12th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment

Last updated
12th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
ActiveSeptember 10, 1862, to June 21, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Size1,450
Engagements

The 12th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also a unit that existed for a time following the Revolutionary War (see the History of Fitzwilliam, NH (Norton), p. 351-353).

Contents

Service

The 12th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Concord, New Hampshire, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on September 10, 1862, under the command of Colonel Joseph Haydn Potter.

The regiment was attached to Casey's Division, Military District of Washington, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July 1863. Marston's Command, Point Lookout, Maryland, District of St. Mary's, to April 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XVIII Corps, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to December 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIV Corps, Department of Virginia, to June 1865.

The 12th New Hampshire Infantry mustered out of service June 21, 1865.

Detailed service

DatesActions/Events
1862
September 27Left New Hampshire for Washington, D.C.
Until OctoberDuty in the defenses of Washington
October 18Moved to Point of Rocks, Md.
October 19Then moved to Pleasant Valley
October 24-November 16Moved to Warrenton, Va.
November 18–24Moved to Falmouth
December 12–15 Battle of Fredericksburg
1863
January 20–24 Burnside's 2nd Campaign ("Mud March")
Until AprilDuty at Falmouth
April 27-May 6Chancellorsville Campaign
May 1–5 Battle of Chancellorsville
June 11-July 24Gettysburg Campaign
July 1–3 Battle of Gettysburg
July 26Ordered to Point Lookout, Md. with duty there guarding prisoners until April 7, 1864.
1864
April 7Moved to Yorktown then to Williamsburg
May 4–28Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond
May 9–10 Swift Creek (or Arrowfield Church)
May 12–16Operations against Fort Darling
May 14–16 Battle of Drewry's Bluff
May 16–27 Bermuda Hundred
May 27–31Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor
June 1–12 Battles about Cold Harbor
June 15–19 Before Petersburg
June 16 to April 2, 1865 Siege of Petersburg and Richmond
July 30, 1864 Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)
August 26 to DecemberDuty on the Bermuda Front
1865
April 1865In trenches before Richmond
April 3Occupation of Richmond
Until JuneGuard and provost duty at Manchester

Service at Gettysburg

Lorenzo Hawkins of Company I, 12th New Hampshire Lorenzo Hawkins of Company I, 12th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers LOC 5228568589.jpg
Lorenzo Hawkins of Company I, 12th New Hampshire

On July 2, 1863, the 12th New Hampshire was heavily engaged north of the Klingel Farm, facing attack by Wilcox's Alabama brigade. The regiment had 224 men on the field that day, of whom 26 were killed and 73 were wounded (an additional six men would die of their wounds). Captain John F. Langley (Company F) was in command, and was wounded when the regiment was ordered to withdraw. Lieutenant William H. H. Fernel (Company I) took command and was able to rescue some 50 Union soldiers who were captured during the withdrawal. The following day, only 50 men were fit for duty under the command of Captain Thomas E. Barker (Company B). Placed near the center of the Union line, they helped repulse Pickett's charge.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 320 men during service; 11 officers and 170 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 138 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

See also

Related Research Articles

The 1st Maryland Infantry Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">82nd Ohio Infantry Regiment</span> Military unit

The 82nd Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment</span> Infantry regiment of the Union Army in the American Civil War

The 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment has the unfortunate distinction of having sustained the greatest total loss in battles of any infantry or cavalry regiment in the Union Army, with a total of 295 killed and 756 wounded, for a total of 1,051 men.

The 15th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 48th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 2nd Delaware Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">110th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment</span> Union Army infantry regiment

The 110th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 88th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">4th Maryland Infantry Regiment</span> Infantry regiment of the Union Army from 1862 to 1865

The 4th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">76th New York Infantry Regiment</span> Military unit

The 76th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">94th New York Infantry Regiment</span> Military unit

The 94th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment has the distinction of being the last volunteer infantry regiment to muster out of the Army of the Potomac.

The 5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">93rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment</span> Union Army infantry regiment

The 93rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 12th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment also known as the 41st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army as part of the Pennsylvania Reserves infantry division during the American Civil War.


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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">111th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment</span> Union Army infantry regiment

The 111th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was noted for its holding the high ground at the center of the line at Antietam as part of Stainrook's 2nd Brigade, Greene's 2nd Division of Mansfield's XII Corps.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">78th New York Infantry Regiment</span> Military unit


The 78th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">73rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment</span> Union Army infantry regiment

The 73rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 27th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 109th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

References

Attribution