Missouri - Confederate Army
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Brothers:
Colonel Jeremiah Cockrell
Brigadier General Francis Cockrell
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3rd Battalion, Missouri Infantry, Johnson County, Missouri
2nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry
3rd Battalion, Missouri Infantry
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.
2nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry
2nd (Burbridge's) Infantry Regiment [also called 1st Regiment] was
assembled at Springfield, Missouri, in January, 1862. Some of its
members were from Andrew and Greene counties. After fighting at Elkhorn
Tavern it was sent east of the Mississippi River and saw action at
Iuka,
Corinth,
and Hatchie
Bridge.
Later the unit was attached to Bowen's Brigade in the
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It participated in various
conflicts during the
Vicksburg siege.
In the Atlanta Campaign,
May 18 to September 5, the 2nd/6th reported 12 killed, 136 wounded, and
61 missing, and it sustained 84 casualties at
Allatoona.
Few surrendered in May, 1865. The field officers were Colonels John Q.
Burbridge, Francis M. Cockrell, and Peter Dwyer, Edward B. Hull, and
Pembroke S. Senteny; and Major William F. Carter.
Information compiled by David Vardiman from visiting Vicksburg in
April 2009 and
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