12th South Carolina Infantry

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

12th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Flag of South Carolina
ActiveJuly 1, 1861, to April 9, 1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance South Carolina
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeInfantry
EngagementsPort Royal
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
Private J.P. Robertson of Co. I, 12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment

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

Companies

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