12th Alabama Infantry
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- July 17, 1861 - Organized at Richmond, Virginia
- ? - Mustered into Confederate service
- April 28, 1862 - Reorganized
The Peninsula Campaign
- April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
- May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
- May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
- June 25-July 1, 1862 - Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
- July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
- September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
- September 17, 1862 - Antietam
- December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
- May 1-4, 1863 - Chancellorsville
- July 1-3, 1863 - Gettysburg
The Overland Campaign
- May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
- May 8-21, 1864 - Spotsylvania Courthouse
- May 23-26, 1864 - North Anna
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
- July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
- September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
- September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
- October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg (from December 1864)
- March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
- April 9, 1865 - Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
DESIGNATIONS
- Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Ewell's Brigade (July-October 1861)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / Van Dorn's/D.H. Hill's Division / Rodes' Brigade (October 1861-March 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Division / Rodes' Brigade (March-September 1862)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / D.H. Hill's/Rodes' Division / Rodes'/O'Neal's/Battle's Brigade (September 1862-June 1864)
- Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Rodes'/Ramseur's/Grimes' Division / Battle's Brigade (June-December 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Grimes' Division / Battle's Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Robert T. Jones (Colonel)
- John C. Brown (Major)
- Bristor B. Gayle (Colonel)
- John C. Goodgame (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Theodore O'Hara (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Samuel B. Pickens (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Adolphus Proskauer (Major)
- Augustus Stikes (Major)
- Edward D. Tracy (Major)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Park, Robert Emory. Sketch of the Twelfth Alabama Infantry of Battle's Brigade, Rode's Division, Early's Corps, of the Army of Northern Virginia.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 72-73)