When war broke out with Mexico in 1846, the 2nd Infantry Regiment was sent to Camargo, Mexico and joined General David E. Twiggs' Brigade. (WD GO 68, 1945), Company E entitled to: Fr CdeG with Palm embroidered SANRY SUR NIED. On 30 April 1966 in a sweep through the village of Lo Go, the 1st Battalion was engaged in heavy fighting and captured a large quantity of black cloth. On 17 June 1988 the 2nd Battalion was inactivated and then in August 1988 was activated with the reflagging of the 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry, still with the 9th Division. The 2nd Infantry losses in the battle were 4 killed and 4 wounded while the British suffered 32 killed and 40 wounded and the loss of one ship. The four are listed as "body not recovered, Casualty Type: Hostile, died while missing". Capt Emile Bussolati. "Ramrod returns home to 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry". [3] The new force was reformed and trained at the United States' first basic training facility at Legionville in Pennsylvania during the winter of 1792-93. Battle groups were redesignated as infantry battalions, Honest Johns and Davy Crocketts disappeared while the requirements for nine infantry battalions arose. In early April 1970 an honor guard returned the 1st and 2nd Battalion's colors to Fort Riley, Kansas and on 15 April, the 2nd Battalion was inactivated. In 1886 it moved to Fort Omaha, Nebraska to help fight the Sioux. Lieutenants Villard, Sturgis, Conway, H. Saunders, T. R. Saunders, Brooks, Davis and C. Saunders, were all mentioned by General Andrew Jackson in dispatches.[4]:415. Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Louisiana. Three soldiers were killed and twelve wounded between 4 November 1900 and 10 February 1902. The regiment was transferred to the newly-formed 2nd Louisiana Brigade with the, The regiment, with Starke’s Louisiana Brigade, was transferred to. Colonel De Russy resigned, supposedly after having met his pro-Union brother near Ft. Monroe. So, the 2nd Battalion changed over from 17 July-31 December 1966. On 4 September 2008 Company C, 2nd Battalion suffered its first casualties when a Humvee was hit by an IED and a follow on enemy attack. Thus the chronicles of the original Second Infantry came to an end. The brigade helped cut off the retreat of Union General Milroy’s army from Winchester, turning it into a rout and completely destroying his command. Of these, 218 were killed or died of their wounds, 181 died of sickness, 4 died in accidents, 88 were known to have deserted and 4 took the Oath of Allegiance. In 1939 prior to World War II, the 2nd Infantry Regiment was assigned to the 5th Infantry Division. Contact with the enemy was almost daily. In February 1906 the regiment was redeployed to the Philippines and remained there until returning to the United States in March 1908. The regiment suffered 22 dead and 50 wounded during their campaign in Cuba. The regiment was to be made up as follows: a lieutenant colonel commandant, two majors, eight captains, eight lieutenants, eight ensigns, one surgeon, two surgeon's mates, and eight companies of about 100 men each. In February 1962 the 1st Battalion was activated and assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 5th Infantry Division. The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ross E. Burke and brought 236 men to the field. The 2nd Infantry Regiment United State Colored Troops Living History Association was established in partnership with the John G. Riley Center and Museum of African American History and Culture and the Natural Bridge Historical Society to represent the 2nd and 99th Regiments of the United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) On the same day, in a separate attack by the Sioux Indians, three soldiers from the regiment were wounded. (DA GO 43, 1950), Company H 1st Section, 3rd Platoon entitled to: DUC embroidered SANRY SUR NIED. In May 1991 the 2nd Battalion was inactivated and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division. Part of the regiment was driven from its rifle pits, and Companies A and C launched a bayonet charge to retake them. Between March 1791 and May 1792 all recruits passed through New Brunswick Recruit Barracks in New Jersey for outfitting and then on to Fort Pitt. Captain Ross E. Burke of Company A was promoted to major. The 2nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment was organized in New Orleans in May of 1861 and fought through the war until it was surrendered at Appomattox Court House in April of 1865. Before resigning he appointed John Toomy as the first sergeant major of the regiment. From Fort Pitt the regiment moved down the Ohio River by barge to Fort Washington (Cincinnati) in the Northwest Territory, where Governor Arthur St. Clair had established his headquarters.