CIVIL WAR ROSTER
FOR
12TH INFANTRY FROM BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA
The following information taken principally from the Adjutant General's Reports.
(Many errors in dates, i.e. discharged before e. are as listed in reports)
TWELFTH INFANTRY
The Twelfth Regiment was recruited late in the summer of 1861, and organized at Camp Union, Dubuque, Iowa, and mustered into the service of the United States November 25th, 1861, by Capt. Washington, Thirteenth United States Infantry.
The first active service was at Fort Donelson, where it was assigned to Cook's Brigade of Smith's Division, and was engaged in the battles of the 13th, 14th, and 15th of February, which resulted in the capture of the fort and its garrison on the 16th.
At Shiloh, the Twelfth was brigaded with the Second, Seventh and Fourteenth Iowa regiments, called the Iowa Brigade, commanded by General Tuttle, Second Iowa Infantry, General W. H. Wallace commanding the Division, and were in position near a field beyond General Hurlbut's headquarters. Here it remained in the line of battle from six o'clock A.M. until 4 P.M., during which time the enemy made several bold charges and was repulsed with great loss in killed and wounded.
The Twelfth and Fourteenth being in support of a battery , and having no orders to fall back and not having notice that the left had given way, were allowed to be surrounded, and after several hour's of desperate fighting, in which three or four regiments contended against the whole rebel force, the Twelfth having its command officer, Col. Woods, severely wounded with sixteen men killed and ninety-seven wounded, with all hopes of retreat or succor cut off, was obliged to surrender at six P.M., Number of men captured from the regiment , about 400.
The men of the Eighth, Twelfth and Fourteenth Iowa Regiments who were not captured, were organized into a regiment called the "Union Brigrade," of which regiment the Twelfth formed Companies E and K.
The Union Brigade was engaged and took a very prominent part in the battle of Corinth, October 3rd and 4th, 1862, the Twelfth Iowa losing three killed and twenty five wounded out of eighty men engaged. After pursing the enemy as far as Ripley, Miss., the regiment returned to Corinth, where it was engaged in building fortifications until December 18,1862, when orders were received from the War Department discontinuing the organization known as the Union Brigade and ordering the men of the Eight, Twelfth and Fourteenth Iowa to proceed to Davenport, Iowa to re-organize their regiments, prisoners having been paroled 10/18/1862 and exchanged 11/10/1862.
The detachment of the Twelfth Iowa arrived at Jackson, Tenn., where it was found that Forrest had destroyed the railroad from Uniontown and was threatening Jackson. The detachment was at once ordered to the defense of the place, and remained four days, when it was ordered to open the railroad to Columbus, KY., which delayed the detachment until the 4th of January, it arrived at Columbus on that day and it was ordered once more to Davenport where it arrived on the 7th of January 1863, and from there it was ordered , on the 27th of March, to proceed to St. Louis, MO., there to rejoin the regiment, and as soon as organized, was ordered to report to General Grant in the field, near Vicksburg, MS, and served during the entire siege, participating in all the principal engagements until the 22nd of June, when it was sent to Black River to guard the rear from an attack by Johnston. Vicksburg surrendered July 4th.
The Twelfth was engaged in the battle near Tupelo, MS on the 13th, 14th and 15th of July, 1864, losing nine men killed, Fifty-four wounded and one missing out of 200 engaged.
In June 1864, Companies A and F, numbering fifty-five men under the command of Capt. J.R. C. Hunter and Company A, while stationed at the mouth of White River, Ark., were attacked by 600 rebels of Marmaduke's command, about daylight on the 22nd of June, but taking refuge behind a slight stockade, they repulsed the enemy, Marmaduke leaving twenty killed and mortally wounded on the field. The loss of Companies A and F was one killed and four wounded.
The regiment fought bravely in the battle of Nashville, and received special mention by brigade and division commanders for good service.
The regiment marched in pursuit of Hood, with the army to Clinton, on the Tennessee River, thence by steamer to Eastport MS, arriving there on the 7th of January, 1865.
From Eastport, the regiment was ordered to New Orleans, then embarked with the forces under General Canby, on the expedition against Mobile, was in the front line during the siege of Spanish Fort, which was the last service rendered by the regiment.
During its service, the gallant Twelfth was in twenty three battles, was under fire for 112 days and had ninety-five men killed in battle.
Company B:
First Lieut. John H. Borger, commissioned 2nd Lieut. Oct, 17,1861, promoted to 1st Lieut. 10/3/1862, mustered out 11/23/1864.
Andrews, H. R. e. 10/12/1861, captured at Shiloh.
Griffin, Lawrence, e. 10/12/1861 deserted at Camp Union 10/23/1861.
Monk, Frederick, e. 10/7/1861 captured at Shiloh.
Company E:
Capt. William Haddock, commissioned 10/19/1861 missing in action at battle of Shiloh, commissioned Major 9th Cav. 5/28/1863.
First Lieut. John Elwell, commissioned 10/19/1861, captured at Shiloh and escaped, resigned 7/12/1862
First Lieut. James Stewart, e. as sgt 9/23/1861, captured at Shiloh, promoted to 2nd Lieut. 3/6/1863, promoted to 1st Lieut. 5/28/1863, died at Memphis 7/4/1864 of wounds received from a citizen of Memphis.
First Lieut. Charles R. Switzer, e. 10/3/1861, promoted to 1st. Lieut. 4/20/1865.
Second Lieut. John W. Shumaker, e. as corp. 10/12,1861, wounded at Fort Donelson, Veteran 12/25/1863, promoted to 2nd Lieut. 5/28/1863, mustered out 12/1/1864.
Sgt. Patrick Duke, e. 9/25/1861, discharged 8/5/1862
Sgt. Charles Cook, e. 10/11/1861, captured at Jackson.
Corp. John T. Smith e. 10/11/1861 died at Baltimore, MD. 11/10/1862.
Corp. P.P. Carpenter, e. 9/23/1861, died 1/31/1862 at St. Louis.
Corp. James Andrews, e. 10/19/1861, discharged 5/22/1862 disabled
Corp. William Hamilton, e. 10/6/1861, discharged 1/24/1862
Musician Oliver Lichty, e. 10/20/1861, veteran 12/25/1863
Biller, Anthony, e. 10/13/1861, wounded at Shiloh, veteran 12/25/1863, promoted to Corp.
Bird Joshua, e. 10/15/1861, captured at Shiloh, veteran 12/25/1863
Bailey Geo., e. 10/6/1861, died 5/3/1862 at Keokuk.
Bradfield, John, e. 10/4/1861, died 4/26/1862 at Pittsburgh.
Church, Nathan, e. 10/14/1861, discharged 5/14/1862
Cooley, Franklin, e. 10/28/1861, died 1/2/1862 at St. Louis.
Fuller, I. W. e. 10/29/1861, killed at Shiloh
Gorral, John W., e. 5/4/1864, died 10/13/1864 at Memphis
Grady, Joseph, e. 10/17/1861, veteran 12/25/1863
Holden, George R. e. 10/4/1861, captured at Shiloh, veteran 12/25/1863, killed at Tupelo MS 7/12/1864
Howrey, Jacob, e. 10/13/1861, wounded at Shiloh, died 4/19/1862
Hart, P. N. e. 10/13/1861
Harrison H. J. e. 10/28/1861, discharged 4/1/1862
King, E. A. e. 10/8/1861, wounded at Fort Donelson, discharged 7/1862 disabled
Koch, J. F. e. 10/3/1861, captured at Shiloh, died 5/8/1862 at Montgomery, AL
Lichey, Samuel J., e. 10/10/1861, wounded and captured at Shiloh, died at Macon GA, Oct, 10, 1862
Leech, W.P., e. 10/4/1861, died at St. Louis May, 1862.
Moore W.S., e. 11/14/1861, discharged 7/12/1862
Morris, C. D. e. 10/6/1861, captured at Shiloh, veteran 12/25/1863
Minium D. e. 10/9/1861
Manson, James, e. 11/18/1861, died 1/19/1862
Mears, George W., e. 11/14/1861, died 3/1862 at Dubuque
Ochs, Charles, e. 10/10/1861, discharged 4/4/1862 disabled
Porter, Thomas, e. 10/4/1861, wounded and captured at Shiloh, died
Pauley, William L., e. 10/4/1861, Killed at Shiloh
Perry, A. B. e. 10/12/1861, captured at Shiloh.
Reed, Z. e. 9/23/1861, discharged 6/9/1862 disabled
Sherman, William H. e. 10/28/1861, captured at Shiloh, died at Camp Woods 9/12/1863
Schrack David, e. 10/6/1861, wounded at Corinth, discharged 2/17/1863
Strong, E. e. 1/4/1864
Sawyer, Edmund e. 10/6/1861, discharged 5/1862
Shroger, Nathaniel, e. 12/26/1861, discharged disabled 7/16/1862
Thompson, John P., e. 10/22/1861, wounded at Shiloh, died 4/20/1862
Talbot, Allen E. e. 10/11/1861, captured at Shiloh, veteran 12/25/1863
Watkins, Isaac, e. 9/25/1861, veteran 12/25/1863
Company F:
Kirenner, Michael, e. 10/31/1861, captured at Shiloh
Wigton, Thomas J., e. 10/1/1861, died 4/4/1862 at Savannah, TN
