The 12th South Carolina Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. [edit] 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
[edit] Company 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: Non - Commissioned Officers: Company B: County Recruited From: York County, South Carolina Nickname: Campbell Rifles Commanding Officer(s): Junior Officers: Company Staff: - Adjutant: Private S.C. Sadler
Non-Commissioned Officers: 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: Non-Commissioned Officers: - 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: - Captain E.F. Bookter
- Captain J.H. Kinsler
- Captain J.C. Smith
Junior Officers: Company Staff: Non-Commissioned Officers: Company E: County Recruited From: Lancaster County, South Carolina Nickname: None Commanding Officers: - Captain C.F. Hinson
- Captain T.F. Clyburn
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