HISTORY OF THE TWELFTH WEST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, THE PART IT TOOK IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION 1861-1865. (Regimental History, 12th West Virginia Inf.)

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, Original Printed Wrappers, 226 pgs., frontis portraits. Brown printed paper covers with titled cover. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Near fine with very little rubbing. Interior is clean and tight; with old bookseller label on front endpaper. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The 12th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was organized at Wheeling in western Virginia on August 30, 1862 and was assigned to duty in the Shenandoah Valley as part of the Corps Middle Department until January 1863. For much of the first half of 1864, the regiment served at Winchester, Virginia, and were defeated in their first significant combat action during the Second Battle of Winchester. The regiment was a part of the Department of West Virginia until December 1864, and saw action in several fights during the Valley Campaigns of 1864. At the end of the year, the 12th West Virginia joined the Army of the James's 2nd Brigade, Independent Division, XXIV Army Corps. The regiment served in the Siege of Petersburg, and on April 2, 1865, distinguished itself for gallantry in a desperate hand-to-hand conflict that resulted in the seizure of Confederate-held Fort Gregg. Maj. Gen. John Gibbon, commanding the XXIV Corps, presented the regiment an engraved golden eagle for their flagstaff for gallant conduct in the assault on Fort Gregg, April 2, 1865. The 12th West Virginia mustered out of military service on June 16, 1865. REFERENCES: DORN II #1535; Not in NEVINS. N° de ref. del artículo 0124011

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