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12th Wisconsin Infantry

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Company Unknown

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Date added 4/1/2004

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Mary RichardsDate added 7/4/2009

Company A

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 30 October 1861. Enlisted in Company A, 12th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 30 Oct 1861.
Contributor Fred RoseDate added 3/26/2008

Company A

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 30 October 1861. Enlisted in Company A, 12th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 30 Oct 1861. Mustered Out Company A, 12th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 16 Jul 1865.
Contributor Fred RoseDate added 3/26/2008

Company A

Rank unknown

He was in the March from Atlanta to the Sea and attended the Grand Review.
Contributor Kathryn LockhardHomepage pioneerDate added 7/14/2009

Company B

Private

Private Kinnamon of Ironton, Wisc. enlisted on 25 Sep 1861 and received a disability discharge on 30 Nov 1863. I believe he was with his unit at Vicksburg in June-July 1863, but have had trouble following Company B after that until they were on operations around Natchez, MS in December 1863, at which point he was already discharged. The Civil War Pension Index notes on an application 6 Jun 1864 as invalid. I would greatly appreciate any help pointing me in a direction where I can find out what happened to him.
Contributor Linda BrennenDate added 3/14/2010

Company B

Private

I am a Scottish 1st cousin 3 times removed of Mark (Marcus) Banner Long (b. Ireland 28th May 1840, d. 23rd Nov 1864, buried Chattanooga National Cemetery Section G, Site 8302). He died after apparently travelling for six days in an ambulance waggon. He was a 2nd cousin once removed of the playwright Oscar Wilde''s wife, Constance Lloyd, and a 1st cousin of John Sadleir (b Ireland 1833- d Melbourne 1919),who in June 1880 commanded the final stages of the capture at Glenrowan, Victoria, of the Australian bushranger, Ned Kelly.Mark Long left a wife and posthumous son, and was pre-deceased by two other sons.
Contributor Ronald LandDate added 2/28/2005

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Kevin BaniaDate added 3/3/2010

Company D

Private

Victor was my Great-Grandfather. Died in 1927.
Contributor Neal TeschendorfDate added 7/30/2009

Company D

Private

12 Wisconsin Infantry Side Union Company D Soldier's Rank_In Pvt. Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt.
Contributor Fred RoseDate added 1/19/2009

Company D

2nd Lieutenant

Twenty-five letters to Sister-in-law, 1861 to 1869 on file at Wisconsin Historical Library.
Contributor William J. TeafordDate added 6/19/2007

Company E

Private

Enlisted as a Private on 28 February 1864 Enlisted in Company E, 12th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 28 February 1864. Mustered out Company E, 12th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 16 July 1865
Contributor Fred RoseDate added 1/16/2009

Company E

Private

Ethelbert W. Barton, Linden, Wisconsin Enlistment Date: 5 February 1864 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Union Wisconsin Unit Numbers 3062 3062 Enlisted in Company E, 12th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 5 February 1865. Died of disease Company E, 12th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 29 May 1865 in Washington, DC Water boy in civil war according to my grandma (Lyla Barton Youngberg). She told me his name was Thelbert. She told me that he died as a water boy at the age of 14.
Contributor Kim RiesgrafDate added 9/30/2007

Company E

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor James . CooperDate added 8/24/2005

Company E

Private

My great grandfather. I have a lot of Squire family information and some really nice letters he wrote to my great grandmother during the war. Would be interesting to anyone who was researching the 12th.
Contributor Ellen FancyDate added 10/26/2010

Company F

Private

I am not a direct descendant of Richard Barrington, born: Ireland Aug. 19, 1834, died: Apr. 10, 1907 Crystal Lake, Dayton Township, Waupaca Co., Wis.. I am the secretary/archivist of the family association for the descendants of William and Loveda Alcock Barrington. Richard was their 8th child and 5th son. He married Lucy Warren Aug. 3, 1865. We (the family) would love to locate Richard''s descendants. He had 3 other brothers who also served in the Civil War: George, Co. C., 3rd Wis. Cavalry, died in service in Indian Terr. (Oklahoma), June 4, 1863, where he is buried; and William H. ''Rebel Bill,'' who was stuck behind the lines in Tennessee while there selling horses, enlisted in th e 18th Miss. in Virginia, was wounded at Gettysburg, imprisoned by the Union, escaped from prison Jan. 1864, and walked back to Wisconsin.
Contributor Jean E. DeLaucheDate added 9/17/2004

Company F

Rank unknown

I'm looking to see if anyone remembers my grandpa. I don't have alot on his military history. I found four brass plates that states this CO F 12 WISC VOL INF Any help would be great
Contributor SSG CHRISTENSON,DEAN G Date added 6/13/2006

Company F

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor GeorgineDate added 2/20/2009

Company G

Private

He was born in 1848 and died in his home in Brillion Wisconsin in 1930.
Contributor Joseph SmeltserDate added 2/11/2018

Company G

Private

Oakwood Cemetery Berlin, WI
Contributor DorothyDate added 10/12/2009

Company G

2nd Lieutenant

Frank Howell Putney enlisted in the 12th Wisconsin Infantry, Co. G on September 12, 1861. In 1862 he was promoted to Sergeant and in August of 1864 he was commissioned Second Lieutenant. In October of 1864 he was detailed as acting Adjuntant of his regiment and served in that capacity until April, 1865. He was then assigned to duty as A.A.A.G. on the Staff of Col. Cassius Fairchild. In May of 1865 he was assigned to duty as Brigadier Inspector on the staff of General Charles Ewing. Frank was mustered out July 16, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Frank died November 29, 1914 and is buried at Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Contributor Lynne MallDate added 9/4/2011

Company I

Private

Died of Typhoid Fever 8 Jul 1865 in Fairfax, Virginia
Contributor Marty CraigDate added 1/13/2016

Company I

Private

Joseph had been transferred to the 12th from the 25th Wi Inf on June 2,1865
Contributor Lon McKnightDate added 11/20/2008

Company K

Private

George survived the Civil War but died in a tragic accident falling through the ice on the Minnesota River while rabbit hunting.
Contributor Carolyn K. PetersonDate added 12/4/2010

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Dana NelsonDate added 2/21/2026

Company K

1st Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor craig albrechtsonDate added 4/3/2008

Company K

Rank unknown

I would appreciate receiving photographs of this regiment.
Contributor Mary RichardsDate added 7/5/2009

Company K

Musician

3rd Great Grand Uncle (Maternal). Enlisted as a Musician in Company K, 12th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 12 November 1861. Received a disability discharge Company K, 12th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 12 March 1863. Source: American Civil War Soldiers www.ancestry.com
Contributor Ron SaundersHomepage http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rant58&id=I6808Date added 9/7/2013

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