Second Battalion, Infantry (Florida — Confederate)
Military Units from Florida > Second Battalion, Infantry (Confederate)
Unit | Nickname | Previous Unit Name | Officers | NCOs and Enlisted Men | Total |
Field and Staff | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
Company A | 7 | 187 | 194 | ||
Company B | 6 | 122 | 128 | ||
Company C | 5 | 129 | 134 | ||
Company D | 6 | 141 | 147 | ||
Company E | 4 | 153 | 157 | ||
Company F | 4 | 117 | 121 | ||
Totals | 37 | 850 | 887 |
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The Second Infantry Battalion, formerly the Second Battalion Partisan Rangers, was organized during the summer of 1863 with five companies, later increased to six. Serving in Florida the unit fought at Olustee, then in June, 1864, four companies merged into the Tenth Florida Regiment and two into the Eleventh Florida Regiment. It was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel T.W. Brevard and Major John Westcott.