CONFEDERATE MISSOURI TROOPS
2nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry
- Overview:
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2nd (Burbridge's) Infantry Regiment [also called 1st Regiment] was assembled at
Springfield, Missouri, in January, 1862. Some of its members were from Andrew and Greene
counties. After fighting at Elkhorn Tavern it was sent east of the Mississippi River and saw action
at Iuka, Corinth, and Hatchie Bridge. Later the unit was
attached to Bowen's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It participated
in various conflicts during the Vicksburg siege. In the Atlanta Campaign, May 18 to September 5,
the 2nd/6th reported 12 killed, 136 wounded, and 61 missing, and it sustained 84 casualties at Allatoona. Few surrendered in May,
1865. The field officers were Colonels John Q. Burbridge, Francis M. Cockrell, and Peter Dwyer,
Edward B. Hull, and Pembroke S. Senteny; and Major William F. Carter.
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