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The 12th in the rest of the Civil War

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Massachusetts in the civl war: Recruitment

  • The 12th in the rest of the Civil War

  • Gettysburg: July 1-3
  • Picket duty on the Rapidan: Until October
  • Bristoe Campaign: October 9-22
  • Advance to line of the Rappahannock: November 7-8
  • Mine Run Campaign: November 26-December 2
  • Demonstration on the Rapidan: February 6-7, 1864
  • Campaign from the Rapidan to the James: May-June, 1864
  • Battles of the Wilderness: May 5-7
  • Laurel Hill: May 8
  • Spottsylvania: May 8-12
  • Spottsylvania Court House: May 12-21
  • Assault on the Salient: May 12
  • North Anna River: May 23-26
  • Jericho Ford: May 23
  • Line of the Pamunkey: May 26-28
  • Totopotomoy: May 28-31
  • Cold Harbor: June 1-12
  • Bethesda Church: June 1-3
  • White Oak Swamp: June 13
  • Before Petersburg: June 16-18
  • Ordered home for muster out: June 25
  • Mustered out: July 8, 1864
  • Regiment lost during service: 18 Officers and 175 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded, and 83 Enlisted men by disease.

    Total:
    276