The 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment lost 2 officers and 32 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 107 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861 |
December - April 1862 |
Organized at Philadelphia |
1862 |
April |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. |
April |
Duty at Washington, D.C. Attached to Military District of Washington |
June 20 |
Moved to Manassas Junction, Va., and guard Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
August |
Moved to Bristoe, thence to Alexandria, and picket north bank Potomac from Chain Bridge to Edward's Ferry |
September-October |
Maryland Campaign. Assigned to 4th Brigade, Pleasanton's Cavalry Division, Army Potomac |
September 12 |
Frederick, Md. |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam, Md. |
October |
Duty on line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Headquarters at Sir John!s Run and Bath. Assigned to Averill's Cavalry Command, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
November |
Attached to Defenses Upper Potomac, 8th Corps |
November 6 |
Martinsburg, W. Va., |
November 9 |
Moorefield |
November 24 |
Newtown |
December 26 |
Kearneysville |
1863 |
January 1 |
Bunker Hill |
February |
Assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Corps |
February 12 |
Near Smithfield and Charlestown |
April 8 |
MillWood Road near Winchester |
April 20 |
Reconnaissance from Winchester to Wardensville and Strasburg |
April 22-29 |
Operations in Shenandoah Valley |
April 22 |
Strasburg Road, Fisher's Hill |
April 25-30 |
Scout to Strasburg |
June 12 |
Cedarville and Winchester |
June 13-15 |
Winchester |
June |
Attached to Pierce's Brigade, Dept. of the Susquehanna |
June 24 |
McConnellsburg, Pa. |
July 5 |
Cunningham's Cross Roads |
July 5 |
Greencastle, Pa. (Detachment) |
July 10 |
Near Clear Springs, Md. |
July |
Attached to McReynold's Command, Dept. Susquehanna |
August 3 |
Moved to Sharpsburg, Md., then to Martinsburg. Attached to Martinsburg, W. Va., Dept. West Virginia |
October 10 |
Jeffersonton, Va. |
October |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. West Virginia |
1864 |
February |
Attached to Reserve Division, Dept. West Virginia |
February 5 |
Near Winchester |
February 6 |
Middletown |
April 26 |
Winchester |
June 9 |
Affair in Loudoun County (Detachment) |
June 29 |
Charlestown and Duffield Station |
July 2 |
Bolivar Heights |
July |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, West Virginia |
July 15-16 |
Near Hillsboro |
July 17 |
Charlestown |
July 17-18 |
Snicker's Ferry |
July 19 |
Ashby's Gap and Berry's Ford |
July 23 |
Near Kernstown |
July 24 |
Winchester |
July 25 |
Bunker Hill and Martinsburg |
July 28 |
Cherry Run |
July 29 |
Winchester |
August |
Guard and garrison duty at Charlestown, covering railroad from Harper's Ferry to Winchester. Attached to Reserve Division, Dept. West Virginia |
September 27 |
Charlestown |
November 12 |
Halltown and Mount Zion Church |
November 24 |
Newtown |
November 29 |
Charlestown (Detachment) |
1865 |
January |
Attached to 3rd Infantry Division, West Virginia |
February 3 |
Affair at Harper's Ferry (Detachment) |
March 20-23 |
Scout from Harper's Ferry into Loudoun County |
March 21 |
Near Hamilton |
March 23 |
Goose Creek |
April |
Duty at Winchester and in the Shenandoah Valley attached to Cavalry, Army Shenandoah |
July 20 |
Mustered out |
