Texas 2nd Infantry (Confederate)
6/04/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
29/04/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John C. Moore
Brigadier GeneralJohn C. Moore
29/04/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Dabney H. Maury
Brigadier GeneralDabney H. Maury
29/04/62
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
3/10/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William P. Rogers
ColonelWilliam P. Rogers
3/10/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William P. Rogers
ColonelWilliam P. Rogers
3/10/62
Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE
18/05/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Ashbel Smith
ColonelAshbel Smith
18/05/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John H. Forney
Major GeneralJohn H. Forney
18/05/63
Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi
In mid-May, 1863, after six months of unsuccessful attempts, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee finally converged on Vicksburg, defended by a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton. Capture of the Mississippi River town was critical to Union control of the strategic river. Vicksburg was located on a high river bluff defended with artillery, and Pemberton's men had constructed a series of fortifications in an 8-mile arc surrounding the city on the landward side. After crossing the…READ MORE
26/05/65
Mustered Out - Texas 2nd Infantry - Texas
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