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12th South Carolina Infantry

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Company A

Private

Camp, Stanford resided in York County, SC prior to the war. He enlisted on March 26, 1862. He was killed at the Battle of Gaines Mill, VA on June 27, 1862. Burial location in unknown. His widow Sarah Jane Camp filed for her widow's pension in South Carolina in May of 1889, and in 1901.
Contributor Jeremie EnglandDate added 4/14/2007

Company A

Private

Edward C. Price enlisted in April 1861 at Yorkville, SC (Fl pension application) on a three month enlistment and then re-enlisted on 28 August 1861 for the duration of the war. He served with the 12th SC Infantry Regiment throughout the war until being captured at Southerland Station during the fall of Petersburg, VA on 3 April 1865 a week before the war ended. He was held as a POW at Hart's Island, NY until Jun 16, 1865 (POW record). His release record described him as being fair complected, light hair, blue eyes and being 5 ft. 10 in. tall.
Contributor John PriceDate added 9/5/2010

Company B

Private

Killed at Spotsylvania, may 12, 1863
Contributor ed barnesDate added 5/31/2007

Company B

2nd Lieutenant

Lieut. John Hemphill Bigham was a son of James and Margaret [née Wylie] Bigham of Sharon, South Carolina. In 1861, John enlisted in Company B, South Carolina 12th Infantry Regiment, as a 1st Lieutenant. Lieut. Bigham was wounded in the 2nd Battle of Manassas on 30th August 1862. After receiving his wound, by some means, he fell into the hands of the enemy, who kept him a day or two. He was then retaken by the Confederates and placed in a hospital in Warrenton, Virginia. A few days later, Lieut Bigham was attacked with erysipela, a sever bacterial skin infection and died on September 14th 1862, in his 26th year of his age. Lieut. John Hemphill Bigham's remains were returned home to Sharon and was buried near his father in Sharon A.R.P. Churchyard cemetery. There is a memorial at Warrenton Cemetery in Warrenton, Virginia listing Lieut. Bigham and his fellow brothers in arms, who died after the battle at Manassas.
Contributor G. M. GastonDate added 7/10/2013

Company B

Private

Anyone who may be kin of Mr Finley or McIllwain in the York, SC area, I would like to communicate with.
Contributor Robert FinleyHomepage WMF1862Date added 5/21/2011

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Tom KellDate added 6/15/2005

Company B

Private

Pvt. Eli B. Lockley was in the 12th S.C. Inf. and during the battle of Second Manassas fell in with the 14th. Ga.Inf and was killed in action on august 29,1862.
Contributor charles j. lockley-Date added 10/9/2012

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Bill BroomDate added 5/22/2011

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Bill BroomDate added 5/22/2011

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Bill BroomDate added 5/22/2011

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Bill BroomDate added 5/22/2011

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Bill BroomDate added 5/22/2011

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Bill BroomDate added 5/22/2011

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jordan KearneyDate added 4/30/2008

Company E

1st Sergeant

Churchwell W. Gardner is buried in Laurelwood Cemetery, Rock Hill, SC.
Contributor Marian Barton ElliottDate added 12/19/2010

Company E

Private

My great, great grandfather, David W. Montgomery, was wounded on the last day of the Civil War at the Battle of Gettysburg. He lived to tell the story after convalesing at a hospital in Richard, Virginia, at which time he received a disability discharge.
Contributor Karen StaffordDate added 3/23/2010

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Gregg DouglassDate added 1/28/2007

Company F

Captain

Great Grandson Hayne Mcmeekin
Contributor Thomas H. CooperDate added 4/12/2013

Company G

Private

Mustered in 1861 at Walhalla, SC.
Contributor Chad KeithDate added 2/22/2012

Company G

Lieutenant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Ron GrayDate added 5/15/2016

Company G

Private

POW @ Pt. Lookout
Contributor Aaron SmithHomepage myspace.com/fatback8Date added 6/24/2007

Company G

Private

Pitts, Joel JR. enlisted in the 12th Inf. Co. G. on July 11, 1861 and was killed in the Battle at Sharpsburg on Sept. 17, 1862 in MD. Joel JR was 23 years old when he died. In a letter written by PP Hall to his wife Lurany M. Hall on Sept. 24, 1862 rp, 'Virginia near Potomoc' this soldiers death was reported as follows. Joel Pitts killed- died on the battlefield”. Joel brother,3rd Corporal William C. Pitts, was in same Co. They were sons of Joel Pitts SR. of Pickens Co., SC
Contributor Shirley (Pitts) BennettHomepage NONEDate added 3/28/2007

Company G

3rd Corporal

3rd Corporal Pitts, William C. - Prisoner at Hart’s Island, NY April – July 1865- He enlisted in 12th Inf. Co. G on July 11, 1861 in Pickens Dist. SC by Capt. AD Goillard for the duration of the war. Admitted to General Hosp. #8 (St. Charles Hosp). Richmond, VA. on Sept.1, 1862 with Tphoid Fever. Furloughed for 20 days, Sept.10, 1862. Promoted to 3rd Corporal Nov. 1, 1864. He was captured at Appomattox on April 3,1865 and sent to Harts Island. NY Harbor. He was received at prison on April 11, 1865 from City Point. Received from Capt. Sherman assigned to prison Company #34. Released on June 16, 1865 after signing the oath of allegiance to the U.S. William C. was dark complexion, dark hair, grey eyes, height 5'10'. His brother,Joel Pitts JR., was also in the same Co. They were the sons of Joel Pitts SR, of Pickens Co., SC
Contributor Shirley (Pitts) BennettHomepage NONEDate added 3/28/2007

Company I

Private

John L. Barton is buried in Westside Cemetery, Lancaster, SC with a Confederate stone erected in 2009. Our UDC Albemarle Chapter #154 is the caretaker of the Confederate Cemetery at the University of Virginia and is working on a comprehensive database for the 1097 soldiers buried there.
Contributor Marian Barton ElliottDate added 12/19/2010

Company I

Private

William Marion Barton was killed at The Wilderness on 6 May 1864. I am trying to find where he is buried.
Contributor Marian Barton ElliottDate added 12/19/2010

Company I

Private

Wounded at Spottslyvania Court House. Moved to Montgomery County , Arkansas and died and is buried in Nevada County , Arkansas .
Contributor Adrian HunterDate added 3/15/2008

Company K

Corporal

Cobb, Robert A. enlisted in 1861 and he died on April 22, 1864 at Camp Point Lookout Prison in MD. at age 21. Robert A. is buried in the Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Point Lookout State Park, St. Mary's County, Maryland. Robert was also listed as both Robert A. and R. A. Cobb in his Civil War records He was also listed on both: 'Roll of The Dead: South Carolina Troops, Confederate Service' SC Dept. of Archives and History. 3865 Cobb Robert A. 12 K Corp. South Carolina - Listed on Point Lookout Prison Camp For Confederates monuments Point Lookout. He was also listed on both: 'Roll of The Dead: South Carolina Troops, Confederate Service' SC Dept. of Archives and History. 3865 Cobb Robert A. 12 K Corp. South Carolina - Listed on Point Lookout Prison Camp For Confederates monuments Point Lookout. Rovert A . parents were Ephraim and Louisa (Turner) Cobb of Pickens Co., SC
Contributor Shirley (Pitts) BennettHomepage NONEDate added 3/28/2007

Company K

Private

Pvt. John C. Cobb JR. joined in 1862. One Record listed him dying while still in the war of a disease at Chickamauga, GA. on May 6, 1862 and another record listed him dying in the war in Richmond, VA. John C. JR died at the age of 21. John C. JR along with his father, John C. SR and his cousin, Robert A. Cobb all joined the same Co. They were from Pickens Co., SC
Contributor Shirley (Pitts) BennettHomepage NONEDate added 3/28/2007

Company K

1st Lieutenant

J. C. (John) Cobb Sr. joined the 12th SC Infantry Co. K. in 1861 and he resigned from the war on January 15, 1862. His son, John C. JR and his Nephew, Robert A. Cobb, were also in the same Co. John C. SR was the son of Robert Sr. and Ellender (Greer) Cobb of Pickens Co., SC
Contributor Shirley (Pitts) BennettDate added 3/28/2007

Company K

Sergeant

enlisted 1861 at walhala, shot in right leg at fussells mill, leg amputated died 2 weeks later in richmond hospital buried at hollywood cemetary richmond, name was mispelled at time of death during burial was known as A.M. Knight, but was corrected by gr gr grandson Joe Knecht. SCV MC
Contributor joe knechtDate added 7/31/2018

Company K

Private

Brother of James T. Nichols, Jr (my great-great grandfather)
Contributor Wayne NicholsDate added 3/28/2014

Company K

Private

He was my great-great-grandfather.
Contributor Wayne NicholsDate added 3/28/2014

Company K

Private

Joseph was born in 1842 in Abbeville, Saluda Co. SC. The 1860 census has him at 17 y/o in Pickins District. The Post Office is at Whetstone. He enlisted 23 Aug. 1861 at Walhalla Oconee Co. SC in Capt. L.B. Johnson's Co. Danovant's Regiment. Fought at Port Royal, SC and then sent to Virginia. Fought in Seven Days Battle, Manassas 28-30 Aug 1862, Chantilly, and Sharpsburg / Antietam where he was seriously wounded. He never recovered and was discharged 25 Sept 1863. His final pay was $177.82 cents. He died 6 June 1900 and is buried in the Elmwood Memorial Gardens in Columba, Richland co. SC. He was the father-in-Law. of my 3rd cousin 3 x removed. He has 17 items in his archival file.
Contributor Phillip ThomasDate added 10/25/2023

Company L

Rank unknown

Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA Andrew J. Sullivan, Co. L, 12th Reg’t., South Carolina. D. 06/19/1864. Soldiers Section U, Sect. 279.
Contributor John C. SullivanHomepage www.sullivansirishamerica.blogspot.comDate added 8/21/2010

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