The 12th South Carolina Infantry was an infantry

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 regiment

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 that served in the Confederate States Army

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 during the American Civil War

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.

Formation

In answer to the call of President of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America

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, Jefferson Davis

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, 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

Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...

, 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

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 R.G. Mills Dunovant

Second in Command: Lieutenant Colonel

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 Dixon Barnes

Chief of Staff: Major

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 Cadwallader Jones

Company Rosters

Company A:

County Recruited From: York County, South Carolina

York County, South Carolina

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Nickname: Bonham Rifles

Commanding Officer(s):

• Captain L.W. Grist
• Captain J.T. Parker
• Captain W.H. McCorkle

Junior Officers:

• 1st Lieutenant W.D. Miller
• 1st Lieutenant J.A. Watson
• 2nd Lieutenant J.D. Witherspoon
• 2nd Lieutenant N.H. Watson

Non - Commissioned Officers:

• First Sergeant
  First Sergeant
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   Richard Hare
• First Sergeant J.J. Thomlinson

Company B:

County Recruited From: York County, South Carolina

Nickname: Campbell Rifles

Commanding Officer(s):

• Captain John Lucas Miller
  John Lucas Miller
  Dr. John Lucas Miller, Sr was the brother of the Governor of South Carolina, Stephen Decatur Miller. His son, John Lucas Miller Jr was a South Carolina legislator and an officer of the Campbell Rifles - 12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Company B in the American Civil War. John Jr...
  
  
• 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:

• First Sergeant
  First Sergeant
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   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
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  : Private
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   W.C. Buchanan
• Hospital Steward: Private W.W. Eutzminger

Non-Commissioned Officers:

• Sergeant Major
  Sergeant Major
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   N.C. Robertson
• Ordnance Sergeant S.W. Broom
• Sergeant
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   J.R. Thomas
• Sergeant J.W. Robinson
• Sergeant J.R. Boyles
• Sergeant J.L. Goza
• Corporal
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   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
• Douglas, 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:

• 1st Lieutenant W.H. Rives
• 1st Lieutenant M.R. Sharp
• 1st Lieutenant W.H. Talley
• 2nd Lieutenant N.R. Bookter

Company Staff:

• Drum Major
  Drum Major
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   Louis Jacobs

Non-Commissioned Officers:

• First Sergeant
  First Sergeant
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   W.S. Crosby

Company E:

County Recruited From: Lancaster County, South Carolina

Nickname: None

Commanding Officers:

• Captain C.F. Hinson
• Captain T.F. Clyburn

Non - Commissioned Officers:

• Corporal Wm C Roberts

Enlisted Men: