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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).
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
Service at Gettysburg
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
Colonel Joseph Haydn Potter
Colonel Thomas E. Barker
Lieutenant Colonel John F. Marsh
Lieutenant Colonel George D. Savage
Captain John F. Langley - commanded at the battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; wounded in action
Captain Thomas E. Barker - commanded at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863
See also
List of New Hampshire Civil War units
New Hampshire in the American Civil War
References
Bartlett, Asa W. History of the Twelfth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion (Concord, NH: I. C. Evans, Printer), 1897. at the Internet Archive
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
Fahey, J. P. Mustered!: Foot Soldiers of the 12th (Port Richey, FL: Hampshire House), 2001. ISBN 0-9713313-5-9
Musgrove, Richard W. Autobiography of Capt. Richard W. Musgrove (S.l.: The Author), 1921.
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
12th New Hampshire Infantry monument at Gettysburg
History of Fitzwilliam (Norton), 1888