2nd Florida Infantry

2nd Florida Infantry

Active	July 1861 – April 10, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Army Corps
Role	infantry tactics trench warfare
Part of	Army of Northern Virginia
Engagements	American Civil War
Commanders
Notable commanders	George Taliafero Ward Edward A. Perry

An integral part of the 2nd Florida Regiment, the 2nd Florida was organized in April and July 1861 and mustered into Confederate service for 12 months near Jacksonville, Florida on July 13, 1861. It was reorganized on May 11, 1862.

Assignments for the 2nd were:

Unattached.
Army of the Peninsula, September 1861.
Gen. Gabriel Rains' division, Army of the Peninsula, December 1861-April 1862.
Ward's Command, Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill's division, Department of Northern Virginia, April-May 1862.
Gen. John Garland's Brigade, Daniel H. Hill's Division, Department of Northern Virginia, May-June 1862.
Gen. Atkinson Pryor's brigade, Gen. James Longstreet's 1st Division, Army of Northern Virginia, June-July 1862.
Gen. Atkinson Pryor's brigade, James Longstreet's 1st Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (July- September 1862.
Gen. Atkinson Pryor's and Gen. Edward A. Perry's brigade, Gen. R. H. Anderson's division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, September 1862 - May 1863.
Gen. Atkinson Pryor's and Gen. Joseph Finegan's brigade, Gen. Richard Anderson's and Gen. William Mahone's Division, Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, May 1863-April 1865.

Officers of the 2nd Infantry Regiment
Rank	Name

Colonel	George Taliafero Ward (Leon Co.)
Colonel	Edward A. Perry (Escambia Co.)
Lt. Col.	Samuel St. George Rogers (Marion Co.)
Major	William T. Ballantine
Major	George W. Call (Madison Co.)
Major	Walter R. Moore (Columbia Co.)
Major	Lewis G. Pyles (Alachua Co.)

Engagements and Battles

Yorktown Siege, April—May 1862.
Battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862.
Battle of Seven Pines, May 31—June. 1, 1862.
Seven Days Battles, June 25—July 1, 1862.
Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, June 26, 1862. Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862.
Battle of Glendale (Frayser's Farm), June 30, 1862.
Battle of 2nd Bull Run, August 28—30, 1862.
Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862.
Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.
Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1—4, 1863.
Battle of Gettysburg, July 1—3, 1863.
Bristoe Campaign, October 1863.
Mine Run Campaign, November—December. 1863.
The Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 8—21, 1864.
Battle of North Anna, May 22—26, 1864.
Battle of Cold Harbor, June 1—3, 1864.
Petersburg Siege, June 1864—April 1865.
Weldon Railroad, June 23, 1864.
Ream's Station, June 30, 1864.
Battle of Globe Tavern, August 21, 1864.
Battle of Belfield, December 9, 1864.
Battle of Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Farmville, April 7, 1865.
Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865.

References

Civil War Florida: 2nd Florida