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12th Kansas Infantry Regiment
12th Kansas Infantry Regiment
Active	September 1862 – June 3, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Camden Expedition; Battle of Jenkins' Ferry

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

Service

The 12th Kansas Infantry was organized at Paola, Kansas, in September 1862. It mustered in for three years under the command of Colonel Charles W. Adams.

The regiment was attached to Department of Kansas to June 1863. Unattached, District of the Border, Department of Missouri, to January 1864. Unattached, District of the Border, VII Corps, Department of Arkansas, to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, Frontier Division, VII Corps, to May 1864. 1st Brigade, District of the Frontier, VII Corps, to February 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VII Corps, February 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, VII Corps, to June 1865.

The 12th Kansas Infantry mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 3, 1865.

Detailed service

The regiment was assigned to duty by detachments on line between Kansas and Missouri until November 1863. At Olathe, Paola, Wyandotte, Mound City, Shawnee Trading Post, Fort Scott, Leavenworth, and Fort Riley, Kansas. Company H was at Fort Larned until January 1864, then rejoined regiment at Fort Smith, Arkansas, also occupy Kansas City, Westport, and Hickman Mills, Kansas City, guarding trains and operating against guerrillas. Operations in Jackson County against Quantrill November 2–5, 1862 (Company A). Baxter Springs October 6, 1863 (detachment). Companies B, E, and F escort train to Fort Smith, Arkansas, October 28-November 17, 1863. Companies A, C, D, G, I, and K concentrated at Fort Scott November 1863, and march to Fort Smith, Arkansas, December 13–28, 1863. Duty there until March 1864. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3, 1864. Prairie D'Ann April 9–13. Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 29–30. Return to Fort Smith May 3–16, and duty there until February 1865. Fort Smith September 1864. Moved to Little Rock February 24, 1865, and duty there until June.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 135 men during service; 2 officers and 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 121 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

Colonel Charles W. Adams

Notable members

1st Lieutenant George Ellis, Company I - Namesake of Ellis County, Kansas, killed at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas on April 30, 1864.^[1]

References

^ "Ellis County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society".

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion (Leavenworth, KS: W. S. Burke), 1870.

Attribution

This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

External links

[1] "Ellis County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society".

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-|unit_name= 12th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry
+|unit_name= 12th Kansas Infantry Regiment
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-|dates= September 1862 to June 3, 1865
+|dates= September 1862 &ndash; June 3, 1865
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-The '''12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] that served in the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]].
+The '''12th Kansas Infantry Regiment''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] that served in the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]].
 ==Service==
-The 12th Kansas Infantry was organized at [[Paola, Kansas]], in September 1862.  It mustered in for three years under the command of [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] Charles W. Adams.
+The 12th Kansas Infantry was organized at [[Paola, Kansas|Paola]], [[Kansas]], in September 1862. It mustered in for three years under the command of [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] [[Charles W. Adams (Union general)|Charles W. Adams]].
 The regiment was attached to Department of Kansas to June 1863. Unattached, District of the Border, Department of Missouri, to January 1864. Unattached, District of the Border, [[VII Corps (Union Army)|VII Corps]], Department of Arkansas, to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, Frontier Division, VII Corps, to May 1864. 1st Brigade, District of the Frontier, VII Corps, to February 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VII Corps, February 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, VII Corps, to June 1865.
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 ==Detailed service==
-The regiment was assigned to duty by detachments on line between Kansas and Missouri until November 1863. At Olathe, Paola, Wyandotte, Mound City, Shawnee Trading Post, Fort Scott, Leavenworth and Fort Riley, Kan. Company H at Fort Larned until January 1864, then rejoined regiment at Fort Smith, Ark., also occupy Kansas City, Westport, and [[Hickman Mills, Kansas City|Hickman's Mills, Mo.]], guarding trains and operating against guerrillas. Operations in Jackson County against Quantrill November 2–5, 1862 (Company A). Baxter Springs October 6, 1863 (detachment). Companies B, E, and F escort train to Fort Smith, Ark., October 28-November 17, 1863. Companies A, C, D, G, I, and K concentrated at Fort Scott November 1863, and march to Fort Smith, Ark., December 13–28, 1863. Duty there until March 1864. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3, 1864. Prairie D'Ann April 9–13. Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 29–30. Return to Fort Smith May 3–16, and duty there until February 1865. Fort Smith September 1864. Moved to Little Rock February 24, 1865, and duty there until June.
+The regiment was assigned to duty by detachments on line between Kansas and Missouri until November 1863. At Olathe, Paola, Wyandotte, Mound City, Shawnee Trading Post, Fort Scott, Leavenworth, and Fort Riley, Kansas. Company H was at Fort Larned until January 1864, then rejoined regiment at Fort Smith, Arkansas, also occupy Kansas City, Westport, and Hickman Mills, Kansas City, guarding trains and operating against guerrillas. Operations in Jackson County against Quantrill November 2–5, 1862 (Company A). Baxter Springs October 6, 1863 (detachment). Companies B, E, and F escort train to Fort Smith, Arkansas, October 28-November 17, 1863. Companies A, C, D, G, I, and K concentrated at Fort Scott November 1863, and march to Fort Smith, Arkansas, December 13–28, 1863. Duty there until March 1864. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3, 1864. Prairie D'Ann April 9–13. Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 29–30. Return to Fort Smith May 3–16, and duty there until February 1865. Fort Smith September 1864. Moved to Little Rock February 24, 1865, and duty there until June.
 ==Casualties==
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 ==Notable members==
-* 1st Lieutenant [[George Ellis (soldier)|George Ellis]], Company I - Namesake of [[Ellis County, Kansas]], killed at [[Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas]] on 30 April 1864.<ref>https://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:EL</ref>
+* 1st Lieutenant [[George Ellis (soldier)|George Ellis]], Company I - Namesake of [[Ellis County, Kansas]], killed at [[Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas]] on April 30, 1864.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:EL|title=Ellis County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-* Dyer, Frederick H.  ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA:  Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
+* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
-* ''Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion'' (Leavenworth, KS:  W. S. Burke), 1870.
+* ''Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion'' (Leavenworth, KS: W. S. Burke), 1870.
 ;Attribution
 * {{CWR}}
-* The Civil War Diary of Private Henry A. Stong, CO K, 12th Kansas Infantry
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.kansasguardmuseum.org/dispunit.php?id=22 History of the 12th Kansas Infantry by the Museum of the Kansas National Guard]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110216031539/http://www.kansasguardmuseum.org/dispunit.php?id=22 History of the 12th Kansas Infantry by the Museum of the Kansas National Guard]
-* [http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/civilwar/12th_kansas_volunteer_infantry.htm Alphabetical roster and photos of members of the 12th Kansas Infantry]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090611034151/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/civilwar/12th_kansas_volunteer_infantry.htm Alphabetical roster and photos of members of the 12th Kansas Infantry]
 {{Kansas in the Civil War}}
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 [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1862]]
 [[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865]]
-[[Category:Kansas Civil War regiments]]
+[[Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Kansas]]
+[[Category:1862 establishments in Kansas]]

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