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The 2nd Regiment, Texas Infantry was an infantry regiment from Texas that served with Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. The regiment was organized by the then Captain John Creed Moore who would become the regiment's 1st Colonel. Many of the men were from Houston and Galveston. [1]
William Peleg Rogers (December 17, 1819 – October 4, 1862) was a Texan lawyer and political activist and a Confederate army officer.. After service in the Mexican War, he strongly supported the cause of secession from the Union, and became colonel of the 2nd Texas Infantry Regiment, Confederate States Army, at the outset of the Civil War.
2nd Texas Infantry Regiment: Ashbel Smith: Victory April–May 1863 Siege of Suffolk: 1st Texas Infantry Regiment: Phillip A. Work: Inconclusive May 1863 Battle of Raymond: 7th Texas Infantry Regiment: Hiram B. Granbury: Loss May 1863 Battle of Jackson: 7th Texas Infantry Regiment: Hiram B. Granbury: Loss May–July 1863 Siege of Vicksburg: 2nd ...
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Shiloh of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle. [1] [2] Confederate Army of the Mississippi as organized during the Battle of Shiloh
The 2nd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army that has served for more than two hundred years. It was constituted on 12 April 1808 as the 6th Infantry and consolidated with 4 other regiments in 1815 to form the present unit.
While commanding Company C at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, Smith received a severe arm injury and was cited for gallantry, along with the rest of his company. For his bravery, Smith was brevetted a Colonel and was given command of the 2nd Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
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Flag of Waul's Legion. Waul's Legion was a combined arms force from Texas that fought for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.Raised in the spring of 1862 at the Glenblythe Plantation near Gay Hill, Washington County, Texas by Brigadier General Thomas Neville Waul, the legion originally consisted of twelve infantry companies, six cavalry companies, and a six-gun ...