2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry The 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 2nd Missouri Infantry was organized at St . Louis , Missouri and mustered in for three years on September 10 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Frederick Schaefer . It was built around a core of veteran troops from the 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry ( 3 months , 1861 ) which had fought at the battles of Battle of Boonville and Wilson ' s Creek . The regiment was attached to 5th Brigade , Army of Southwest Missouri , Department of Missouri , November 1861 to February 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of Southwest Missouri , to May 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Mississippi , to September 1862 . 35th Brigade , 11th Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1862 . 35th Brigade , 11th Division , III Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , Right Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XX Corps , to October 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , IV Corps , to October 1864 . Detailed service . Moved to Jefferson City , Mo . , September 1861 . Fremont ' s Campaign against Springfield , Mo . , October 4 - November 8 . Moved to Rolla , Mo . , November 8 , and duty there until February 1862 . Curtis ' Campaign against Price in Missouri and Arkansas February and March . Advance on Springfield , Mo . , February 2 – 11 . Pursuit of Price into Arkansas February 14 – 29 . Battles of Pea Ridge , Ark . , March 6 , 7 and 8 . March to Batesville April 5 - May 3 . Moved to Cape Girardeau , Mo . , May 11 – 22 ; thence to Pittsburg Landing , Tenn . , May 23 – 26 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , May 27 – 30 . Pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 6 . At Rienzi until August 26 . Moved to Cincinnati , Ohio , August 26 - September 4 ; thence to Louisville September 17 – 19 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 16 . Battle of Perryville , Ky . , October 8 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 16 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Reconnaissance to Mill Creek November 27 . Advance on Murfreesboro , Tenn . , December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . At Murfreesboro until June . Expedition toward Columbia March 4 – 14 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Fairfield June 27 and 29 . Estill Springs July 2 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Reconnaissance from Cowan to Anderson July 11 – 14 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . March to relief of Knoxville November 28 - December 8 . Campaign in eastern Tennessee December 1863 to February 1864 . Charlestown , Tenn . , December 28 , 1863 . About Dandridge January 16 – 17 , 1864 . Moved to Chattanooga , thence to Cleveland , Tenn . , and duty there until May . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton , Ga . , May 8 – 13 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Assigned to garrison duty at Dalton , Ga . , May 14 to September . Action at Dalton August 14 – 15 . The 2nd Missouri Infantry was mustered out of service on October 1 , 1864 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 188 men during service ; 6 officers and 85 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 94 enlisted men died of disease .