Tennessee 2nd Infantry (Confederate)
06/05/1861
Organized - Tennessee 2nd Infantry - Tennessee
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel J. Knox Walker
ColonelJ. Knox Walker
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson, and Colonel Preston Smith
Brigadier GeneralBushrod R. Johnson
ColonelPreston Smith
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Preston Smith
ColonelPreston Smith
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Benjamin F. Cheatham
Brigadier GeneralBenjamin F. Cheatham
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson
Brigadier GeneralBushrod R. Johnson
06/04/1862
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
30/08/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Charles W. Moore, and Lieutenant Colonel John A. Butler
CaptainCharles W. Moore
Lieutenant ColonelJohn A. Butler
30/08/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Benjamin J. Hill
ColonelBenjamin J. Hill
30/08/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel John A. Butler
Lieutenant ColonelJohn A. Butler
30/08/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
Brigadier GeneralPatrick Ronayne Cleburne
30/08/1862
Battle - Richmond, Kentucky - Madison County, Kentucky
In Maj. Gen. Kirby Smith's 1862 Confederate offensive into Kentucky, Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne led the advance with Col. John S. Scott's cavalry out in front. The Rebel cavalry, while moving north from Big Hill on the road to Richmond, Kentucky, encountered Union troopers on August 29th and began skirmishing. After noon, Union artillery and infantry joined the fray, forcing the Confederate cavalry to retreat to Big Hill. At that time, Brig. Gen. Mahlon D. Manson, who commanded Union forces in the area…READ MORE
08/10/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Charles P. Moore
CaptainCharles P. Moore
08/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
Brigadier GeneralPatrick Ronayne Cleburne
08/10/1862
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William D. Robison
ColonelWilliam D. Robison
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Lucius E. Polk
Brigadier GeneralLucius E. Polk
31/12/1862
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
19/09/1863
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
20/07/1864
Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia
Weary of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's pattern of retreat through northwest Georgia in the face of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's advancing armies, President Jefferson Davis removed him from command of the Army of Tennessee, replacing him with Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood. On July 20th, Hood determined to take the fight to the enemy by setting upon an isolated portion of Sherman's forces in front of Atlanta. Hood's target would be the Union corps of Maj. Gens. Oliver O. Howard and Joseph Hooker from Maj. Gen. Geo…READ MORE
31/08/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas Benton Smith
Brigadier GeneralThomas Benton Smith
31/08/1864
Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia
By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE
30/11/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas B. Smith
Brigadier GeneralThomas B. Smith
30/11/1864
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
09/04/1865
Mustered Out - Tennessee 2nd Infantry - Tennessee
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