CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
12th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
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12th Infantry Regiment was organized at Jackson, Tennessee, in May, 1861. Its members were
recruited in Dyer and Gibson counties, and Company E contained men from Kentucky. The unit
was assigned to B.R. Johnson's, P.Smith's, Vaughan's, and Palmer's Brigade. During June,
1862, the 22nd Regiment merged into the 12th, and in October, 1862, this command was
consolidated with the 47th Regiment. It fought at Belmont, Shiloh, and Richmond, then joined
the Army of Tennessee and served from Murfreesboro
to Bentonville. This
regiment was organized with 737 men, sustained 32 casualties at Richmond, and lost fifty-one
percent of the 322 engaged at Murfreesboro. The 12th/47th had 87 disabled at Chickamauga and
in December, 1863, totalled 373 men and 220 arms. It was included in the surrender on April 26,
1865. The field officers were Colonels Tyree H. Bell and Robert M. Russell; Lieutenant Colonels
D.A.
Outlaw and J.N. Wyatt; and Majors Robert P. Caldwell, James Purl, and J.N.
Wyatt.
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