Served in Company D, 2nd Inf., Arkansas as Pvt
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Unit Details:
2nd Infantry Regiment, assembled during the summer of 1861, contained men from Hempstead,
Washington, Sebastian, and Crawford counties. The unit was ordered east of the Mississippi
River and fought in the Battles of Shiloh, Corinth, and Perryville. It then was assigned to
Liddell's and Govan's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. In September, 1863, the 2nd was united with
the 15th (Cleburne's-Polk's-Josey's) Regiment, and in December, the 24th joined the
consolidated unit. It participated in the many campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to
Atlanta, moved from Hood into Tennessee, and ended the war in North Carolina. This regiment
was organized with 742 officers and men, and lost 15 killed, 94 wounded, and 9 missing at Murfreesboro. The 2nd/15th/24th
totalled 295 men and 202 arms in December, 1863. At the Battle of Atlanta only the 2nd and 24th were united
and this command sustained 130 casualties. Few surrendered in April, 1865. Its commanders
were Colonels Daniel C. Govan, T. C. Hindman, J. W. Scaife, and E. Warfield; Lieutenant
Colonels Jos. W. Bocage, E. G. Brasher, R. F. Harvey, and Charles Patterson; and Major A. T.
Meek.