12th South Carolina Infantry The 12th South Carolina Infantry 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 Company Rosters . Company A : " County Recruited From : " York County , South Carolina " Nickname : " Bonham Rifles " Commanding Officer ( s ) : " " Junior Officers : " " Non - Commissioned Officers : " Company B : " County Recruited From : " York County , South Carolina " Nickname : " Campbell Rifles " Commanding Officer ( s ) : " " Junior Officers : " " Company Staff : " " Non - Commissioned Officers : " " Enlisted Men : " Company C : " County Recruited From : " Fairfield County , South Carolina " Nickname : " None " Commanding Officer ( s ) : " " Junior Officers : " " Company Staff : " " Non - Commissioned Officers : " " Enlisted Men : " Company D : " County Recruited From : " Unknown " Nickname : " None " Commanding Officers : " " Junior Officers : " " Company Staff : " " Non - Commissioned Officers : " Company E : " County Recruited From : " Lancaster County , South Carolina " Nickname : " None " Commanding Officers : " " Non - Commissioned Officers : " Sergeant N . R . Bookter " 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