2nd Texas Infantry
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- Also referred to as the 2nd Texas Sharpshooters
- Late 1861 - Organized at Galveston
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- May 9, 1862 - Farmington
- September 19, 1862 - Iuka
- October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
- October 5, 1862 - Hatchie
- December 27-29, 1862 - Chickasaw Bayou
- March 11-April 5, 1863 - Fort Pemberton
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May 16, 1863 - Champion's Hill
- May 17, 1863 - Big Black River Bridge
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- July 4, 1863 - Regiment surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- Paroled here later this month
- September 12, 1863 - Regiment declared exchanged
- Fall 1863 - Reorganized in Texas
- March-May 1864 - Red River Campaign
- April 8, 1864 - Mansfield
- April 9, 1864 - Pleasant Hill
- May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department
DESIGNATIONS
- Department of Texas (December 1861-February 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Withers' Division / Jackson's Brigade (March-May 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles' Division / Fagan's/Moore's Brigade (May-June 1862)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / Army of the West / Maury's Division / Moore's Brigade (June-August 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Moore's Brigade (September-October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Moore's Brigade (October-December 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of North Mississippi / Price's Corps / Maury's Division / Moore's Brigade (December 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Maury's/Forney's Division / Moore's Brigade (December 1862-April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Forney's Division / Moore's Brigade (April-July 1863)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Eastern Sub-District / Luckett's/Waul's Brigade (November-December 1863)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Slaughter's Division (or Eastern Sub-District) / Waul's Brigade (December 1863-January 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / Eastern Sub-District (January-February 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Louisiana / Walker's Division / Waul's Brigade (March-April 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Walker's Division / Waul's Brigade (April 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona / 1st Sub-District (Hawes') (March-September 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / 3rd Corps / 2nd (Hébert's) Texas Division (September 1864-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: John C. Moore (Colonel)
- Xavier Blanchard Debray (Major)
- George L.W. Fry (Major)
- Noble L. McGinnis (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- William P. Rogers (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Hal G. Runnels (Major)
- Ashbel Smith (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- William C. Timmons (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- J.F. Ward (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Notes
Sources
- Chance, Joseph E., The Second Texas Infantry: From Shiloh to Vicksburg
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Texas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 108-110)