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Company B
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Private Bishop,
Vardeman
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Private M.B.
Vardeman
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Private
B.M.Vardaman
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Private J.E.
Vardeman
2nd Regiment,
Georgia Infantry
completed its
organization at Brunswick, Georgia, in June, 1861, and moved to
Virginia. Its companies were raised in the counties of Banks, Jackson,
Muscogee, Burke, Bibb, Marion, and Stewart. In April, 1862, the regiment
had a force of 607 men and during the war served in General Toombs' and
Benning's Brigade. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from the
Seven Days' Battles to
Cold Harbor,
exept when it was detached with Longstreet at
Suffolk,
Chickamauga,
and Knoxville. The 2nd was involved in the
Petersburg
siege south of the James River and various engagements around
Appomattox.
The seven companies that saw action at
Garnett's
lost forty-two percent of the 271 engaged, then reported 11 killed and
70 wounded at
Malvern Hill.
The unit lost thirty-four percent of the 163 at
Second Manassas
and twenty-eight percent of the 348 at
Gettysburg.
It sustained 66 casualties from April 14, to May 6, and 25 from August 1
to December 31, 1864. There were 12 officers and 146 men present at the
surrender. Its commanders were Colonels Edgar M. Butt and Paul J.
Semmes; Lieutenant Colonels Skidmore Harris, William T. Harris, William
R. Holmes, and William S. Shephard; and Majors William W. Charlton and
Abner M. Lewis.
Information compiled by David Vardiman
from the
National Park Service's
Sailors and Soldiers surname search database and
Jack Vardaman's narrative. |
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