CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
2nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Walker's)
- Overview:
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2nd Infantry Regiment Volunteers [also called the Irish Regiment] was comprised of men from
Memphis, Tennessee, and completed its organization at that city in May, 1861. In July totalling
541 effectives, it moved to Fort Pillow. It reported 18 killed, 64 wounded, and 33 missing at Belmont
and suffered heavy casualties at Shiloh. Later the unit was
consolidated into four companies and merged into Smith's 5th Confederate Infantry Regiment. Its
commanders were Colonel J. Knox Walker, and Lieutenant Colonels James A. Ashford, William
B. Ross, and James A. Smith.
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