The 12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 65 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 8 officers and 196 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. The regiment is honored by a monument in the National Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia.
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November 19 to December 3 |
Organized at Hartford |
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February 24 |
Left State for |
March 9 |
Arrived Ship Island, Miss. Attached to 1st Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf |
April 15-28 |
Operations against Fort St. Phillip and Jackson, Mississippi River |
May 1 |
Occupation of New Orleans, La., the first regiment to land. |
May-July |
Duty at Camp Parapet and Carrollton |
July 25-August 2 |
Expedition to Lake Pontchatrain, Pass Manchac and up Tchefuncta and Pearl rivers |
July 27 |
Skirmishes at Madisonville and near Covington |
October24-November 6 |
Operations in District of La Fourche assigned to Weitzel's Reserve Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf |
October 25 |
Occupation of Donaldsonville |
October 27 |
Action at Georgia Landing, near Labadieville |
November-January |
Duty in District of La Fourche |
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January |
Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
January 13-15 |
Expedition to Bayou Teche |
January 14 |
Action with steamer Cotton |
February |
Moved to Brashear City |
March 7-27 |
Operations against Port Hudson |
March 28 |
Pattersonville (Detachment) |
April 9-May 14 |
Operations in Western Louisiana |
April 11-20 |
Teche Campaign |
April 12-13 |
Port Bisland, near Centreville |
April 14 |
Irish Bend |
April 20 |
Opelousas |
May 5-18 |
Expedition to Alexandria and Simsport |
May 18 |
Near Cheyneyville |
May 22-25 |
Movement to Bayou Sara, then to Port Hudson |
May 25-July 9 |
Siege of Port Hudson |
May 27 |
Assault on Port Hurlson |
June 14 |
Assault on Port Hurlson |
July 9 |
Surrender of Port Hudson |
July to September |
Operations in Western Louisiana |
August |
Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps |
September 4-11 |
Sabine Pass (Texas) Expedition |
October 3-November 30 |
Teche Campaign |
December |
Duty at New Iberia |
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January |
Move to New Orleans and on veteran furlough |
February |
Duty at Carrollton. Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf. |
July 5-13 |
Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., then to Washington, D.C. |
July 14-23 |
Snicker's Gap expedition |
August |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Assigned to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan, Winchester |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October-April |
Duty at Winchester, Newtown and Summit Point |
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April |
Assigned to to 2nd Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Army Shenandoah |
April 21 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. and assigned to 2nd Brigade, Dwight's Division, Dept. of Washington |
May 23-24 |
Grand Review |
June 1-5 |
Moved to Savannah, Ga., and assigned to District of Savannah, Dept. of the South |
August 12 |
Mustered out
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