The 12th Independent Battery, New York Volunteer Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The battery was organized at Albany, New York and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on January 14, 1862 under the command of Captain William H. Ellis.
The battery was attached to Whipple's Brigade, Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington, to February 1863.
Artillery Brigade, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1864.
2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May 18, 1864.
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1865.
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22–23, 1864.
Demonstration on north side of the James River July 27–29.