| Unit Name: | 12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment |
| Dates: | July 1, 1861, to April 9, 1865 |
| Type: | Infantry |
| Battles: | Port Royal Gaines Mill Frayser's Farm Second Manassas Ox Hill Sharpsburg Sheperdstown Castleman's Ferry Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Williamsport Bristoe Campaign Mine Run Campaign The Wilderness Spotsylvania Courthouse North Anna Cold Harbour Siege of Petersburg Battle of Appomattox Court House |
The 12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment 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 (Bonham Rifles): York County
Company B (Campbell Rifles): York County
Company C: Fairfield County
Company D:
Company E: Lancaster County
Company F (Means Lights Infantry): Fairfield County
Company G: Pickens County
Company H: York County
Company I: Lancaster County
Company K: Pickens County