| Regiment: |
12th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky |
| Date of Organization: |
17 Nov 1862 |
| Muster Date: |
23 Aug 1865 |
| Regiment State: |
Kentucky |
| Regiment Type: |
Cavalry |
| Regiment Number: |
12th |
| Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: |
3 |
| Officers Died of Disease or Accident: |
4 |
| Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: |
22 |
| Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: |
204 |
| Regimental Soldiers and History: |
List of Soldiers
Regimental
History
Twelfth
Cavalry
KENTUCKY
(3-YEARS)
Twelfth Cavalry. --
Cols., Quintus C. Shanks, Eugene W.
Crittenden Lieut.-Cols.,
Alexander W. Holeman, James T.
Bramlette, Majs., Nathaniel L.
Lightfoot, William R. Kinney,
Ira H. Stout, Julius N. Delfosse,
James B. Harrison, George F.
Barnes.
This regiment dated
from Aug. 16, 1862, though it was not
until Nov. 17 that eleven
companies, with the field and staff,
were mustered into the U.
S. service at Owensboro. The
twelfth company was on a scout, so
it was mustered in later
and joined the regiment at
Munfordville. The roll then showed
1,250 men in all, but during
the service from first to last it
mustered over 2,000 men and
quit the service with less than
900.
During Morgan's
first raid into Kentucky, the regiment with
other troops under
Col. John M. Harlan, acting under Gen. E.
H. Hobson, was engaged
in protecting the Louisville &
Nashville railroad. While
there was much sharp skirmishing no
actual collision took place,
but Col. Harlan in his report
shows that his force saved several
bridges from destruction,
including the one at Rolling fork and
the one at
Shepherdsville, and by great activity prevented much
injury to
the road.
On May 10, 1863, the regiment was
engaged in a hard fight with
Morgan at Horseshoe bottom. In June
Morgan crossed the
Cumberland at Burkesville and the regiment
was again engaged
with him at Marrowbone. It participated in the
pursuit of
Morgan through Indiana and Ohio, after which it
reassembled at
Glasgow and prepared for the expedition into East
Tennessee
under Gen. Burnside.
Arriving at Knoxville
Sept. 5, it moved up the valley as far
as Jonesboro. After
skirmishing there it was sent with
Wolford's command south of
Knoxville, to the neighborhood of
Sweetwater and Philadelphia,
where it encountered a large
force of the enemy, was surrounded,
lost heavily, but cut its
way out and proceeded to Loudon. The
next day it returned and
for two days fought the enemy, after
which it crossed to the
north side of the Tennessee
River.
It then moved up to Knoxville, crossed the Holston and
proceeded down the river about 16 miles, where it again
encountered the enemy and fell back before him to Knoxville.
Recrossing the river it went out on the Loudon road and
contested the approach of Longstreet's forces. It bore its
full share of the fighting during the three weeks' siege of
Knoxville and after the siege joined in the pursuit up the
valley.
It participated in the severe battle at Bean's
station. It
remained in East Tennessee during the winter and had
numerous
fights with the enemy. In Jan. 1864, it was attacked at
Dandridge, but defended the position. After that, by a
circuitous march by way of Maryville, it reached Knoxville
Feb. 3 and was ordered to return to Kentucky.
Being
mounted and equipped the regiment moved with Gen.
Stoneman in
May by way of Point Burnside into Tennessee and
May 6 was at
Kingston. It joined Sherman's army at Varnell's
station, GA, and
Dr. Littlepage says not a day passed in the
Atlanta campaign
that the regiment was not engaged with the
enemy.
After
the capture of Atlanta it was ordered back to Kentucky
and went
to Camp Nelson where it prepared to accompany Gen.
Stoneman on
his raid to Saltville, Va. Before it could effect
its return it
had passed into the state of North Carolina.
Returning, it
fought at Glade spring and passed down by way of
Bristol and
Blountsville.
After resting a few days in Tennessee the
regiment was ordered
to Kentucky and was employed in the winter
of 1864, to protect
the Louisville &: Nashville railroad.
About March 20, 1865,
it was ordered to Knoxville, Tenn., to
participate in a raid
under Gen. Stoneman, into Virginia and
North Carolina.
It moved into Virginia by way of Bristol,
followed up near the
railroad above Wytheville where it filed
right and moved into
North Carolina, meeting very little
resistance until it
arrived at Boone, when it met a small force
of Confederates.
After a hotly contested
skirmish the enemy gave way with some
loss on both
sides, when it moved down the Yadkin River,
crossed the Dee
River and went to Salisbury, which it took by
storm and
recaptured about 1,000 of its own men.
Then to Asheville and
from there to Anderson, S. C. From
Anderson it moved by a
circuitous route to Athens, GA, and was
finally ordered back to
Louisville, where it was mustered out
Aug. 23,
1865.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 4, p.
354
Battles Fought
Fought on 15 Dec 1862 at
Abingdon, VA.
Fought on 9 May 1863.
Fought on 10 May 1863 at
Horse-Shoe Bend, KY.
Fought on 18 Sep 1863 at Jonesboro,
TN.
Fought on 20 Sep 1863 at Jonesboro, TN.
Fought on 20 Oct 1863 at Philadelphia,
TN.
Fought on 30 Oct 1863.
Fought on 13 Nov 1863 at
Knoxville, TN.
Fought on 16 Nov 1863 at Knoxville,
TN.
Fought on 17 Nov 1863 at Knoxville,
TN.
Fought on 18 Nov 1863 at Knoxville,
TN.
Fought on 20 Nov 1863 at Knoxville,
TN.
Fought on 27 Nov 1863.
Fought on 10 Dec 1863 at
Blain's Cross Roads, TN.
Fought on 14 Dec 1863 at Bean's Station,
TN.
Fought on 18 Dec 1863 at Bean's Station, TN.
Fought on 17 Jan 1864 at Dandridge,
TN.
Fought on 28 Jan 1864 at Fair Gardens, TN.
Fought on 25 Mar 1864 at Paducah,
KY.
Fought on 12 May 1864.
Fought on 22 May 1864 at Cassville,
GA.
Fought on 30 May 1864 at Altoona, GA.
Fought on 12 Jun 1864 at Cynthiana,
KY.
Fought on 13 Jun 1864 at Cynthiana, KY.
Fought on 20 Jun 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain,
GA.
Fought on 1 Jul 1864 at Lost Mountain,
GA.
Fought on 8 Jul 1864 at Nicholasville, KY.
Fought on 12
Jul 1864 at Brandenburg, KY.
Fought on 4 Aug 1864.
Fought on 6 Aug 1864 at Atlanta,
GA.
Fought on 29 Sep 1864 at Duvall's Ford, TN.
Fought on 30 Sep 1864 at Duvall's Ford,
TN.
Fought on 14 Dec 1864 at Glade Springs,
VA.
Fought on 15 Dec 1864 at Marion, VA.
Fought on 16 Dec 1864 at Marion,
VA.
Fought on 16 Dec 1864 at Bristol, VA.
Fought on 17 Dec 1864 at Marion, VA.
Fought on 18 Dec 1864 at Marion,
VA.
Fought on 19 Dec 1864 at Marion, VA.
Fought on
20 Dec 1864.
Fought on 23 Dec 1864 at Saltville, VA.
Fought on
27 Dec 1864 at Big Creek Gap, TN.
Fought on 27 Mar 1865 at Boon,
NC.
Fought on 12 Apr 1865 at Salisbury,
NC.
Fought on 27 Apr 1865 at South Carolina
Raid.
Fought on 30 Apr 1865 at Punkintown, SC.
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