CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
12th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
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12th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Moore, Louisiana, in August,
1861. Its companies were from the parishes of Caldwell, Claiborne, Vermilion, Cameron,
Calcasieu, Jackson, Ouachita, Bossier, and Iberia. Sent to Missouri, the unit was captured at
Island No. 10 in April, 1862. After being exchanged, it was assigned to Rust's, Buford's, T.M.
Scott's, and Lowry's Brigade. It fought at Champion's Hill and Jackson before participating in the
campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Resaca to Bentonville. In July, 1862, the unit
contained 41 officers and 546 men, reported 11 killed, 57 wounded, and 5 missing out of the 318
engaged at Peach Tree Creek,
lost many during Hood's Tennessee Campaign, and surrendered with only a remnant on April 26,
1865. Its commanders were Colonel Thomas M. Scott; Lieutenant Colonels James A. Boyd,
Wade H. Hough, Noel L. Nelson, and Thomas C. Standifer; and Majors John C. Knott and Henry
V. McCain.
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