CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
2nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry
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2nd Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Brunswick, Georgia, in June, 1861,
and moved to Virginia. Its companies were raised in the counties of Banks, Jackson, Muscogee,
Burke, Bibb, Marion, and Stewart. In April, 1862, the regiment had a force of 607 men and
during the war served in General Toombs' and Benning's Brigade. It fought with the Army of
Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, except when it was detached
with Longstreet at Suffolk, Chickamauga, and Knoxville. The
2nd was involved in the Petersburg siege south of the James River and various engagements around Appomattox. The seven companies that saw
action at Garnett's
lost forty-two percent of the 271 engaged, then reported 11 killed and 70 wounded at Malvern Hill. The unit lost thirty-four
percent of the 163 at Second
Manassas and twenty-eight percent of the 348 at Gettysburg. It sustained 66 casualties from
April 14, to May 6, and 25 from August 1 to December 31, 1864. There were 12 officers and
146 men present at the surrender. Its commanders were Colonels Edgar M. Butt and Paul J.
Semmes; Lieutenant Colonels Skidmore Harris, William T. Harris, William R. Holmes, and
William S. Shephard; and Majors William W. Charlton and Abner M. Lewis.
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