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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Company E, 12th Regiment Michigan Infantry Documents, Ms2010-015, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Company E, 12th Regiment Michigan Infantry Documents were acquired by Special Collections prior to 2009.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Company E, 12th Regiment Michigan Infantry Documents were commenced and completed in March 2010.

Administrative History

The United States's 12th Regiment Michigan Infantry was originally comprised of 2,357 volunteers organized at Niles, Dowagiac, and Buchanan, Michigan from December 9, 1861 to March 5, 1862. The regiment's term of serviced lasted until March 6, 1866, and it engaged Confederate troops at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee; Middleburg, TN; Little Rock, Arkansas; Iuka, Mississippi; Mechanicsville, MS; Clarendon, AR; Metamora, TN; Vicksburg, MS; and Gregory's Landing, AR. By the end of the American Civil War, the total number of casualties was 316, the vast majority of those occurring from disease.

External Source: Harvey, Don, and Alice Harvey. "12th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry." Michigan in the Civil War. National Military Cemetery Webring. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20100805212331/www.michiganinthewar.org/infantry/12thinf.htm on April 24, 2023.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of four documents pertaining to Company E, 12th Regiment Michigan Infantry of the United States Army, all signed by Captain W. S. Bostwick in November of 1865 after the end of the American Civil War. The documents are a Statement of Charges on Muster and Pay Rolls; a Quarterly Return of Ordinance and Ordnance Stores Received, Issued, and Remaining on Hand; an Abstract of Expenditures; and an Invoice of Stores Turned Over.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material type.

Related Material

See in the Rare Book Collection: Reminiscences, Incidents, Battles, Marches and Camp Life of the Old 4th Michigan Infantry in War of Rebellion, 1861 to 1864 , by O.S. Barrett. Detroit, Mich. : W.S. Ostler, 1888. Call number E514.5 4th .B3 1888 Spec Civil War.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Civil War
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Company E, 12th Regiment Michigan Infantry Documents by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).