2nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Robison's) (Walker Legion) (Confederate)

This regiment was organized in Nashville, Tennessee on May 6, 1861, and mustered into Confederate service on May 12, 1861 at Lynchburg, Virginia. William B. Bate was elected as its first colonel and after his promotion to brigadier general in 1862, Rutherford County native, William D. Robison, became its colonel. The regiment received its baptism of fire at Aquia Creek, Virginia on June 1, 1861. The regiment was present at the Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, but was not engaged in the battle, although it did come under fire later in the engagement. On February 9, 1862, the regiment was transferred to the Western Theatre and served with the Army of Tennessee until the surrender of the army on April 26, 1865, at Durham, North Carolina. It took part in the Battles of Shiloh, Richmond (Ky), Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Resaca, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Jonesboro, Franklin, Nashville, and Bentonville. The regiment served in General Patrick R. Cleburne's brigade and later his division, after he was promoted to major general. During the Atlanta campaign, the regiment was transferred to General Robert C. Tyler's brigade of General Bate's division, once again serving under its former colonel. At the final reorganization of Johnston's army on April 9, 1865, the regiment was consolidated with the Eighteenth, Twentieth, Forty-Fifth, and other Tennessee regiments to form the Fourth Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA. Two companies of the Second Tennessee Regiment were formed in Rutherford County. Company A was formed in Murfreesboro in 1861 of men from that town and other areas of the county. Company F was formed at Millersburg from men who primarily lived in the southern section of the county and a few from the northern part of Bedford County..

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Colonel W B Bate, commanding the 2nd Tennessee Infantry

Confederate States Army

COLONEL W B BATE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL D L GOODALL
MAJOR W R DOAK
Company A: CAPT. S N WHITECompany B: CAPT. J G ANDERSONCompany C Cumberland Rifles: CAPT. H J CHANEYThe company was consolidated with Company G, on 1 September, 1863.Company D: CAPT. H RUTHERFORDCompany E Carolina Greys: CAPT. C W HUNTCompany F: CAPT. T D WHITECompany G: CAPT. J H ERTHMANThe company was consolidated with Company C, on 1 September, 1863.Company H: CAPT. J DENNISTONCompany I: CAPT. J P TYRECompany J: CAPT. H BATE

Stephen N White