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

Companies
Company A (Bonham Rifles): York County Company B (Campbell Rifles): York County Company C: Fairfield County Company D: Company E: Lancaster County
 * Captain L.W. Grist
 * Captain J.T. Parker
 * Captain W.H. McCorkle
 * Captain John Lucas Miller
 * Captain W.S. Dunlop
 * Captain J.A. Hinnant
 * Captain J.R. Thomas
 * Captain H.C. Davis
 * Captain E.F. Bookter
 * Captain J.H. Kinsler
 * Captain J.C. Smith
 * Captain C.F. Hinson
 * Captain T.F. Clyburn

Company F (Means Lights Infantry): Fairfield County Company G: Pickens County Company H: York County Company I: Lancaster County Company K: Pickens County
 * Captain Hayne McMeekin
 * Captain J.C. Bell
 * Captain A.D. Gaillard
 * Captain John M. McMoody
 * Captain Cadwallader Jones
 * Captain G.E. McSteele
 * Captain R.M. Kerr
 * Captain N.B. Vanlandingham
 * Captain Dixon Barnes
 * Captain William J. Stover
 * Captain J.C. Nevill