Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
Maj. Elisha Burbank
Capt. David Allen, Jr.
Capt. Benjamin F. Cook
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - First Army Corps
Division - 2nd Division, 1st Corps
Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps
Unit history
Named for their first commander, they were organized at Boston in 1861. Colonel Fletcher Webster (son of Senator Daniel Webster) was killed in command of the Regiment at 2nd Bull Run on 30 August 1862.
On the Antietam Campaign
A three-year unit recruited largely from Boston, the 12th suffered the highest percentage of casualties among all Federal Regiments at Antietam.
"The reorganization of the army in early September, 1862, made Ricketts' Division a part of Hooker's (1st) Corps, and as a part of Hartsuff's Brigade the 12th Regt. joined in the operations which forced the Confederates out of Frederick, Md., and on toward South Mountain. The 12th was engaged in the battle of South Mountain, Sept. 14, suffering only slight loss. On the 17th, at Antietam, it fought in the [Miller's] Bloody Cornfield, losing 224 officers and men, of whom 74, including Major Elisha Burbank and Assistant Surgeon A. A. Kendall, were killed or mortally wounded. Here it came into conflict with the famous Texas Brigade and captured the colors of the 1st Texas Infantry"1.Colonel Coulter, in his after-action report for the Brigade said
"The Twelfth Massachusetts had killed and disabled eleven officers of fifteen taken into the field. The loss of this regiment, owing to its position, was by far the most severe in the brigade. Major Burbank commanded at the commencement of the action and was disabled early. He performed his whole duty while in the field. Captain Allen, who next assumed command, was also severely wounded. I cannot express too high an opinion of this officer. He has proved himself one of the most gallant officers in the brigade. The command of this regiment next devolved upon Capt. B. F. Cook, who commanded during the reminder of the action, and brought the regiment off the field."
Statistics
Initial Strength: 334; Killed in Action (KIA): 49; Wounded (WIA): 165;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 64.1%
Maps Showing this Unit
Detail Map #1: Hookers First Corps Sweeps Down the Hagerstown Pike (5-7 am)
Detail Map #2: Hood's Division Retakes Miller's Cornfield (7-8 am)
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #1: First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #14: Ricketts' 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 #7: Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #10: Hartsuff's Brigade, Ricketts' Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 8 AM
Tablet #81: Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
We have 223 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
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A | Pvt | Burke, Dennis A. | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Dwelley, George C. | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Corp | Dyer, Nathaniel H. | KIA 09/17 | |
A | Corp | Ferguson, William | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Hinds, Patrick | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Kelleher, Patrick | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Kimball, George | ||
A | Corp | Kimball, William Lewis | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Kummer, Jr., Heinrich Wilhelm | AWOL 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | McCabe, James | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | McCarthy, Thomas F. | KIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Murdock, George | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Norwood, james W. | KIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | O'Brien, James | KIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | O'Donnell, Michael | KIA 09/17 | |
A | Lt | Orne, George Washington | MWIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Seavey, William H. | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Corp | Sprague, Jr., Samuel | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Sgt | Tinkham, Cornelius Granville | MWIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Tobin, John | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Lt | White, William Greenough | MWIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Whitney, Edmund S. | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Baldwin, Joseph H. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Campbell, Patrick | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Cavanaugh, John | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Collins, James | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Cronan, Daniel | AWOL 09/12 | |
B | Pvt | Cushing, Thomas J. | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Daley, James | AWOL 09/16 | |
B | Pvt | Davidson, Herbert | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Desmond, Bartholomew | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Dobson, William | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Donovan, Patrick | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Duran, Alonzo G. | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Edmester, Lemuel A. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Fernald, Robert | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Foster, Ansel J. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Sgt | French, George H. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Gorman, James B. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Sgt | Hough, Palmer W. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Isaac, Alexander | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Keefe, John A. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Kelley, Andrew | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Little, Milo G. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Sgt | Mann, Richard | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Murray, Robert | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Capt | Packard, Charles T. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Porter, George W. | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Prescott, Asa D. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Rogers, Nathan A. | MWIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Ryerson, John R. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Sargent, Walter H. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Savage, Miner W. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Smith, Granville Haven | Died (d) 10/20 | |
B | Pvt | Tuttle, Joseph P. S. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Wentworth, George C. S. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Clayton, William H. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Deere, Elias H. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Gillespie, Robert | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Corp | Hazeltine, Moses | MWIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Jenks, John B. | MWIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Kiernan, Felix | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Leatherman, Benjamin R. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Leonard, James F. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Lyons, Branch | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | McCaslin, Frank | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | McLaughlin, Michael | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Morrison, George H. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | O'Toole, Patrick | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Perry, James E. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Preston, Michael | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Rand, William L. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Randolph, Joseph J. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Richardson, Sylvester B. | KIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Ryan, James F. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Simonds, Timothy | MWIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Whitmarsh, John Q. | KIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Whittier, Charles | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Casperson, John P. | KIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Dunlop, James | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Frost, Edward M. | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Frye, Daniel M. | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Grant, Thomas | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Lewis, James | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Parker, Robert | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Pierce, Sidney C. | KIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Rollins, Andrew J. | KIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Seymour, Robert J. | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Turner, Warren C. | KIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Willey, Charles | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Lt | Williams, Joseph Otis | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Corp | Ayers, Benjamin F. | KIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Bemis, Harry | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Brown, William B. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Corp | Carey, Charles E. | KIA 09/17 | |
E | Capt | Cook, Benjamin Franklin | ||
E | Pvt | Davis, Franklin | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Driscoll, Patrick | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Ellsworth, Daniel W. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Fisk, Charles H. | KIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Fitzsimmons, James H. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Fletcher, Giles E. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Gale, Josiah B. | KIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Gibbs, Benjamin S. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Grant, John S. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Corp | Grover, Hazel L. | MWIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Hicks, Charles H. | AWOL 09/10 | |
E | Pvt | Hoyt, William C. | KIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Judson, Isaac D. | KIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Kidder, Chauncey H. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Lajoy, Joseph | KIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Maguire, John | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | McFarland, William H. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Murphy, James B. | MWIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Parker, Clark | KIA 09/14 | |
E | Pvt | Peters, Adam | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Peters, John H. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Place, John | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Corp | Rice, Sylvester H. | KIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Riva, Charles E. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Corp | Swarman, Frederick | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Thorne, Benjamin F. | KIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Tower, Christopher P. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Sgt | Wehrum, Charles C. | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Corp | Allen, James A. | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Bunker, Eli | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Burns, Henry | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Childs, George W. | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Dhalberg, F. Malcom | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Hurd, Hiram A. | KIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Manchester, Francis A. | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Perkins, George A. | KIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Snell, Luther T. | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Stevens, Harrison | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Stoddard, John S. | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Tinkham, George F. | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Wall, Thomas W. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Sgt | Arnold, Moses N. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Birmingham, Michael | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Cobb, Charles H. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Curtis, Benjamin | KIA 09/17 | |
G | Lt | Cushing, Lysander F. | KIA 09/17 | |
G | Corp | Damon, Henry | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Fitts, James | MWIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Foley, Maurice | KIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Ford, Elliott W. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Frisbie, Albert | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Gallagher, James H. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Gilman, George H. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Hooker, Edwin B. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Howland, Charles A. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Jacobs, William F, | KIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Jenkins, Edward P. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Kenney, Rufus J. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Knowles, Charles E. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Corp | McGill, Florence | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Perry, Jr., Josiah F. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Pool, Elbridge G. | MWIA 09/17 | |
G | Corp | Pool, Francis W. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Porter, Richard | KIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Ramsdell, Seth | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Capt | Reed, Edward Payson | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Corp | Reed, Lewis | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Sgt | Smith, James G. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Walker, William T. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Williamson, Franklin S. | KIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Adlington, Joseph S. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Austin, James H. | KIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Belcher, Edward E. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Bryant, Luther S. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Burnham, Isaac | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Carey, Patrick | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Clark, Joseph I. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Clow, Charles W. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Crockett, Daniel T. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Corp | Darling, Harvey A. | KIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Dyer, Abram B. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Ferris, Daniel | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Harnett, Garrett | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Hayden, George | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Hayward, James S. | KIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Heath, George E. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Henry, George P. | MWIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Holbrook, Randall J. | KIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Jaques, Charles H. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Sgt | Johnson, Charles E. | KIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Kimball, Charles H. | MWIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Page, Walter S. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Peach, John | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Randall, Peleg F. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Rickards, Alden | KIA 09/17 | |
I | Corp | Ripley, Henry W. | POW 09/15 | |
I | Capt | Ripley, John | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Shergold, Nehemiah S. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Sherman, Henry C. R. | KIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Swallow, Alexander | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Lt | Thompson, Warren | POW 09/15 | |
I | Pvt | Wentworth, Henry M. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Wood, William A. | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Allen, Edward F. | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Allen, Isaac F. | KIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Allen, William | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Capt | Allen, Jr., David | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Corp | Crouse, James T. | MWIA 09/17 | |
K | Sgt | Doten, Edward W. | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Driscoll, John O. | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Farnsworth, Andrew J. | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Forsyth, James | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Haskell, Edward | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Corp | Haskell, William B. | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Lt | Hazel, Edwin | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Ingersoll, Amos M. | MWIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Maxwell, Charles L. | KIA 09/17 | |
K | Corp | Morey, James N. | KIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Rabardy, Julius Felix | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Simonds, John S. | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Staten, Henry | KIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Tracy, Charles | KIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Wilson, George | WIA 09/17 | |
F&S | Maj | Burbank, Elisha | MWIA 09/17 | |
F&S | Surg | Hayward, John McLean | ||
F&S | ASrg | Kendall, Albert A. | MWIA 09/17 | |
F&S | Sgt | Russell, Charles G. |
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1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol 2, pg. 1 [AotW citation 1223]