The 12th South Carolina Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
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
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:
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 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
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 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 McMurray
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
Underwood, Augustus
Wallace, William
Wallace, A.L.
Wallace, W.L.
Ware, George A.
Ware, James S.
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. Entzminger
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
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.
Madden, C.D.
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 Louis Jacobs
Non-Commissioned Officers:
First Sergeant W.S. Crosby
Company E:
County Recruited From: Lancaster County, South Carolina
Nickname: None
Commanding Officers:
Captain C.F. Hinson
Captain T.F. Clyburn
Junior Officers:
1st Lieutenant Christopher Columbus Welsh
Non - Commissioned Officers: Sergeant N.R. Bookter
Corporal Wm C Roberts
Enlisted Men: Company D
Isaiah Barefoot, Private
J.W. Barefoot, Private
W.P. Bookter, Private
Joel Brazell, Private
Joseph Brazell, Private
Henry Brazell, Private
William Brown, Teamster
Robert B. Center, Private
Wesley W. Cooper, Private/Corporal
James Craft, Private
Walter S. Crosby, Private
William S. Crosby, Private
J.S. Deas, Private
Hyram Ford, Private
Isaac Freeman, Private
Edward W. Fuller, Nurse
E.J. Gilmore, Private
W.J. Golding, Private
James Griffin, Private
Albert Hammond, Private
L.D. Hammond, Private
Jere Hammond, Private
James Hammond, Private
John Hammond, Private
Pat Hammond, Private
Thomas Harris, Private
Alexander Manor, Private
John Manor, Private
Benjamin Martin, Private
James Martin, Private
John McGrady, Private
R.A. McGrady, Private
James McNiell, Private
Elijah Medlin, Private
Allen Medlin, Private
Preston Medlin, Private
Samule Medlin, Private
David Moore, Private
John Moore, Private
Jasker Parler, Private
Ansel B. Phillips, Private
Thomas H' Rives, ?
Wade H. Rives, Private/First Lieutenant
Martin D. Rose, Private/First Sergeant
A.J. Ruff, Private
John Sanders, Private
George W. Smith, Private
Hugh Stephenson, Private
John W. Suttlemire, Private
E.D. Taylor, Private
James A. Thomas, Private
Shadrach Thomas, Private
William Thomas, Private
Thoroughgood Thornton, Private
J.U. Turnipseed, Private
James Wagstaff, Private
J. Washburn, Private
