2nd Kentucky Infantry
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- July 13, 1861 - Organized at Camp Boone, Montgomery County, Tennessee
- July 16, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate States service at Camp Boone, Montgomery County, Tennessee
- February 12-16, 1862 - Fort Donelson
- February 16, 1862 - Surrendered
- August 5, 1862 - Exchanged
- December 7, 1862 - Hartsville
- December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
- September 19-20, 1863 - Chickamauga
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- May-September 1864 - Atlanta Campaign
- May 5-11, 1864 - Rocky Face Ridge
- May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
- May 15-18, 1864 - Adairsville
- May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
- June 25-27, 1864 - Dallas
- June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
- July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
- July-September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
- August 5-7, 1864 - Utoy Creek
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
- September 4, 1864 - Unit mounted at Barnesville, Georgia
- November-December 1864 - Savannah Campaign
- February-April 1875 - Carolinas Campaign
- May 6, 1865 - Surrendered at Washington, Georgia
DESIGNATIONS
- September-October 1861 - Department #2 / Central Geographical Division of Kentucky
- October 1861-February 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Buckner's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- February 1862 - Department #2 / Fort Donelson / Buckner's Division / Baldwin's Brigade
- October-November 1862 - Department #2 / Army of Middle Tennessee / Kentucky Brigade
- November-December 1862 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- December 1862-May 1863 - Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- May-July 1863 - Department of the West / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- July-August 1863 - Department of the West / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- August 1863-February 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- February-September 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Bate's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- September 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Kentucky Brigade
- September-November 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Iverson's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- November 1864-February 1865 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Iverson's/Young's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- February-April 1865 - Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes'/Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- April 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
- April-May 1865 - President Davis' Escort / Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: James M. Hawes (Colonel)
- Roger W. Hanson (Colonel)
- James W. Hewitt (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Robert A. Johnson (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- William P. Johnston (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Philip L. Lee (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Hervey McDowell (Major)
- James W. Moss (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Davis, William C., The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 33-34)
- Thompson, Edward Porter, History of the First Kentucky Brigade