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TWELFTH REGIMENT - COMPANY I

Richard Hooker Brown, Major


Out of this regiment, which was recruited in the counties of
Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Marion, Taylor and Harrison,
company I was from this county.  The regiment was organized at
Camp Willey, Wheeling, W. Va.

OFFICERS

John Henry Melvin, Captain
Milton B. Campbell, First Lieutenant
William Hewitt, Second Lieutenant
A. J. L. Kerr, First Sergeant
James Porter, Sergeant
James Aten, Sergeant
Joseph Hewitt, Sergeant
Thomas B. Bernard, Sergeant
Marion M. Cullen, Corporal
John S. Brobeck, Corporal
Robert Ramsey, Corporal
Sylvanus H. Debee, Corporal
Samuel Beal, Corporal
Andrew O. Apple, Corporal
Van B. Bernard, Corporal
Samuel Halstead, Corporal
George S. Simpson, Musician

PRIVATES

James M. Abrams
Ales B. Allison
John W. Allison
Isaac N. Cullen
James Y. Campbell
John W. Flowers
William Fernsworth
John L. Harper
Willam H. Allison
Samuel H. Cullin
John M. Dornan
George W. Goddard
Alex. Hineman
John V. Allison
Benton Applegate
W. B. Campbell
R. H. Fernsworth
Jacob Geer
Harvey Howard
John G. Hunter
W. C. Mahan
Samuel H. Miner
John C. Morrow
Henry Quear
Harper McRalston
David H. Snowden
W. W. Stewart
Milton H. Thayer
Charles A. Geer
James Swearingen
J. Bailey
George H. H. Vird
Alfred Finney
Andrew Jackson
George W. Pees
John M. Thorn
Thomas Wasson
Wheelre Hobbs
Isaac H. Miller
George W. Moorehead
Robert W. Pugh
John Ridinger
James R. H. Brown
Thomas W. Bradley
John R. Baxter
Jesse Bailey
Peter Herbert
James W. Owens
David H. Russell
James Wilson
W.H. Baxter
W. M. Hukill
W. W. Swearingen
Jos. R. Lyons
Andrew Dougherty
Charles Graham
W. E. Goddard
Morgan H. Miller
Daniel Pugh
W. B. Robb
Robert Snowden
Alex. Swearingen
Silas Wilkinson
Martin L. Carson
W.A. Scott
Joseph Scott
John S. Bailey
Cyrus Caldwell
William Jewell
David M. Patterson
C. H. Ross
I. M. Young
d. W. Cochran
W. W. Allison
Samuel B. Stewart
Wm. Beal
Wm Thompson
John W. Greer
W. H. H. Jones

Immediately after the organization of this regiment, it 
was ordered to Clarksburg, Va., which place was then 
threatened by rebel forces, on a raid into Western 
Virginia.  A detachment of four companies was ordered to
Beverly on the 2nd of September, and on the 4th of 
September, the remaining companies were ordered to 
Buckhannon, Va.  The detachment under command of 
lieutenant Colonel Northcott, marched from Beverly to 
Webster, thence to Clarksburg, joining the regiment on
the 1st day of October, at Buckhannon.  A slight skirmish
took place at Strasburg.  From this place, they moved to
Winchester, Va, reaching that place on the 23rd of December,
1862, and there remained until the 26th of March 1863, when
it was ordered to Berryville, Va., and from thence on the 10th 
of May, there participated inthe engagement at that place on
the 13th, 14th and 15th of June, when the command of General
Milroy, was attacked by the army of General Lee, then on his
raid into Maryland and Pennsylvania.  The regiment lost heavily
in this engagement.  The next engagement in which this regiment 
took an active part, was at the battle of New Market, on the 
15th of May.  The regiment formed a part of the army in the
Shenandoah Valley, under command of General Hunter, and was in
the Lynchburg campaign.  In the battle of Piedmont, Va., this 
regiment, commanded by Colonel William B. Curtis, behaved with
great gallantry, being the first to enter the rebel works, and
captured a number of prisoners, and on the following day 
participated in the engagement at that place.  The enemy being in 
superior force and strongly fortified, the army began its retreat
and arrived at Parkersburg on the 5th of July.

In July and August, it participated in the campaign of General
Crook, against EArly, in the Shenandoah Valley, and was at the battle 
of Snicker's Ferry, July 18th, Winchester on the 24th, and at Cedar 
creek, August 12th.  The regiment participated in none of the sub-
sequent battles in the Valley, but accompanied the army in all its
campaigns.  It afterwards was ordered to the army of the Potomac.  It
was mustered out on the 16th day of June, 1865.

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Source:  History of The Pan-Handle