12th Louisiana Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* August 13, 1861 - Organized at Camp Moore with 12 companies
** August 13, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service 
* November 7, 1861 - Belmont [not engaged]
* March 4-5, 1862 - Island #10
* April 6-7, 1862 - Island #10
* April 14, 1862 - Fort Pillow Bombardment
* October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
* March 14, 1863 - Port Hudson Bombardment
* April 17-May 2, 1863 - Grierson's Raid
* May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
* May 16, 1863 - Champion Hill
* May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg [detachment]
* July 10-17, 1863 - Siege of Jackson
* February-March 1864 - Meridian Campaign
* May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
* May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
* May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
* June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
* July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
* July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
* July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
* July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
* August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
* November 30, 1864 - Franklin
* December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
* February-April 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
* March 19-21, 1865 - Bentonville
* April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina
DESIGNATIONS
* Department #2 / 1st Geographical Division / McCown's Brigade (September-October 1861)
* Department #2 / 1st Geographical Division / McCown's Division / Neely's Brigade (October 1861-February 1862)
* Department #2 / McCown's Command / Neely's Brigade (February-March 1862)
* Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Fort Pillow (March-June 1862)
* Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Grenada (June-July 1862)
* Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / 3rd Sub-District (July-August 1862)
* Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / 1st Sub-District (August 1862)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Loring's Corps / Rust's Division / Scott's Brigade (October-November 1862)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Loring's Corps / Rust's Division / Scott's Brigade (December 1862)
* Army of the Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Corps / Rust's Division / Scott's Brigade (December 1862-January 1863)
* Army of the Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Corps / Rust's Brigade (January-February 1863)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Rust's Brigade (March-April 1863)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade (April-May 1863)
* Department of the West / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade (May-July 1863)
* Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's Brigade (July 1863-January 1864)
* Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Loring's Division / Buford's/Scott's Brigade (January-May 1864)
* Army of Mississippi / Loring's Division / Scott's Brigade (May-July 1864)
* Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Loring's Division / Scott's Brigade (July 1864-April 1865)
* Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Loring's Division / Lowry's Brigade (April 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: Thomas M. Scott (Colonel)
* James A. Boyd (Lieutenant Colonel)
* John A. Dixon (Major)
* Evander McN. Graham (Lieutenant Colonel)
* Wade H. Hough (Lieutenant Colonel)
* John C. Knott (Major)
* Henry V. McCain (Major)
* Noel L. Nelson (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* Thomas C. Standifer (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* Eakin, Sue Lyles, and Morgan Peoples, eds., "In Defense of My Country...": The Civil War Letters of a Shiloh Confederate Soldier, Sergeant George Washington Bolton, and His Union Parish Neighbors of the Twelfth Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers (1861-1864)
* (Pages 91-93)
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