12th Indiana Infantry Regiment

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12th Indiana Infantry Regiment
ActiveMay 27, 1862 June 1865 [1]
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements

The 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

The 12th Indiana Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana May 27 through August 27, 1862, and mustered in on August 17, 1862, for three year's service under the command of Colonel William H. Link.

The regiment was attached to Cruft's Brigade, Army of Kentucky, August 30. Attached to 2nd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tennessee, XIII Corps, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, XIII Corps, December 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XVII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, to July 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, XV Corps, to September 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XV Corps, to June 1865.

The 12th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service after June 24, 1865. Veterans and recruits were transferred to the 48th Indiana Infantry and 59th Indiana Infantry.

Detailed service [2]

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 295 men; 8 officers and 92 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 193 enlisted men due to disease.

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Notes/References/Sources

Notes

    References

    1. "Union Regimental Histories: Indiana". Civil War Archive. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
    2. Dyer (1908), p. 1122.

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