2nd Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• April 18, 1861- Organized at Charlestown from the 2nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers (Militia) (organized on June 8, 1860 from the companies of the 55th Militia regiment)
• April 19, 1861 - Seizure of Harpers Ferry
• May 11-13, 1861 - Mustered into Virginia State service by company
• June 1, 1861 - Designated 2nd Virginia Infantry
• July 1, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate service
• July 2, 1861 - Action at Falling Waters, West Virginia
• July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
• January 1862 - Romney Campaign
• March 23, 1862 - Kernstown
• May 8, 1862 - McDowell (not engaged)
• May 23, 1862 - Front Royal (not engaged)
• May 25, 1862 - 1st Winchester
• June 9, 1862 - Port Republic
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
• June 30, 1862 - White Oak Swamp
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• August 9, 1862 - Cedar Mountain
• August 28, 1862 - Engagement at Gainesville, Virginia
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 1, 1862 - Chantilly (in reserve)
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• October 17, 1862 - Kearnyville
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• June 14-15, 1863 - 2nd Winchester
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• November 5, 1863 - Bealton
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• February 10, 1864 - Morton's Ford
• May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• May 30, 1864 - Bethesda Church
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
• July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
• July 18, 1864 - Snicker's Ferry
• July 24, 1864 - 2nd Kernstown
• July 24, 1864 - Winchester
• August 11, 1864 - Newton
• August 17, 1864 - Winchester
• August 25, 1864 - Shepherdstown
• September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
• September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
• October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
• March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• May 1864-April 1865 - Field consolidation with:
  • 4th Virginia Infantry
  • 5th Virginia Infantry
  • 27th Virginia Infantry
  • 33rd Virginia Infantry
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of the Shenandoah / 1st Brigade (June-July 1861)
• Army of the Potomac / 2nd Corps / 1st Brigade (July-October 1861)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 2nd Corps / Stonewall Brigade (October-November 1861)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Stonewall Brigade (November 1861-March 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Jackson's Division / Stonewall Brigade (May-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Jackson's/Johnson's Division / Stonewall Brigade (June 1862-May 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Gordon's Division / Terry's Consolidated Brigade (May-June 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Gordon's Division / Terry's Consolidated Brigade (June-December 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Gordon's Division / Terry's Consolidated Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: James W. Allen (Colonel)
• Lawson Botts (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Raleigh T. Colston (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Francis B. Jones (Major)
• Francis Lackland (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Edwin L. Moore (Major)
• John Q.A. Nadenbousch (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William W. Randolph (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Charles R. Stewart (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Frye, Dennis E. 2nd Virginia Infantry
• Robertson, James I., The Stonewall Brigade
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 159-161)