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Confederate Regiment

12th Virginia Infantry

 

Commanding Officers on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
  Capt. J. Richard Lewellen
  Capt. Richard W. Jones
  Capt. Everard M. Feild

 

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - Anderson's Division
  Brigade - Mahone's (Parham's) Brigade


On the Sharpsburg Campaign

The Regiment crossed into Maryland on 6 September 1862 with around 150 present for duty. They had suffered devastating losses at 2nd Manassas in killed, wounded and captured. Among the casualties were the field officers: Colonel D.A. Weisiger was seriously wounded (not to return til Fall 1863) and Major John A May was killed "shot through the brain". Lieutenant Colonel Taylor was ill, though he accompanied the Regiment to Crampton's Gap. He was mortally wounded there on 14 September.

In Maryland, Captains Richard Jones and Everard M Feild commanded until the return of senior Captain John R Llewellyn on or about the 13th. Llewellyn had been slightly wounded at Manassas, and was seriously wounded at the head of the Regiment at Crampton's. He was relieved by Captain Richard W Jones, "afterwards Major, who commanded it at Sharpsburg and in many of the engagements in the last year of the War."

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #386: Anderson's Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 1 PM
Tablet #344: Anderson's Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM

References & Notes

Descriptions of the unit and action on, and previous to, the Maryland Campaign are from accounts in Bernard.1 See more about the regiment in a blog post on behind AotW.

We have 14 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
BPvtNoble, Charles E.KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
BPvtSmith, William CrawfordWIA/POW   09/14     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
CPvtEldridge, Robert S.KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
EPvtHatcher, Benjamin KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
FCaptFeild, Everard MeadeWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtCollier, John E.KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
GPvtEverett, William C.MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
HPvtCharlton, Cary KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
ICaptJones, Richard Watson        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
IPvtWalton, Preston T.KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
KLtDrinkard, Major S.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KCaptLewellen, John RichardWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
KPvtScroggins, William W.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
F&SLColTaylor, Fielding LewisMWIA   09/14     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person

 

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Notes

1   Bernard, George S., War Talks of Confederate Veterans, Petersburg (Va): Fenn & Owen, 1892, pp. 47-50  [AotW citation 811]