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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Twelfth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
Twelfth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. （1) Col. Fletcher Webster. （2) Col. James L. Bates. Field and Staff.Line.Band.companies.Unassigned Recruits.Totals. ABCDEFGHIK Number on regimental rolls,— Officers,1756––––––––––––73 Enlisted men,18–21157134163140130159145146157152141,536 Totals,––––––––––––––1,609 Enlisted 0–21155132161137128153142140154150141,497 Totals,––––––––––––––1,570 Recruiting for the 12th Mass. Infantry began April 22, 1861, through the efforts of Fletcher Webster of Marshfield, Mass., who afterward became its colonel, and through whom it gained the title of The Webster Regiment. May 1 the companies raised were statioirginia. It entered at dusk on August 9 into the battle of Cedar Mountain and was closely engaged at Manassas August 30, suffering great loss in the death of Colonel Webster. As part of General Hartsuff's Brigade in the 1st Corps under Hooker, Army