12th Regiment
Veteran Reserve Corps*

Officers


Source:  Official Army Register of the Volunteer Forces, U. S. Army, Part VIII: Territories, Veteran Reserve Corps, U. S. Veteran Volunteers, U. S. Colored Troops, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., July 15, 1867.

Name

Rank

Date of Rank

Remarks

John Mansfield Colonel December 3, 1864 Brevet Brigadier General, January 3, 1865
John H. Bell Lieut. Colonel September 29, 1863 Brevet Brigadier General, November 30, 1865
James Cromie1 Captain March 25, 1863 Brevet Major, March 13, 1865
Henry H. Foster Captain August 13, 1863 Brevet Major, March 13, 1865
Ashel K. Bush Captain September 5, 1863 Brevet Lieut. Colonel, March 13, 1865
Richard Dillon1 Captain September 5, 1863 Brevet Major, March 13, 1865
Hugo Hildebrandt1 Captain February 2, 1864  
Rufus D. Pettit Captain February 6, 1864  
Joseph Indest Captain March 25, 1864
George R. Walbridge Captain June 20, 1864
John H. Bassler Captain January 19, 1865  
Silas May Captain May 25, 1865  
Robert W. Robert 1st Lt. June 27, 1863 Regimental Quarter Master; Brevet Major, March 13, 1865
Wm. J. Harkisheiner 1st Lt. July 18, 1863 Adjutant; Brevet Major, March 13, 1865
John D. Moore1 1st Lt. August 11, 1863
Isaac P. Wendell 1st Lt. September 30, 1863
Nathaniel H. Gale 1st Lt. April 30, 1864  
Charles H. Bard 1st Lt. March 25, 1865
Sidney R. Smith1 1st Lt. March 25, 1865 Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865
Edward Hoppy 2d Lt. July 27, 1863 Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865
James Walker 2d Lt. September 11, 1863  
Charles S. Doubleday 2d Lt. October 15, 1863  
William J. Weed 2d Lt. October 29, 1863 Regimental Quarter Master
Thomas J. Stone 2d Lt. March 18, 1864  
Simeon G. Butts 2d Lt. April 23, 1864 Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865
James W. Dow 2d Lt. May 9, 1864  
William H. Lancashire 2d Lt. August 25, 1864 Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865
Peter de Van Ingen 2d Lt. June 26, 1865  

1Retained in Service.

Casualties

Promoted (2)

1st Lt. James W. Sunderland, May 26, 1865, to Captain, 24th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.
2d Lt. Frank A. Osbourne, March 25, 1865, to 1st Lt., 16th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.

Transferred (9)

Captain Thomas W. Middleton, April 8, 1864, to 23d Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.
Captain Thomas E. Douglass, September 18, 1864, to 124th Company, 2d Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps.
Captain John W. Jordan, November 25, 1864, to 13th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.
1st Lt. Griffith W. Carr, May 23, 1864, to 12th Company, 2d Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps.
1st Lt. James H. Fallon, May 23, 1864, to 44th Company, 2d Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps.
1st Lt. George A. Earle, June 18, 1864, to 82d Company, 2d Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps.
1st Lt. William H. Webster, August 15, 1865, to 22d Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.
2d Lt. George Barton, May 23, 1864, to 10th Company, 2d Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps.
2d Lt. Sidney R. Smith, May 23, 1864, to 47th Company, 2d Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps.

Resigned (6)

Colonel Addison Farnsworth, December 10, 1864.
Major William Starling April 23, 1863.
Captain William O. Sides, July 11, 1864.
Captain Benjamin F. Clayton, December 10, 1864.
Captain John H. Bassler, February 13, 1866.
1st Lt. John C. Thompson, September 12, 1864.

Discharged (18)

Colonel John Mansfield, (Brevet Brigadier General, January 3, 1865), November 20, 1866.
Lieut. Colonel John H. Bell, (Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865), February 19, 1866.
Captain Ashel H. Bush, (Brevet Lieut. Colonel, March 13, 1866), November 29, 1865.
Captain Joseph Indest, June 30, 1866.
Captain George R. Walbridge, May 12, 1867.
Captain Henry H. Foster, (Brevet Major, March 13, 1865), September 11, 1867.
1st Lt. Nathaniel H. Gale, November 15, 1865.
1st Lt. Charles H. Burd, August 16, 1866.
1st Lt. Isaac P. Woodell, January 26, 1867.
1st Lt. Robert W. Robert, Regimental Quarter Master, (Brevet Major, March 13, 1865), October 30, 1867.
2d Lt. William H. Weed, Regimental Quarter Master, November 27, 1867.
2d Lt. Peter de Van Ingen, November 29, 1865.
2d Lt. James Walker, June 30, 1866.
2d Lt. Thomas J. Stone, June 30, 1866.
2d Lt. James W. Dow, June 30, 1866.
2d Lt. William H. Lancashire, (Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865), June 30, 1866.
2d Lt. Charles S. Doubleday,June 30, 1866.
2d Lt. Edward Hoppy, (Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865), December 26, 1866.

Died (3)

Captain David A. Apple, January 16, 1864, of disease.
Captain Silas May, October 22, 1866, of disease, at Grenada, Miss.
2d Lt. Simeon G. Butts, (Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865), murdered July 8, 1866.
Dismissed (4)

Captain Rufus D. Pettit, December 13, 1865.
1st Lt. Isaac M. Beebe, February 24, 1864.
2d Lt. Dennis A. Harrison, March 4, 64.
2d Lt. Henry D. Roth, March 26, 1864.

Cashiered (1)

Major John A. Haddock, October 12, 1865

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*This roster of officers is given as it stood October 12, 1865.

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