Historical Sketch and Roster of the Tennessee 2nd Infantry Regiment (Walker's)

Download or read book Historical Sketch and Roster of the Tennessee 2nd Infantry Regiment (Walker's) written by John C. Rigdon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tennessee 2nd Infantry Regiment Volunteers [also called the Irish Regiment] was comprised of men from Memphis, Tennessee, and completed its organization at that city in May, 1861. In July totaling 541 effectives, it moved to Fort Pillow. It reported 18 killed, 64 wounded, and 33 missing at Belmont and suffered heavy casualties at Shiloh. Later the unit was consolidated into four companies and merged into Smith's 5th Confederate Infantry Regiment.