History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry The Part It Took in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865

The Battle of Winchester--The Retreat--The North Mountain Girl-- Halted at Bloody Run, Pa.--Marched to Bedford--Left Bedford for Loudon--Milroy's Men Capture One of Lee's Trains...

Col. Klunk's Resignation Accepted--Troops Pass from the Army of the Potomac to Grant--An Incident about Van and Tom--Capt. Bristor's Capture of Spy--Capt. Moffatt's Capture of G...

An Attack Expected--March to Maryland Heights--Incidents--Brigaded with the Thirty-fourth Mass.--A Move up the Valley--Incidents--The Return--Incidents--Followed by Early-Threat...

Under Gen. Sigel--March to Beverly, via Webster--March back to Webster--The Story of the Camp on the Rebel Farm--The March up the Valley--Two of Company C Captured--The Battle o...

Sigel Relieved--Hunter in Command--The Lynchburg Campaign--The Battle of Piedmont--List of Killed and Wounded--Marched to Lynchburg-- Anecdote--The Battle--The Retreat to the Ka...

Back in the Valley--Threatening Early on His Retreat from Washington --Battle of Snicker's Ferry--Marched to Winchester--Battle of Kearnstown--Our Retreat via. Martinsburg and S...

Sheridan in Command--The Move up the Valley--The Twelfth Charges Rebel Skirmishers--Sheridan Retreats to Halltown--Early Demonstrates Against Him--Early Withdraws--Sheridan Move...

The Army Moves Back to Kearnstown--Early Follows Far as Middletown --Sheridan's Cavalry Drives the Rebel Cavalry--Early Returns to New Market--Anecdotes--The Twelfth Moves to St...

Part of Our Army Crosses the James--The Second Division at Hatcher's Run--The Capture of Fort Gregg--The Enemy Evacuates Richmond and Petersburg--The Pursuit--The March to Cut o...

(1) The great War of the Rebellion had gone on for more than a year, and had assumed proportions of a grand scale, dwarfing any other ever fought on this continent, so far as th...

(18) The Regiment did not remain long in Camp Willey. On the day after its completed organization it was ordered to Clarksburg, W. Va., which place was then threatened by a forc...

(59) At Moorefield the Twelfth was assigned to Gen. Cluseret's brigade of Milroy's division, and on the 17th Gen. Cluseret started on an expedition to Strasburg, Va., the Twelft...

(127) The time for the taking place of important events was approaching. The near future was pregnant with events for the Twelfth; the time for the battle of Winchester under Ge...

(178) Col. Klunk during the time the regiment was straggling about in the Cumberland Valley, sent in his resignation, upon the plea of sickness in his family, and while statione...

(271) During our stay at Martinsburg up to October 18th, there was little, if anything, of importance in a military way took place. We spent our time in doing picket duty, drill...

(317) March 12th, Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel arrived here and took command of the department. During this month the arrangement was made for the raid against Lynchburg, Gen. Sigel to...

(405) On the 18th of May, our regiment and the Thirty-fourth Massachusetts with two pieces of artillery moved from Cedar Creek, five or six miles up the Valley to Fisher's Hill,...

(465) The next day, the 11th, after our arrival at Hedgesville our brigade which was now united, marched to Martinsburg having had to march from near Back Creek, a distance of 1...

(498) It had been Grant's intention to make Gen. Sheridan field commander in the campaign now about to begin. But, for reasons not necessary to name, Hunter wishing to be reliev...

(540) While the Twelfth remained at Newtown, there was nothing of special interest occurred other than has been mentioned. As winter and bad weather were approaching, in order t...

(569) On the afternoon of the 17th, as preparatory to Grant's grand movement against the forces of Lee in front of Richmond and Petersburg, two divisions of the Twenty-fourth Co...