Virginia: 2nd Infantry Regiment

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Unit History

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Organized on April 18, 1861 at Charlestown from the 2nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers (Militia), which had been organized on June 8, 1860, from the companies of the 55th Militia Regiment.
Mustered into state service by companies on May 11-13, 1861.
Designated the 2nd Infantry Regiment on June 1, 1861.
Regiment mustered in June 8, 1861.
Transferred to Confederate service on July 1, 1861.
Reorganized ca. April 20, 1862.
Field consolidation with the 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33rd Infantry Regiments from May 1864 to April 1865.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

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Field and Staff

  • Commander: James W. Allen (Colonel)
  • Colonel: Lawson Botts (Major, Lt. Col., Col.)
  • Lieutenant Colonel: Raleigh T. Colston (Major, Lt. Col.), Francis Lackland, and William W. Randolph
  • Major: Francis B. Jones, Edwin L. Moore, and Charles R. Stewart
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Assignments

  • June-July 1861: 1st Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah
  • July-October 1861: 1st Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac
  • October-November 1861: Stonewall Brigade, 2nd Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia
  • November 1861-May 1862: Stonewall Brigade, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
  • May-June 1862: Stonewall Brigade, Jackson's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
  • June 1862-May 1864: Stonewall Brigade, Jackson's-Johnson's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • May-June 1864: Terry's Consolidated Brigade, Gordon's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
  • June-December 1864: Terry's Consolidated Brigade, Gordon's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
  • December 1864-April 1865: Terry's Consolidated Brigade, Gordon's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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Companies & Counties of Origin



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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements



  • Seizure of Harpers Ferry (April 19, 1861)
  • Falling Waters (July 2, 1861)
  • 1st Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
  • Romney Campaign (January 1862)
  • Kernstown (March 23, 1862)
  • McDowell [not engaged] (May 8, 1862)
  • 1st Winchester (May 25, 1862)
  • Front Royal [not engaged] (May 23, 1862)
  • Port Republic (June 9, 1862)
  • Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
  • Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862)
  • White Oak Swamp (June 30, 1862)
  • Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862)
  • Cedar Mountain (August 9, 1862)
  • Groveton (August 28, 1862)
  • 2nd Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862)
  • Chantilly [in reserve] (September 1, 1862)
  • Harpers Ferry (September 12-15, 1862)
  • Antietam (September 17, 1862)
  • Kearneysville (October 17, 1863)
  • Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
  • Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863)
  • 2nd Winchester (June 14-15, 1863)
  • Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
  • Bealton (November 5, 1863)
  • Mine Run Campaign (November-December 1863)
  • Morton's Ford (February 10, 1864)
  • The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864)
  • Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
  • North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
  • Bethesda Church (May 30, 1864)
  • Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
  • Lynchburg Campaign (June 1864)
  • Monocacy (July 9, 1864)
  • Snicker's Ferry (July 18, 1864)
  • 2nd Kernstown (July 24, 1864)
  • Winchester (July 24, 1864)
  • Newton (August 11, 1864)
  • Winchester (August 17, 1864)
  • Sheperdstown (August 25, 1864)
  • 3rd Winchester (September 19, 1864)
  • Fisher's Hill (September 22, 1864)
  • Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
  • Petersburg Siege [from December 1864] (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Hatcher's Run (February 5-7, 1865)
  • Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865)
  • Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
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