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Revision as of 15:04, 8 June 2009
| 12th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry | |
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| Active | September 1862 to June 3, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Camden Expedition Battle of Jenkins' Ferry |
The 12th Kansas Volunteer 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. The regiment mustered in for three years under the command of Colonel Charles W. Adams.
The regiment was attached to Dept. of Kansas to June 1863. Unattached, District of the Border, Dept. of Missouri, to January 1864. Unattached, District of the Border, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, Frontier Division, 7th Corps, to May 1864. 1st Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Corps, to February 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Corps, February 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Corps, to June 1865.
The 12th Kansas Infantry mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas on June 3, 1865.
Detailed Service
Regiment 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'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.
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
References
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (New York: T. Yoseloff), 1959.
- Official Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion (Leavenworth, KS: W. S. Burke), 1870.