12th South Carolina Infantry

12th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Flag of South Carolina
Active July 1, 1861, to April 9, 1865
Country  Confederate States of America
Allegiance  South Carolina
Branch  Confederate States Army
Type Infantry
Engagements Gaines Mill
Frayser's Farm
Second Manassas
Ox Hill
Sharpsburg
Sheperdstown
Castleman's Ferry
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Falling Waters
Bristoe Campaign
Mine Run Campaign
The Wilderness
Spotsylvania Courthouse
North Anna
Cold Harbour

The 12th South Carolina Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Formation

In answer to the call of President of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, on or around the 1 July 1861, companies of volunteers from all over the Secessionist States began to bring themselves forward. The volunteers from South Carolina rendezvoused at Columbia, South Carolina, and were sent to a camp of instruction. This camp was located around five miles from Columbia, at Lightwoodknot Springs; there the men were allowed to elect their field officers. The first regiment to be formed was numbered as the 12th South Carolina Volunteers. The regiments' officers were, at its beginning:

Commanding Officer: Colonel R.G. Mills Dunovant

Second in Command: Lieutenant Colonel Dixon Barnes

Chief of Staff: Major Cadwallader Jones

Company Rosters

Company A:

County Recruited From: York County, South Carolina

Nickname: Bonham Rifles

Commanding Officer(s):

Junior Officers:

Non - Commissioned Officers:

Company B:

County Recruited From: York County, South Carolina

Nickname: Campbell Rifles

Commanding Officer(s):

Junior Officers:

Company Staff:

Non-Commissioned Officers:

Enlisted Men:

Company C:

County Recruited From: Fairfield County, South Carolina

Nickname: None

Commanding Officer(s):

Junior Officers:

Company Staff:

Non-Commissioned Officers:

Enlisted Men:

Company D:

County Recruited From: Unknown

Nickname: None

Commanding Officers:

Junior Officers:

Company Staff:

Non-Commissioned Officers:

Company E:

County Recruited From: Lancaster County, South Carolina

Nickname: None

Commanding Officers:

Junior Officers:

Non - Commissioned Officers: Sergeant N.R. Bookter

Enlisted Men: Company D

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