West Virginia 12th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
1862-08-30
Organized - West Virginia 12th Volunteer Infantry - West Virginia
1863-06-13
Battle - Second Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester County, Virginia
1863-06-13
Battle - Winchester, Virginia
1864-05-15
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William B. Curtis
ColonelWilliam B. Curtis
1864-05-15
Battle - New Market - Shenandoah County, Virginia
In conjunction with other spring 1864 offensives against strategic points in the Confederacy, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel to move up the Shenandoah Valley along the Valley Turnpike to destroy the railroad and canal complex at Lynchburg. Union control of the strategic and agriculturally rich valley was a crucial part of Grant's plans. Receiving word that the Union Army had entered the valley, Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge pulled together all available troops to repulse the invad…READ MORE
1864-06-05
Battle - Piedmont - Augusta County, Virginia
1864-09-19
Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE
1864-10-19
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Northcott
Lieutenant ColonelRobert S. Northcott
1864-10-19
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel Joseph Thoburn
ColonelJoseph Thoburn
1864-10-19
Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia
Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE
1865-02-05
Battle - Hatcher's Run - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
By February 1865, the stalemate around Petersburg had entered its eighth month. Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant began to stretch the Union battle lines to the west in an attempt to get Gen. Robert E. Lee's under strength army to do the same. On February 5th, Union Brig. Gen. David Gregg's cavalry division rode out to the Boydton Plank Road via Reams Station and Dinwiddie Court House in an attempt to intercept Confederate supply trains. Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren with the Fifth Corps crossed Hatcher's Run…READ MORE
1865-04-09
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
1865-06-16
Mustered Out - West Virginia 12th Volunteer Infantry - West Virginia
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