Lineage
Lineage of the 12th Infantry Regiment:
- Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry
- Organized 20 October 1861 at Fort Hamilton, New York
- Reorganized and redesignated 7 December 1866 as the 12th Infantry
- Abandoned (closed) Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota; assigned to Fort Yates, North Dakota, July 1891, Company F
- Abandoned (closed) Fort Bennett, South Dakota; assigned to Fort Yates, North Dakota, October 1891, Company A
- Assigned 17 December 1917 to the 8th Division
- Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division
- Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 8th Division
- Relieved 10 October 1941 from assignment to the 8th Division and assigned to the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division)
- Inactivated 27 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
- Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California
- Relieved 1 April 1957 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS)
- Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the CARS and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- Currently 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment are part of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado
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