12th U.S. Infantry
| 12th Infantry Regiment | |
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| Active | 1861–present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Army
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| Type | Infantry |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Carson |
| Nickname(s) | "Red Warriors (1st Bn) /Lethal Warriors (2nd Bn)" |
| Motto(s) | Ducti Amore Patriae (Having Been Led By Love of Country) |
| Engagements |
American Civil War Indian Wars Spanish–American War Philippine Insurrection World War I *Russian Civil War{Siberia} World War II *Battle of Normandy *Battle of Hürtgen Forest Vietnam War *Battle of Suoi Tre Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
1st Battalion: LTC Mills 2nd Battalion: LTC Kirby Dennis |
| Colonel of the Regiment |
COL Matthew Cody |
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| U.S. Infantry Regiments | |
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The 12th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army. The 12th Infantry has fought in seven wars from the Civil War to the Global War on Terrorism and has been awarded four Presidential Unit Citations, five Valorous Unit Awards, a Joint Meritorious Unit Award, two citations in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army, three Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal First Class, a Meritorious Unit Commendation, and the Belgian Fourragere.
Thomas Parker was colonel of the regiment in 1812. The 12th was raised in Virginia and fought in the Canadian and Chesapeake theaters of the War of 1812.
Less than a month after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, the 12th Infantry Regiment was reconstituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry. It was organized 20 October 1861 at Fort Hamilton in New York. The battalion saw extensive combat during the Civil War, participating in twelve campaigns with the Army of the Potomac.
During the Peninsula Campaign, the 12th Infantry distinguished itself in its first combat action at the Battle of Gaines' Mill in June 1862, while sustaining fifty percent casualties. The regiment also participated in such historic battles as Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and six additional campaigns culminating with the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, from late summer 1864 through April 1865 and the war's end.
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