This page stands as a memorial to those valiant men who served in the 12th New York Volunteer Regiment of Cavalry. My purpose in establishing the page is to create a central repository and clearinghouse for information related to the regiment and the men who served in it.

As it is in most pages of this type, the material will be undergoing constant revision and updating. Contributions, corrections and comments from those who are interested are always welcome. Just drop me a note. With your assistance in providing photographs, journals, documents, etc. I hope to be able to expand this page.

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REGIMENTAL ARCHIVES

Recruiting Poster

A little slow to load

Newapaper Announcement of Organization Activities

Thursday, November 6, 1862

Whence They Came

A list of counties where the 12th was recruited

A Summary of the Regiment's Service

A brief history of the regiment copied from Dyer's A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion

List of Campaigns, Engagements and Casualties

Activities of the regiment extracted from Phisterer's New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865

Officers of the Regiment

A list of officers of the 12th taken from The Annual Report of the (NY) Adjutant General's Office for the Year 1868

A Second Listing of Officers of the Regiment

Another list of officers of the 12th, this one copied from Phisterer's New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865

Record of the Officers

The Records of officers of the 12th copied from Phisterer's New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865

Regimental Roster

A list of personnel of the 12th taken from The Annual Report of the (NY) Adjutant General's Office for the Year 1894

Possible Additions to the Roster

Others who may have served in the 12th

Casualty List

A listing by engagement of the 12th's losses from Phisterer's New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865

Battle of Plymouth, NC, April 17-20, 1864

Losses from Companies A and F of the 12th

Photo Gallery

Various photos related to the regiment's members

Dispatches Relating to the 12th

Excerpts from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

Letters of Oren T. Wooster

The correspondence of Oren T. Wooster, Company B

P.O.W. Memoirs of Henry A. Harman

A private from Company A writes of his experiences at Andersonville and other Confederate prisons

Letter from First Lieutenant Alonzo Cooper

May 17, 1865

Brief Memoir of Isidore Isaacs

Alias Theodore Barwood

Letters from Pvt. William Davies to His Wife

December 24, 1862 to July 8, 1863

Letters from First Lieutenant Giles F. Ward, Jr.

June 26, 1862 to January 6, 1865

First Time Under Fire

A Rather Hot Initiation of a New York Boy at Batchelder's Creek

The gallant but ill-fated 12th . . .

A recently written history of the 12th by David A. Norris

General Potter's Raid on Greenville, Tarboro, and Rocky Mount, July 19-23, 1863

By David A. Norris. This is a large file and slow to load, but it is worth it!

Longest Held Prisoner at Andersonville

Did Sidney Palen of the 12th NY Cavalry Hold this Distinction?

The Execution of Pvt. James Preble

With an Account from The New York Tribune

Was There a Mutiny in Company M?

Evidence seems to indicate that there was.

1897 Reunion at Buffalo

Lieutenant Alonzo Cooper Recalls a Lost Jug of Whiskey

1897 Reunion Ribbon

A rare treasure

August 25, 1897 Buffalo Morning Express coverage of the 31st GAR Encampment in Buffalo

Sent to me November 28, 2012 by Stan Broderick stan@smbroderick.com) of Derby, NY, great-great-grandnephew of Captain John DeLee, who was killed at Wyse Forks

A 1904 Attempt to Increase Alonzo Cooper's Pension

To 24 dollars per month

The Flags of the 12th

Their present location

Weapons, Equipment, Uniforms, Insignia, &c.

Your information and contributions are solicited

Final Rest

Burial locations and obituaries

Links to Other Sites

Similar sites with related Civil War material

This site is dedicated to Oren T. Wooster, who was a Private in Company B and the oldest sibling of my grandfather. Oren died of yellow fever at New Berne on September 25, 1864.