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




Service






= 3 Month Service of the 12th New York State Militia

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The 12th New York Volunteer Infantry is sometimes confused with the 12th New York State Militia, a distinguished regiment formed in 1847 and which left New York City on April 21, 1861, for three months' service under the command of Colonel Daniel Butterfield.
The 12th New York State Militia was not the same regiment as the 12th New York volunteers, though in February 1862 it did furnish a five-company battalion for the 12th Volunteers, and Henry A. Weeks of the militia regiment took command of the 12th Volunteers as a result. Remaining 12th New York militiamen stayed in New York City with their regiment, which was activated for federal service twice more during the war. Compounding the 12th Volunteers/12th Militia confusion is the fact that Butterfield at one point commanded the brigade in which the 12th New York Volunteers served. Also, as indicated by inscriptions on the 12th New York's monument at Gettysburg, at least some of its veterans considered the two 12th New York regiments to be one and the same.




= 2 Year

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The 12th New York Volunteer Infantry was organized at Elmira, New York and mustered in May 8, 1861 for two years' state service under the command of Colonel Ezra L. Walrath. On May 13, 1861 the regiment was re-mustered for three months' federal service and again re-mustered on August 2, 1861 for two years' state service.
The regiment was attached to Richardson's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, June to August 1861. Richardson's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October 1861. Wadsworth's Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Butterfield's 3rd Brigade, Porter's 1st Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps, to May 1863. Headquarters, V Corps, to June 1864.
The 12th New York Infantry mustered out of the service on May 17, 1863. Men who had enlisted for three years' service were consolidated into two companies and served duty as Provost Guard for Headquarters of V Corps under the command of Captain Henry W. Ryder. These two companies ceased to exist on June 2, 1864 when their members were transferred to the 5th New York Infantry as Companies E and F. Although transferred to the 5th, the two former 12th New York companies remained on duty at corps headquarters.




Affiliations, battle honors, detailed service, and casualties






= Organizational affiliation

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Attached to:

Col. Richardson's Brigade, Brig. Gen. Tyler's Division, Brig. Gen. McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, June to August, 1861
Richardson's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861
Brig. Gen. Wadsworth's Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac (AoP), to March, 1862
Brig. Gen. Butterfield's 3rd Brigade, Brig. Gen. Porter's 1st Division, III Corps, AoP, to May, 1862
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps, AoP, to May, 1863
Headquarters, V Corps, AoP, to June, 1864.




= List of battles

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The official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part:




= Detailed service

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Detailed description as follows:




= Casualties

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The regiment lost a total of 124 men during service; 3 officers and 61 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 59 enlisted men died of disease.




Armament


Soldiers in the 12th were armed with 778 National Armory (NA) and contract manufactured Model 1842 Springfield Muskets smoothbore muskets drawn from state arsenals. At some point in the fall of 1861, the regiment, like others in its division, exchanged the smoothbore muskets for newer Model 1861 Springfield rifled muskets at the Washington DC arsenal. By the end of the first full year of hard campaigning, the regimented returned 720 Model 1842 smoothbore percussion muskets to the Adjutant General. By theFredericksburg, the regiment reported the following survey result to U.S. War Department:

A — 34 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
B — 35 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
C — 33 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
D — 35 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
E — 41 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
F — 33 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
G — 86 Springfield Muskets, model 1842, NA and contract, (.69 Cal.)
H — 35 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
I — 37 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
K — 33 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
At the end of the next quarter, just before the Chancellorsville campaign, the regiment reported the following:

A — 35 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
B — 37 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
C — 33 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
D — 41 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
E — 47 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
F — 38 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
G — 86 Springfield Muskets, model 1842, NA and contract, (.69 Cal.)
H — 41 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
I — 33 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
K — 54 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
On April 23, D and E Companies on duty at V Corps headquarters reported:

D — 76 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)
E — 90 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.)




= Shoulder Arms Gallery

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Issued weapons












Commanders


Colonel Daniel Butterfield - commander of the three-month regiment
Colonel Ezra L. Walrath - first commander of the two-year regiment
Colonel George W. Snyder
Colonel Henry A. Weeks - commanded the 12th New York battalion of three-year volunteers that joined the two-year regiment in the field, and commanded the two-year regiment as a result
Colonel Benjamin A. Willis
Major Henry W. Ryder - promoted from captain January 1, 1864




Notable members


Captain George W. Cole, Company H - major general by brevet after commanding 2nd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment.
Private Boston Corbett, Company I - later famous for shooting and killing John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln, while a Sergeant in the 16th New York Cavalry Regiment
Corporal James E. Cross, Company K - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford
Surgeon Henry Draper, Company S from May 31 to October 8, 1862
Assistant Surgeon John Christopher Draper, Company S from May 31 to October 8, 1862
Private Charles F. Rand, Company K - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford




See also



List of New York Civil War regiments
New York in the Civil War




References






= Footnotes

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= Citations

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= Sources

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External links


Monument to the 12th New York Infantry and 44th New York Infantry at Gettysburg

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