The 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment mustered 1,196 men during the Civil War, of whom nearly 250 died in battle and about 200 of disease.
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July |
Organized in Richmond under the command of Colonel Robert Tignall Jones (USMA 1837). Moved to Manassas Junction and attached to Ewell's Brigade |
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January |
Attached to Rodes Brigade, Van Dorn's Division, Potomac District |
May 31-
June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines
Colonel Jones, Captains Robert H. Keeling, C. A. Darwin 70 other men were killed and Captain John Joseph Nicholson and 141 other men wounded out of 408 engaged. Lieutenant Colonel Bristor B. Gayle then took command, with Major Pickens promoted to Lt. Colonel. |
June 26 |
Battle of Mechanicsville
Attched to Rodes' Brigade, Hill's Division, Jackson's command |
June 27 - 28 |
First Battle of Cold Harbor, or Gaines' Mill |
July 1-5 |
Battle of Malvern Hill
Only 120 men answer muster after the battle |
September 15 |
Battle of Boonesboro
Colonel Gayle was killed. Lt. Colonel Samuel B. Pickens took command and was shot through the lungs, but was brought away and recovered. |
September 17 |
Battles of Sharpsburg (Antietam)
The regiment lost 27 killed, 69 wounded and 33 missing (includes Boonesboro) Captains Exton Tucker and Daniel H. Garrison were killed, and the colors were lost to the 57th New York Infantry while defending the Sunken Road |
December 13 |
Batte of Fredericksburg
Lt. Colonel Pickens in command. |
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May 1-4 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
Captains Henry W. Cox and Thomas W. Fitzgerald and12 enlisted men were killed and Captains Adolph Proskauer and John W. McNeeley and 85 enlisted men were wounded of 330 engaged. |
June 9 |
Battle of Brandy Station |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Captain James T. Davis and 16 enlisted men were killed and Captains Robert Emory Park and P. D. Rose and 64 enlisted men were wounded out of 24 officers and 293 men engaged. |
October 10 -21 |
Bristoe Campaign
2 killed |
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May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
Captin J. McCassells killed. |
May 8-18 |
Battle of Spottsylvania
Colonel Pickens again wounded and Captain John Rogers killed and Adolph Proskauer again wounded. |
July 24 |
Battle of Winchester
Colonel Pickens wounded for the third time, Captains Robert Park and Augustus Elzey Hewlett wounded and captured |
August 19 |
Snicker's Gap
Captains John Rogers and A. Majors killed. |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek
Captain P. D. Ross in command. |
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April 9, |
Surrendered 5 officers and 62 men at Appomattox. |
