2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment

2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
	Flag of Virginia, 1861
Active	May 1861 – Spring 1865
Disbanded	1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Virginia
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Regiment
Role	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run; Battle of Kernstown I; Battle of Cross Keys; Battle of Port Republic; Battle of Gaines Mill; Second Battle of Bull Run; Battle of Fredericksburg; Battle of Gettysburg;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Colonel J.Q.A. Nadenbousch

The 2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in today's western Virginia and what became West Virginia during the American Civil War for service in the Confederate States Army. It would combine with the 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia infantry regiments and the Rockbridge Artillery Battery and fight as part of what became known as the Stonewall Brigade, mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.

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