Residence was not listed; 37 years old.
Enlisted on 2/17/1865 at Bunker Hill, MI as a Private.
On 2/22/1865 he mustered into "G" Co.
He died of disease on 4/8/1865 at DeVall's Bluff, AR
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65
See also: http://www.michiganinthewar.org/infantry/12compa.htm
http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Military/CW12th/
UNION MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS
12th Regiment, Michigan Infantry
Organized at Niles, Dowagiac and Buchanan, Mich., December 9, 1861, to March 1, 1862. Mustered in March 5, 1862. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 5, thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Attached to 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army Tennessee, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. Unattached, District of Jackson, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Post of Bolivar, District of Jackson, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 1st Brigade, Kimball's Provisional Division, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Kimball's Provisional Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to November, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Arkansas, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to July, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to February, 1866.
SERVICE.-Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville June 1-6. Moved to Bethel June 5, thence to Jackson, Tenn., June 13, and duty there till August. At Bolivar till November. Guard duty along Mississippi Central Railroad from Hickory Valley to near Bolivar with Headquarters at Middleburg, Tenn., till May, 1863. Action at Middleburg December 24, 1862. Regiment complimented by General Grant in General Order No. 3 for gallant and efficient services on successfully defending their post against a force of 3,000 Confederates under Van Dorn. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Vicksburg, Miss., May 31-June 3, 1863. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 4-July 4. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Moved to Helena, Ark., July 25-27, thence to Clarendon August 13, and to Duvall's Bluff August 22. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock September 1-10. Engagement at Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty at Little Rock till January 14, 1864. Veterans on furlough till February 21. March to Pine Bluff April 26-28. Train guard to Steele's army till April 30. Duty at Little Rock till June 22. Operations against Shelby north of the Arkansas River May 13-31. Expedition to Clarendon June 25-29. Clarendon June 25-26. Duty at Duvall's Bluff till August 30. Expedition in pursuit of Shelby August 27-September 6. Gregory's Landing, White River, September 4. Duty at Duvall's Bluff, guarding railroad, provost and fatigue duty till June 6, 1865. Hazen's Farm near Duvall's Bluff November 2, 1864 (Detachment). Moved to Little Rock June 6, thence march to Washington June 13-22. Guard public property at several points by detachments, with Headquarters at Camden till January 28, 1866. Companies "A," "B," "C" and "F" march from Washington to Camden July 8-22, 1865. Company "E" to Arkadelphia July 19-22, 1865. Companies "H" and "K" to Camden September 26, 1865, and Companies "D," "G" and "I" to Camden November 1, 1865. Company "F" assigned to duty at Paraclifta September 30. Regiment assembled at Camden and mustered out February 15, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 52 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 372 Enlisted men by disease. Total 428.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
MICHIGAN
Twelfth Infantry.
(Three Years)
The Twelfth Infantry was organized at Niles by Colonel
Francis Quinn of that city, and was mustered into service March
5, 1862, with an enrollment of 1,000 officers and men.
The field, line and staff officers at organization were as
follows:
Colonel, Francis Quinn, Niles. Lieutenant Colonel,
William H. Graves, Adrian. Major, George Kimmel, Niles.
Surgeon, George L. Brunschweiler, Eagle Harbor. Assistant
Surgeon, Robert C. Kedzie, Lansing. Adjutant, Charles L.
Bissell, Chicago, Illinois. Quartermaster, Fitz H. Stevens,
Niles. Chaplain, Andrew J. Eldred, Niles.
A. Captain, Joseph Harper, Cassopolis. First Lieutenant,
Charles A. Van Riper, Cassopolis. Second Lieutenant, David M.
McLelland, Dowagiac.
B. Captain, Thomas Wallace, St. Joseph. First
Lieutenant, Lewis W. Pearl, Benton. Second Lieutenant, Robert
B. King, St. Joseph.
C. Captain, John M. Albert, Buchanan. First Lieutenant,
William F. Molsberry, Buchanan. Second Lieutenant, Benjamin E.
Binns, Buchanan.
D. Captain, Phineas Graves, Albion. First Lieutenant,
Joseph McCloy, Jackson. Second Lieutenant, George H. Graves,
Albion.
E. Captain, Henry Gephart, Niles. First Lieutenant,
Thomas C. Bradley, Three Oaks. Second Lieutenant, Byron B.
Rockwell, Niles.
F. Captain, Russell M. Weston, Niles. First Lieutenant,
David Reeve, Jackson. Second Lieutenant, Samuel E. Graves,
Adrian.
G. Captain, Isaac M. Cravath, Lansing. First Lieutenant,
George H. Gassimere, Lansing. Second Lieutenant, Alexander G.
Davis, Dearborn.
H. Captain, Gilbert D. Johnson, Lawton. First
Lieutenant, Charles E. Harvey, Marshall. Second Lieutenant,
Jonathan L Chase, Lawton.
I. Captain, Darius Brown, Berrien. First Lieutenant,
John Graham, Berrien. Second Lieutenant, Charles E. Howe,
Berrien.
K. Captain, William H. S. Banks, Porter. First
Lieutenant, Andrew P. Collins, Niles. Second Lieutenant,
Daniel D. Flanigan, Niles.
The regiment left the state March 18, and proceeded to St.
Louis, Mo., where it embarked on steamers for Pittsburg
Landing, Tenn. When it arrived it was assigned to Colonel
Peabody's brigade, General Prentiss' division, Army of the
Tennessee. At the date the Twelfth joined the army commanded
by General Grant, the brigades, divisions, and corps were not
numbered and organized as they were later in the war.
The regiment, with others newly organized and with no
actual field experience, was pushed to the front, and from
reports of the commanding officer no adequate precautions or
means of defense were taken to guard against a surprise by the
enemy. Evidences seemed to multiply that the confederates were
in force somewhere in the vicinity, and Lieutenant Colonel
Graves obtained permission of the Brigade Commander to send two
companies of the Twelfth under Major Powell as an advanced
picket. These companies were attacked at daylight and driven
back to camp but their stubborn resistance gave some timely
notice of the approach of the enemy.
Sunday morning, April 6th the confederate army under
General Albert Sidney Johnson delivered a crushing blow upon
the Union lines at Pittsburg Landing. The want of organization
caused the Union troops to fight by detachments, and the
solidity of the Union army was not brought to resist the
compact lines of the confederates as a unit force, and the
result was disastrous. Prentiss' division fought as heroically
as men could fight under such discouraging circumstances, and
though swept from their first line by the rush of the enemy,
losing large numbers in killed or captured, the division fought
desperately until the afternoon when overpowered and exhausted
most of it surrendered.
During the battle of Sunday General Johnson was killed and
General Beauregard assumed command.
The troops lay upon their arms during the night, and
before morning General Buell's army arrived, when the battle
was resumed Monday, culminating in driving General Beauregard
and his troops from the field. The losses of the Twelfth in
this engagement was serious.
The regiment during the rest of the year occupied stations
at Bolivar, Tenn., Iuka, Miss., and Metamora, and from
November, 1862, to May, 1863, was guarding the Mississippi
Central R. R., with headquarters at Middleburg, Tenn.
At this place in December a detachment of the regiment was
besieged in a block house which was gallantly defended against
an attack by General Van Dorn's forces, estimated 3,000 strong.
Colonel Graves refused to surrender and succeeded after an
engagement of two hours and a half in driving off the
confederate forces. The command was complimented by General
Grant in General Orders for this brilliant work. The regiment
was ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., in June, 1863, where it took
post at Haynes' Bluff and remained until the fall of Vicksburg.
In July, 1863, the Twelfth comprised a part of the force
under General Steele, when he invested Little Rock, Ark. At
this point the regiment veteranized, 334 re-enlisting, and in
January, 1864, started for Michigan on veteran furlough. After
the expiration of the 30 days' furlough, the Twelfth
reassembled at Niles and returned to Little Rock, Ark., where
it arrived April 1. The regiment was engaged in long marches
and frequent skirmishes with the enemy, and in doing picket and
guard duty until October, when it arrived at De Valls's Bluff,
Ark.
The regiment was then separated into detachments, the
different companies occupying posts wherever their services
were needed until January, 1866, when the detachments were
ordered to assemble at Camden, where the regiment was mustered
out of service February 15, 1866.
The Twelfth started at once for Michigan, and arrived at
Jackson, the 27th, and was paid off and disbanded the 6th of
March.
The 12th was engaged with the enemy at Pittsburg Landing,
Tenn., April 6, 7, 1862; Iuka, Miss., September 19, 1862;
Metamora, Tenn., October 5, 1862; Middleburg, Tenn., December
24, 1862; Mechanicsville, Miss., June 4, 1863; siege of
Vicksburg, Miss., June and July, 1863; siege of Little Rock,
Ark., August and September, 1863; Clarendon, Ark., June 26,
1864; Gregory's Landing, September 4, 1864.
Total enrollment...........................................2357
Killed in action.............................................29
Died of wounds...............................................26
Died in confederate prisons..................................17
Died of disease.............................................316
Discharged for disability (wounds and disease)..............221