The Civil War in the East

12th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment

 

The 12th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 11 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 46 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1862

October 18

Organized at Providence and mustered in for nine months service

October 21

Left State for Washington, D.C. Camp at Arlington Heights and at Fairfax Seminary, Va. attached to 1st Brigade, Casey's Division, Military District of Washington

December 1-8

March to Falmouth, Va. attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

1863

January 20-24

Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March,"

February 9

Moved to Newport News, Va.

March 25-31

To Lexington, Ky.

April

Duty at Lexington, Winchester, Boonsboro, Richmond, Paint Lick and Lancaster, Ky. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. Ohio

April 23

Moved to Crab Orchard

May

Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio

June 3-9

March from Nicholasville to Somerset

June

Duty at Stigall's Ferry, Jamestown and guarding fords of the Cumberland River

July 5

Moved to Somerset

July 11

To Crab Orchard, and started home

July 15-19

Duty at Cincinnati, Ohio

July 19-22

Moved to Providence

July 29

Mustered out