2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY:
- Organized with 11 companies on May 10, 1861.
- Reorganized on April 6;1862.
- First Commander: William C. Falkner (Colonel)
- Field Officers: John A. Blair (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
Bartley B. Boone (Lieutenant Colonel)
John H. Buchanan (Major)
David W. Humphreys (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
John M. Stone (Colonel)
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Harpers Ferry (May - June 1861)
- Bee's Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah (June - July 1861)
- Bee's - Whiting's Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac (July - October 1861 )
- Whiting's Brigade, Forces near Dumfries [Whiting's Command], 2nd Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia (October 1861 - March 1862)
- Whiting's Brigade, Whiting's Division, Army of Northern Virginia (March - June 1862)
- Whiting's Brigade, Whiting's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (June 1862)
- Whiting's Brigade, Whiting's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (June - July 1862)
- Whiting's - Law's Brigade, Whiting's - Hood's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (July - September 1862)
- Davis' Brigade, Unattached, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia (December 1862)
- Davis' Brigade, French's Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia (December 1862 - February 1863)
- Davis' Brigade, Department of Southern Virginia (May 1863)
- Davis' Brigade, Department of North Carolina (May 1863)
- Davis' Brigade, Heth's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (June 1863 - April 1865)
SERVICE:
- 1st Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
- Yorktown Siege (April-May 1862)
- Seven Pines (May 31-June 1, 1862)
- Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
- Gaines' Mill(June 27, 1862)
- Malvern Hill (July 1, l862)
- 2nd Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862)
- South Mountain (September 14, 1862)
- Antietam (September 17, 1862)
- Gettysburg (July 1-3, l863)
- Falling Waters (July 14, 1863)
- Bristoe Campaign (October 1863)
- Mine Run Campaign (November-December 1863)
- The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864)
- Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
- North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
- Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Weldon Railroad (August 18-22, 1864)
- Hatcher's Run (February 5-7, 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865) - Surrender
ADDITIONAL READING:
Hankins, Samuel W., "Simple Story of a Soldier."
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