- 12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 12th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment
caption= Flag of South Carolina
dates=July 1 ,1861 toApril 9 ,1865
country=Confederate States of America
allegiance= CSA
branch=Infantry
equipment=
battles=Gaines Mill
Frayser's Farm
Second Manassas
Ox Hill
Sharpsburg
Sheperdstown
Castleman's Ferry
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Falling WatersBristoe Campaign Mine Run Campaign
The Wilderness
Spotsylvania Courthouse
North Anna
Cold HarbourThe 12th South Carolina Infantry was aninfantry regiment that served in theConfederate States Army during theAmerican 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 the1st July 1861 , companies of volunteers from all over the Secessionist States began to bring themselves forward. The volunteers from South Carolina rendezvoused atColumbia, 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 JonesCompany Rosters
Company A:
"County Recruited From:"
York County, South Carolina "Nickname:" Bonham Rifles"Commanding Officer(s):"
*
Captain L.W. Grist
*Captain J.T. Parker
*Captain W.H. McCorkle"Junior Officers:"
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1st Lieutenant W.D. Miller
*1st Lieutenant J.A. Watson
*2nd Lieutenant J.D. Witherspoon
*2nd Lieutenant N.H. Watson"Non - Commissioned Officers:"
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First Sergeant Richard Hare
*First Sergeant J.J. ThomlinsonCompany B:
"County Recruited From:" York County, South Carolina
"Nickname:" Campbell Rifles
"Commanding Officer(s):"
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Captain John Lucas Miller
*Captain W.S. Dunlop"Junior Officers:"
*
1st Lieutenant W.S. Dunlap
*2nd Lieutenant T.J. Bell
*2nd Lieutenant J.H. Bingham"Company Staff:"
*Adjutant: Private S.C. Sadler
"Non-Commissioned Officers:"
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First Sergeant R.W. Whitesides"Enlisted Men:"
*Arrowood, James
*Barber, J.C.,
*Barker, G.C.
*Bigham, J.H.,
*Blackwell, A.
*Bolin, Lewis
*Brigman, James B., Private
*Brown, J.T.,
*Brown, L.
*Brown, W.M
*Clark, J.J.
*Childers, W.W.
*Childress, W.W.
*Clark, S.M.
*Chambers, J.S.
*Chambers, W.E.
*Chambers, W.C.
*Childers, E.
*Clines, C.P.
*Cobb, George,
*Cobb, J.A.
*Darwin, M.V
*Doster, Alfred
*Dowdle, John
*Edder, J.W.
*Faries, John R.
*Finley, Sm.
*Ferguson, W.C.
*Hagins, C.J.,
*Hagins, John
*Hagins. W.L.
*Hagins, S.
*Holbrooks, Martin
*Howell, W.B.
*Jackson, J.L.
*Johnston, Steven M.
*Jones, E.
*Kell, J.D.
*Kincaid, James
*Lanier, Lewis
*Love, R.J.
*Lowry, Wm.
*Moore, D.D.
*Manning, R.L.
*Manning, W.C.
*McFadden, J.B.
*McKnight, J.E.
*McKnight, J.B.
*McKnight, J.R.
*McDaniel, J.L.
*Miller, W.J.
*Mullinax, W.J.
*Mullins, R.A.
*Mullins, W.H.
*Nichols, J.A.
*Parish, C.W.
*Pinkston, W.M.
*Pearson, C.M.
*Pierce, R.
*Pressley, B.C.
*Quinn, Warren
*Quinton, J.
*Ramsey, T.W.
*Ravin, J.J.
*Rawls, Martin
*Sanders, M.L.
*Sherrer, George S.
*Spenser, T.N.
*Stewart, J.D.
*Stewart, W.T.
*Simmons, R.L.
*Smith, J.L.
*Smith, J.H.
*Smith, R.W.
*Strain, Samuel
*Templeton, Joseph
*Wallace, William
*Wallace, A.L.
*Wallace, W.L.
*Ware, James
*Wood, Lewis
*Weaver, Thomas
*Wear, James
*White, W.W.
*Westmoreland, H.
*Whisonant, J.B.
*Whitesides, R.C.
*Whitesides, R.W.
*Whitesides, J.M.
*Whitesides, T.B.
*Wylie, W.B.Company C:
"County Recruited From:"
Fairfield County, South Carolina "Nickname:" None
"Commanding Officer(s):"
*Captain J.A. Hinnant
*Captain J.R. Thomas
*Captain H.C. Davis"Junior Officers:"
*1st Lieutenant J.W. Delleny
*1st Lieutenant S.Y. Rosborough
*2nd Lieutenant J.R. Boyles"Company Staff:"
*
Adjutant : Private W.C. Buchanan
*Hospital Steward: Private W.W. Eutzminger"Non-Commissioned Officers:"
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Sergeant Major N.C. Robertson
*Ordnance Sergeant S.W. Broom
*Sergeant J.R. Thomas
*Sergeant J.W. Robinson
*Sergeant J.R. Boyles
*Sergeant J.L. Goza
*Corporal J.A. Gosborough
*Corporal John W. Broom
*Corporal Isom Neely
*Corporal J.H. True
*Corporal Samuel Rose
*Corporal William H. Smith"Enlisted Men:"
*Arledge, Thos.
*Ayers, John
*Bishop, W. C.
*Blake, William
*Braswell, A. C.
*Braswell, M. L.
*Braszeil, R. V.
*Brazeil, W. J.
*Broom, Charles Powell Alston
*Broom, J. B.
*Broom, Dr. Thomas Furman
*Brown, J. L.
*Buchanan, W. C.
*Carter, A. J.
*Carter, D. L.
*Coleman, C. S.
*Cook, George
*Cook, Jessee
*Cook, William
*Cooper, J. H.
*Cooper, Lamuel
*Crosland, John
*Crosland, S. Y.
*Davis, Powell
*Davis, Riley
*Davis, Sylvester
*Dinkle, J. M.
*Dominz, William
*Douglass, D. S.
*Douglass, A. S.
*Dunlap, S. P.
*Dunlap, J. J.
*Dunn, Alfred
*Dunn, David
*Durham, T. H.
*Duren, William
*Gastler, H. R.
*Ellis, William
*Eutzminger, W. W.
*Farmer, J. W.
*Flemming, John
*Fogg, J. M.
*Freeman, Enoch
*Freeman, James
*Freeman, John
*Freeman, Joe
*Freeman, William
*Hathcock, G. W.
*Hatcher, W. H.
*Hays, Arthur
*Hays, Benj.
*Hays, John
*Hendrix, G. W.
*Hendrix, J. A.
*Hendris, J. S.
*Hinnant, Henry
*Hollis, J. L.
*Hood, Benj.
*Howell, John
*Howell, Thomas
*Huffstetter, J. L.
*Lucas, John
*Kennedy, J. A.
*Mickle, W. T.
*Mops, Roland
*Neely, Richard
*Paul, J. W.
*Paul, Thomas
*Perry, S. R.
*Price, Edmund
*Price, W. J.
*Pogue, R. F.
*Rains, Antony
*Rains, Henry
*Rains, William
*Reynolds, J. H.
*Reynolds, Osmond
*Reynolds, Roland
*Reynolds, Thomas
*Reynolds, Joseph
*Reynolds, Hasting
*Richardson, J. R.
*Richardson, John
*Richardson, J. S.
*Richardson, Thomas
*Richardson, William
*Richardson, W. D.
*Robertson, J. A.
*Robertson, N. C.
*Robertson, J. T.
*Robertson, A. W.
*Robinson, J. J.
*Rosborough, E. F.
*Rosborough, J. L.
*Rose, Joseph
*Rose, W. A.
*Rush, William
*Swartz, J. B.
*Smart, R. N.
*Smith, G. D.
*Smith, J. M.
*Smith, J. R.
*Smith, W. R. T.
*Smith, J. W.
*Simpson, G. J.
*Swatmon, G. W.
*Taylor, W. E.
*Williamson, J. W.
*Wilson, F. N.
*Wooten, M. L.
*Wyrick, J. L.
*Vaughn, J. M.
*Young, J. A.Company D:
"County Recruited From:" Unknown
"Nickname:" None
"Commanding Officers:"
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Captain E.F. Bookter
*Captain J.H. Kinsler
*Captain J.C. Smith"Junior Officers:"
*
1st Lieutenant W.H. Rives
*1st Lieutenant M.R. Sharp
*1st Lieutenant W.H. Talley
*2nd Lieutenant N.R. Bookter"Company Staff:"
*
Drum Major Louis Jacobs"Non-Commissioned Officers:"
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First Sergeant W.S. CrosbyCompany E:
"County Recruited From:"
Lancaster County, South Carolina "Nickname:" None
"Commanding Officers:"
*
Captain C.F. Hinson
*Captain T.F. Clyburn
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