The Invincible Twelfth: The 12th South Carolina Infantry of the Gregg-McGowan Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia (Cwayna - CA) hat McMurry dubbed “the Red Clay

McMurry dubbed “the Red Clay Minuet

fired-up the crowd in Pittsburgh’s city hall that spring day in 1861 following the rebel attack on Fort Sumter

The almost unanimous response from people across the nation is a loud and emphatic “No

No Greater Calamity for the Country: North-South Conflict

by Sue Thibodeau

The Invincible Twelfth: The 12th South Carolina Infantry of the Gregg-McGowan Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia (Cwayna - CA) hat McMurry dubbed “the Red Clayby Benjamin L. Cwayna At a regimental reunion in 1880, former Confederate Brigadier General Samuel McGowan lauded the 12th South Carolina Infantry as The finest of that immortal army, foremost in the charge, and the invincible Twelfth. The 12th regiment was part of McGowans Brigade from early 1863 through the end of the war. The aging brigadier, wounded four times in combat, was an authority on the regiments reputation. It would be impossible on an