George Martin
Benjamin T Andrews enlisted as a Private in (1st) Company I, 12th Virginia Infantry March 6, 1862 at Petersburg, $50 bounty due, joined T/F[?]arner's [T/Fariners?] Creek Battery March 6, 1862
[Turner VA Light Artillery Battery?]
The 12th Regiment Virginia Infantry was originally organized as the 4th Battalion Virginia Infantry about April 12, 1861. It was later increased to a regiment and accepted into the service of the Confederate States July 1, 1861. Company G first served as Company A, 1st Regiment Virginia Infantry; Company H was formerly Captain Ferguson's Company, 6th Regiment Virginia Infantry. (1st) Company I (originally an independent company) was dropped from the regiment by S. O. No. 129, A. & I. G. O., dated June 5, 1862, and subsequently became (2nd) Company H; 9th Regiment Virginia Infantry. (2d) Company I (which was also an independent company) was assigned to the regiment by the same order. Captain Branch's Company was attached to the regiment until about July 1, 1861, when it became Company K, 16th Regiment Virginia Infantry.