CONFEDERATE KENTUCKY TROOPS
2nd Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry
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2nd Infantry Regiment was organized in August, 1861, at Camp Boone, Tennessee, and
became part of the Orphan Brigade or Louisville Legion. The men were from the counties of
Hickman, Fayette, Bullitt, Jefferson, Graves, Franklin, Harrison, Scott, Owen, Bourbon, and
Anderson. In October the unit contained 832 men and in the fight at Fort Donelson its force of 618 was
captured. After being exchanged, it saw action at Shiloh and later was assigned to
Hanson's, Helm's, and J.H. Lewis' Brigade. The 2nd was involved in the Battles of
Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, then participated in the Atlanta Campaign. During the fall of
1864 the unit served as mounted infantry and took part in the defense of Savannah and the
campaign of the Carolinas. It reported 13 killed, 70 wounded, and 21 missing at Murfreesboro, lost fifty-two percent
of the 302 engaged at
Chickamauga, and totalled 293 men and 214 arms in December, 1863. On April 26, 1865, it
surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Colonels Roger W. Hanson,
James M. Hawes, Robert A. Johnston, and James W. Moss; Lieutenant Colonels James W. Hewitt
and Philip Lee; and Majors William P. Johnston and Harvey McDowell.
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