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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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「12th South Carolina Infantry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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