12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment

Civil War military unit April 2013 12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Flag of South Carolina.svg 100 Flag of South Carolina July 1, 1861, to April 9, 1865 Confederate States of America South Carolina CSA Infantry Port RoyalGaines MillFrayser's FarmSecond ManassasOx HillSharpsburgSheperdstownCastleman's FerryFredericksburgChancellorsvilleGettysburgWilliamsportBristoe CampaignMine Run CampaignThe WildernessSpotsylvania CourthouseNorth AnnaCold HarbourSiege of PetersburgBattle of Appomattox Court House thumb|right|Private J.P. Robertson of Co. I, 12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment The 12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment 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 Jr. Companies Company A (Bonham Rifles): York County Captain L.W. Grist Captain J.T. Parker Captain W.H. McCorkle Company B (Campbell Rifles): York County Captain John Lucas Miller Captain W.S. Dunlop Company C: Fairfield County Captain J.A. Hinnant Captain J.R. Thomas Captain H.C. Davis Company D: Captain E.F. Bookter Captain J.H. Kinsler Captain J.C. Smith Company E: Lancaster County Captain C.F. Hinson Captain T.F. Clyburn Company F (Means Lights Infantry): Fairfield County Captain Hayne McMeekin Captain J.C. Bell Company G: Pickens County Captain A.D. Gaillard Captain John M. McMoody Company H: York County Captain Cadwallader Jones Jr. Captain G.E. McSteele Captain R.M. Kerr Company I: Lancaster County Captain N.B. Vanlandingham Captain Dixon Barnes Captain William J. Stover Company K: Pickens County Captain J.C. Nevill See also List of South Carolina Confederate Civil War units References External links nps.gov Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from South Carolina Category:1861 establishments in South Carolina Category:Military units and formations established in 1861