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Category - Collectibles - Civil War - Collectibles - Western

Category
Collectibles - Civil War
Collectibles - Western

2nd Texas Infantry Confederate Flag.

Description:
Civil war Confederate 2ND TEXAS INFANTRY FLAG. Printed star and hand stitched letters. Second Texas Infantry, a Confederate regiment, was organized in Galveston in September 1861 by its first commander, Col. John Creed Moore. The regiment organized to protect the coast of Texas from northern invasion and was initially billeted at cotton warehoused in Galveston. It was oved to Camp Bee in Houston by December 1861 to complete training. The unit was composed of ten companies of volunteer militia, and the staff officers were Maj. Hall G. Runnels and Lt. Col. William P. Rogers. By March 1862 the regiment had been moved from Houston to Corinth, Mississippi, to become a part of the Army of the Mississippi, being organized by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. While in Mississippi, the Second Texas fought in a number of engagements and skirmishes, including the battle at Shiloh on April 6-7, 1862, for which the unit was cited for bravery by generals P.G.T. Beauregard and Dabney Maury.

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