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12th Indiana Infantry Regiment

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12th Indiana Infantry Regiment
Flag of Indiana, 19th Century[note 1]
ActiveMay 27, 1862 – June 1865[2]
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Engagements

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

Service

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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[3]

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Casualties

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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.

Commanders

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  • Colonel William H. Link - mortally wounded at the Battle of Richmond; died September 20, 1862
  • Colonel Reuben Williams

See also

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Notes/References/Sources

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Notes

  1. ^ Although nit official until the 1890s, this general design was used by several Indiana regiments for their state colors.[1]

References

  1. ^ Indiana War Memorial, Indiana Battle Flag Inventory (2021).
  2. ^ "Union Regimental Histories: Indiana". Civil War Archive. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. ^ Dyer (1908), p. 1122.

Sources