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Unit

Federal Regiment

12th Pennsylvania Reserves

Organized: Harrisburg, PA; mustered in 07/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Harrisburg, PA 06/11/1864

Commanding Officer:
Capt. Richard Gustin

Maps Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #1: Hookers I Corps' Sweeps Down the Pike
   Detail Map #2: Hood's Division Retakes the Cornfield
   Detail Map #3: Mansfield's XII Corps Attacks Into the Cornfield

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #1: First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 6 PM
   Tablet #15: Meade's Division, First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 8 PM
   Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #31: Anderson's Brigade, Meade's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
   Tablet #24: Anderson's Brigade, Meade's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
   Tablet #11: Meade's Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - First (I) Army Corps
  Division - 3rd Division, I Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, I Corps

History of the Unit:
Formed from all over the state in July 1861, at Harrisburg. They first saw action at Dranesville, Va, in December 1861. They were then in action with McClellan on the Peninsula Campaign, Spring 1862, and at 2nd Bull Run under Pope in August.

In the Antietam Campaign:
They saw action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September, and in and near Miller's Cornfield on the morning of the 17th.

The remainder of the War:
They were at Fredericksburg in December, and on duty at Washington DC as Provost Guard for some time thereafter. They next saw action at Gettysburg in July. They continued on campaign with the Army of the Potomac into 1864 seeing combat at Bristoe Station, Mine Run, and on the Wilderness Campaign. They were mustered out of service as their term expired in June.

References, Sources, and other Notes:
Unit history data from Bates 1

We have 25 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
A	Pvt	Allison, James	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Arndt, Leander	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	Odenheimer, D. C.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Toomey, Ezra	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Dean, Henry W.	Died 00/00
B	Pvt	Maynard, Jacob	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Barnes, James	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Barnes, James A.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Blance, Jerome	KIA 09/17
C	Capt	Gustin, Richard
C	Corp	Spencer, Cyrus J.	KIA 09/17
E	Corp	Darhamner, George	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Graham, David H.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Baer, Calvin	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Campbell, George A.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Jones, Charles	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Spidal, Jacob	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Tyler, John	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Harman, Henry	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Benson, Enoch	MWIA 09/17
H	Capt	Bolar, Andrew Jackson
H	Pvt	Overdorff, David D.	Died 00/00
H	Pvt	Painter, Thomas	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Stewart, James S.	WIA 09/17
Unk	Pvt	Kinney, George W.	Died 00/00

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Notes

1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871, 12th Reserves [AotW citation 146]

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