The Caldwell Invincibles were organized at Columbia, Louisiana in July 1861 and reported to Camp Moore where they were formally enrolled in the Twelfth Regiment, Louisiana Volunteers on August 13, 1861. The ladies of Caldwell Parish made a flag  which was presented to the company at their departure for Camp Moore. For more information on this flag, go to the Flag Page. James A. Boyd was elected Captain of the company and served in that position until he was appointed and confirmed as Lieutenant Colonel of the 12th Louisiana Infantry during the May 1862 re-organization. Boyd served as Lieutenant Colonel until January 1863 when he resigned due to poor health.

Captain Jones Meredith was elected to replace Boyd as Captain and served until his resignation in October 1862 due to poor health. 1st Lieutenant Andrew J. Braden then stepped up and led the company until he was badly wounded at Resaca, Georgia on May 15, 1864. Given up for dead, Captain Braden made a miraculous recovery and rejoined the regiment at Tupelo, Mississippi in January 1865. He was in command of the consolidated Companies K & G at Greensboro, North Carolina at the end of the war in April 1865.

The position of 1st Lieutenant in the company turned over several times. John Myers appears to have held it the longest replacing Braden when he was promoted to Captain. Myers was badly wounded while skirmishing in the trenches north of Atlanta two days after the Battle of Peachtree Creek, but did rejoin the company in time for the Tennessee campaign at the end of 1864.

The position of 1st Sergeant was occupied by Lawrence T. Whittington until his capture at Nashville, Tennessee on December 16, 1864. With the consolidation of Companies K and G in North Carolina at the end of the war, Whittington does not appear to have been formally replaced. Captain Braden, Lieutenant McPhaul, Sergeant James F. Turner, and 7 privates were present for duty from Company K. Other Caldwell Parish men were absent in hospitals or away from the company on logistics details at the end in North Carolina.

COMPANY K ROSTER

The Compiled Military Service Records are organized alphabetically by regiment. 

This company roster was derived from the author's 12th Louisiana database

and is not available as such from the National Archives.

Copyright registered with the Library of Congress.

Data presented below:  (1) name as it appears in the Compiled Military Service Records with spelling variations, (2) highest rank held in the company, and (3) initial enrollment data. Camp Moore volunteers are designated by the letters CM. Volunteers who joined after the regiment left Camp Moore are designated by the year of their enrollment. Asterisks indicate service at regimental or higher headquarters.

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