CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
2nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
- Overview:
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2nd Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Corinth, Mississippi, in April, 1861,
with men from Tishomingo, Tippah, Itawamba, and Pontotoc counties. Ordered to Harper's
Ferry, Virginia, it was there mustered into Confederate service with 784 officers and men. During
the war it was assigned to General Whiting's, Law's, and J.R. Davis' Brigade, Army of Northern
Virginia. After fighting at First
Manassas, the regiment served with the army from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor, except when it was detached
to Suffolk with Longstreet. It
saw action in the Petersburg
siege south of the James River and in numerous conflicts around Appomattox. The 2nd reported 25 killed
and 82 wounded at First Manassas and totalled 477 men in April, 1862. It sustained 111
casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, 97 at Second Manassas, and 154 in the Maryland
Campaign. Of the 492 engaged at Gettysburg, more than forty-five percent
were disabled. Only 1 officer and 19 men surrendered. The field officers were Colonels William
C. Falkner and John M. Stone; Lieutenant Colonels John A. Blair, Bartley B. Boone, and D.W.
Humphreys; and Major John H. Buchanan.
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