• ORGANIZATION:
  

  The 12th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 2nd Volunteers, was organized near Garysburg, North Carolina, in May, 1861. Its companies were drawn from the counties of Warren, Granville, Catawba, Cleveland, Nash, Duplin, Halifax, and Robeson. The regiment serv ed in General Garland's, Iverson's, and R.D. Johnston's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. After fighting at Hanover Court House it participated in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor , saw action in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations, and ended the war at Appomattox . This unit sustained 211 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, 5 at Fredericksburg , and 118 Chancellorsville . Of the 219 engaged at Gettysburg , thirty-six percent were disabled, a nd there were 3 killed and 11 wounded at Bristoe. It surrendered 8 officers and 139 men of which 76 were armed.

• OFFICERS:
  

  Colonels Henry E. Coleman, Benjamin O. Wade, and Solomon Williams; Lieutenant Colonels Edward Cantwell, William S. Davis, and Thomas L. Jones; and Majors Robert W. Alston, Augustus W. Burton, and David P. Rowe.

• ASSIGNMENTS:
  

  General Garland's, Iverson's, and R.D. Johnston's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia

• BATTLES:

  Seven Day's Battles
  Cold Harbor
  Fredericksburg
  Chancellorsville
  Gettysburg
  Bristoe
  Appomattox
  

• ROSTERS:

  The composite rosters of this regiment contains 3110 men.
  

  Company E - Cleveland Guards
  

• BIBLIOGRAPHY:
  

   

• REFERENCES:

  REF: Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army
  Moore - Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States
  

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