CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
2nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Robison's) (Walker Legion)
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2nd Infantry Regiment Provisional Army was organized in May, 1861, at Nashville, Tennessee,
and mustered into Confederate service at Lynchburg, Virginia. Its members were recruited in the
counties of Rutherford, Maury, Davidson, Bedford, Trousdale, Shelby, and Sumner. The unit
was assigned to J.G. Walker's and French's Brigade, fought at Aquia Creek
and First Manassas, then in
February, 1862, returned to Tennessee. Later it was attached to Cleburne's, L.E. Polk's, Tyler's,
and Palmer's Brigade. After fighting at Shiloh, Richmond, and Perryville, the regiment participated in
the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro
to Atlanta, then was
involved in Hood's Tennessee operations and the Battle of Bentonville. It lost thirty-seven
percent of the 300 at Richmond, had 4 killed and 59 wounded at Murfreesboro, and of the 264
engaged at Chickamauga,
more than sixty percent were disabled. The unit totalled 262 men and 146 arms in December,
1863, had 133 in action at Ringgold
Gap, but could muster only
65 after the Battle of Nashville.
Few surrendered on April
26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William B. Bate and William D. Robison; Lieutenant
Colonels John A. Butler, David L. Goodall, and William J. Hale; and Majors William R. Doak and
William T. Driver.
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