12th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
12th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in July, 1861, at Lightwoodknot Springs, near Columbia, South Carolina. The men were raised in the counties of Oconee, York, Lancaster, Kershaw, and Fairfield. It served on the South Carolina coast near Pocotaligo, then in April, 1862, moved to Virginia. Assigned to General Gregg's and McGowan's Brigade, the regiment fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Fredericksburg. During the Chancellorsville operations the 12th was detached to guard ordinance trains and prisoners. With 340 men it marched 2,000 Federals to Richmond. Later the unit rejoined the brigade and continued the conflict from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor, then saw action in the Petersburg trenches and the Appomattox Campaign. It lost 17 killed and 121 wounded at Gaines' Mill, fifty-four percent of 270 at Second Manassas, 20 killed and 82 wounded at Sharpsburg, and thirty-six percent of the 366 at Gettysburg. The regiment sustained 102 casualties at The Wilderness, 118 at Spotsylvania, 34 from May 12 to July 1, 1864, 18 at Deep Bottom, 26 at Fussell's Mill, and 23 at Poplar Springs Church. It surrendered 10 officers and 149 men. The field officers were Colonels Dixon Barnes, Edwin F. Bookter, Richard G.M. Dunovant, Cadwalader Jones, and John L. Miller; and Lieutenant Colonels T. Frank Clyburn, Henry C. Davis, and William H. McCorkle.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
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Beaufort R. White
Enlisted as a Private
"K" Co. SC 12th Infantry
Also in Company K were;
A. V. White, Private
George White, Private
Josiah White, Private
legrand White, Sergeant
Lorenzo White, Private
T. A. White, 2nd lieutenant
Theador A. White, Private
William R. White, 2nd lieutenant
William R. White, Private
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Southern Historical Society Papers: Appomattox Paroles ANV
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Beaufort R. White, Private, Company k, 12th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, enlisted April 14, 1862 at Walhalla by Capt. J. C. Neville for the duration of the war, recorded on August 12, 1863 as 'Absent, at home on sick furlough,' returning by the end of August, surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865, no other records
M267: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina
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See also; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~york/12thSCV/K.html
http://www.mosocco.com/southcarolina.html
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=12th+South+Carolina+infantry&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
The U. S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. lists the following documents in their unit bibliography;
U.S. Army Military History Institute
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12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
Bigham, John M. “The 12th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry.” Military Images Magazine (May/Jun 2001): pp. 23-24. Per.
Caldwell, J.F.J. The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians Known First as "Gregg's," and Subsequently as "McGowan's Brigade." Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1984 reprint of 1866 edition. 326 p. E577.4.M3.C34.
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. pp. 258-59. E546.C78. (Concise summary of the regiment's service).
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 6: South Carolina. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1987. 931 p. E484.C65.1987v6. (Contains numerous, scattered references to South Carolina units).
McCrady, Edward. "Formation, Organization, Discipline and Characteristics of the Army of Northern Virginia," An Address Delivered in the Hall of the House of Delegates, Richmond, VA., Thursday, Oct. 21, 1886. Richmond, VA: Wm Ellis Jones, 1886. 41 p. E173.P18no287.
_____. "Gregg's Brigade of South Carolinians in the Second Battle of Manassas, an Address Before the Survivors of the Twelfth Regiment South Carolina Volunteers." Southern Historical Society Papers 13 (1885): pp. 3-40. E483.7.S76v13.
_____. "The Twelfth Regiment." Southern Historical Society Papers 16 (1888): pp. 18-22 E483.7S76v16.
Seigler, Robert S. South Carolina’s Military Organizations During the War Between the States. Vol. 3. Charleston: History Press, 2008. pp. 143-54. E577.4.S45.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina.... NY: Facts on File, 1995. pp. 85-86. E577.S53. (Unit organizational history).
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
Thomas, W. H., Letter, 1864 – Lewis Leigh Collection (Box C-10)