2nd Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry The 2nd Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 2nd Tennessee Infantry was organized at Camp Dick Robinson in Garrard County , Kentucky and at Somerset , Kentucky and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 28 , 1861 . The regiment was attached to George H . Thomas ' Command , Army of the Ohio , to November 1861 . 12th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 12th Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to February 1862 . 24th Brigade , 7th Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1862 . 3rd Brigade , District of West Virginia , Department of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XIV Corps , to April 1863 . 2nd Brigade , District of Central Kentucky , Department of the Ohio , to June 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XXIII Corps , Department of the Ohio , to August 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to November 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Cavalry Corps , Department of the Ohio , to April 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , XXIII Corps , to February 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , District of East Tennessee , to August 1865 . The 2nd Tennessee Infantry mustered out of service on August 3 , 1865 . Detailed service . Duty at Camp Dick Robinson , Ky . , until January 1862 . Battle of Logan ' s Cross Roads January 19 . At London and covering Cumberland Gap until March . Skirmishes at Big Creek Gap and Jacksborough March 14 ( Company B ) . Reconnaissance to Cumberland Gap and skirmish March 21 – 23 . Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28 - June 18 . Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 - September 17 . Tazewell July 22 . Skirmish near Cumberland Gap August 27 . Operations at Rogers and Big Creek Gaps September 10 . Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to Greenupsburg , Ky . , September 17 - October 3 . Operations in Kanawha Valley , W . Va . , until November . Ordered to Louisville , Ky . , Cincinnati , Ohio , and thence to Nashville , Tenn . Duty there until January 1863 . Guard trains from Nashville to Murfreesboro , Tenn . , January 2 – 3 . Cox ' s or Blood ' s Hill January 3 . Ordered to Lexington , Ky . , March 11 . Duty in District of Central Kentucky until August . At Somerset , Ky . , May . Liberty May 25 . Pursuit of Morgan July . Operations in eastern Kentucky against Scott July 25 - August 6 . Burnside ' s Campaign in eastern Tennessee August 1863 to February 1864 . Winter ' s Gap August 31 , 1863 . Expedition to Cumberland Gap September 4 – 9 . Tazewell September 5 . Capture of Cumberland Gap September 9 . Carter ' s Station September 20 , 21 and 22 . Zollicoffer September 20 – 21 and September 24 . Jonesboro September 21 and 28 . Blue Springs October 5 – 10 . Sweetwater October 10 – 11 . Pursuit to Bristol October 11 – 17 . Blountsville October 13 – 14 . Bristol October 15 . Knoxville Campaign November 4 - December 23 . Near London and Stock Creek November 15 . Marysville November 15 . Lenoir Station November 15 . Campbell ' s Station November 16 . Defense of Cumberland Gap during siege of Knoxville November 17 - December 5 . Walker ' s Ford , Clinch River , December 5 . Rutledge December 7 . Clinch Mountain December 9 . Moresburg December 10 . Morristown December 10 . Cheex ' s Cross Roads December 12 . Russellville December 12 – 13 . Bean ' s Station December 14 . Rutledge December 16 . Blain ' s Cross Roads December 16 – 19 . New Market December 25 . Operations about Dandridge and Mossy Creek December 24 – 28 . Mossy Creek December 26 . Talbot ' s Station December 29 . Shoal Creek , Ala . , January 14 , 1864 . Operations about Dandridge January 16 – 17 . Kimbrough ' s Cross Roads January 16 . Dandridge January 17 . Operations about Dandridge January 26 . Fair Garden January 27 . Duty at Knoxville and London until August 1864 . Operations against Wheeler in eastern Tennessee August 15 – 31 . Duty at Knoxville and in eastern Tennessee until March 1865 . Ordered to Cumberland Gap March 16 , and duty there until August . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 640 men during service ; 3 officers and 24 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 4 officers and 609 enlisted men died of disease .