2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment

2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment
2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment
	Drawing of the 2nd Mississippi's battle flag, captured by Union troops at Gettysburg.
Active	1861–1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Mississippi
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run; Seven Days Battles; Second Battle of Bull Run; Battle of Antietam; Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of the Wilderness; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House; Battle of Cold Harbor; Siege of Petersburg;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	William Clark Falkner; John Marshall Stone

The 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The 2nd Regiment was composed of volunteer companies from North Mississippi which were sent to join the Confederate forces in Virginia in the spring of 1861. As part of the Army of Northern Virginia, the 2nd Regiment fought in many of the most decisive battles of the Eastern theater of the American Civil War, suffering heavy casualties at Antietam and Gettysburg.