 22.
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
- Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
- Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
- Bennett's House April 26.
- Surrender of Johnston and his army.
- March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.
- Grand Review May 24.
- Mustered out June 26, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 10 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 23 Enlisted men by disease. Total 34.
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Notes
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 246-250)
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 704, 721, 722, 779, 783, 835, 866, 1673)
