Florida 2nd Infantry Battalion, Company K (Confederate)

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Company mustered in on August 14th, 1862. Company mustered out of service on April 9th, 1865.

Notable Battles:

Williamsburg fought on May 5th, 1862 near Williamsburg, Virginia (3 wounded, 0 died, 3 imprisoned)
Seven Pines fought on May 31st, 1862 near Seven Pines, Virginia (13 wounded, 3 died, 0 imprisoned)
Gaines' Mill fought on June 27th, 1862 near Gaines' Mill, Virginia (3 wounded, 0 died, 1 imprisoned)
Antietam fought on September 17th, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland (2 wounded, 0 died, 2 imprisoned)
Gettysburg fought on July 2nd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (5 wounded, 1 died, 4 imprisoned)
Wilderness fought on May 6th, 1864 near Wilderness, Virginia (2 wounded, 0 died, 2 imprisoned)

Facts about this Company:

Number of Soldiers: 118
First Enlistment Place: Fernda
First Enlistment Date: 1861-05-15 (1 soldier)
Most Common Enlistment Place: Fernandina, Florida (65 soldiers)
Most Common Enlistment Date: 1861-07-08 (84 soldiers)
Youngest Soldier at Enlistment: 16 -- Walker, James J (Guidon)
Oldest Soldier at Enlistment: 55 -- Murphy, P
Average Age at Enlistment: 25.1 years old
Median Age at Enlistment: 22.0 years old
Wounded In Regiment: 36 (29%)
Prisoner Of War While In Regiment: 18 (14%)
Soldiers That Died While In Regiment: 30 (24%)
Soldiers That Died While In War: 29 (23%)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Armstrong, James A. (#^%Fourth Sergeant, August 1862 - November 1862; Second Sergeant/Third Sergeant, November 1862 - February 1864; Sergeant Major, February 1864 - June 1864)
Arnold, George C (#^%Fourth Corporal/Corporal, January 1863 - December 1863)
Blanchard, Charles W. (Sergeant, July 1861 - September 1861; First Sergeant, September 1861 - May 1862; First Sergeant, May 1862 - June 1862)
Bowden, James F (Corporal, July 1861 - November 1861)
Burkett, John H. (#%Third Corporal, May 1862 - June 1863; Corporal, June 1863 - July 1863)
Butler, C A (Second Lieutenant, July 1861 - May 1862; Captain, May 1862 - May 1862)
Butler, L M (First Sergeant, July 1861 - August 1861; First Lieutenant/First Sergeant, August 1861 - September 1861)
Butler, W.B. (%Second Lieutenant, May 1862 - October 1862; First Lieutenant/First Lieutenant/regimental Adjutant, October 1862 - May 1863)
Call, George W. (%Captain, July 1861 - May 1862; Major, May 1862 - May 1862)
Cooper, Merian R (^Third Corporal, November 1861 - July 1862)
Curtis, F.O.S. (Musician, December 1861 - September 1864)
Fleming, Francis Philip (Quatermaster Sergeant/Quartermaster Sergeant, November 1862 - August 1863)
Floyd, Samuel Augustus (Fourth Corporal, November 1861 - July 1862; Second Corporal/Corporal, July 1862 - September 1862)
Fountain, David (Musician, July 1861 - December 1861)
Gibbs, George C (#^Colonel, April 1862 - May 1862; Fourth Sergeant, May 1862 - February 1863; Third Sergeant, February 1863 - August 1863; Major/Quatermaster Sergeant, August 1863 - January 1864)
Givens, Thomas Wilkes (Quatermaster Sergeant, July 1861 - 1862; Second Lieutenant, 1862 - October 1862)
Gould, John D. (Fifth Sergeant, January 1863 - February 1864; Fourth Sergeant, February 1864 - May 1864; Third Sergeant, May 1864 - November 1864; First Sergeant/Sergeant, November 1864 - April 1865)
Grovenstine, Henry Christopher (^Corporal/First Sergeant, January 1863 - April 1864)
Harrison, Ephraim (#^Sergeant Major, July 1861 - July 1861; Fourth Corporal, July 1861 - December 1861; Corporal, December 1861 - May 1862; Fifth Sergeant, May 1862 - November 1862; Fourth Sergeant, November 1862 - February 1864; Third Sergeant/Adjutant, February 1864 - April 1865)
Harville, Samuel R (^Sergeant, ? - July 1861; Fourth Sergeant, July 1861 - September 1861; Third Sergeant, September 1861 - November 1861; Second Sergeant, November 1861 - November 1862; First Sergeant, November 1862 - December 1864)
Johnson, W C (^First Sergeant, July 1861 - April 1865)
Koerner, P.W.O. (Sergeant, July 1861 - November 1861; First Lieutenant Engineer, 1862 - February 1862)
O'Neill, John B. G. (^Third Corporal, July 1861 - November 1861; Fifth Sergeant, November 1861 - May 1862; First Lieutenant, May 1862 - October 1862; Captain, October 1862 - April 1865)
Pacetti, Lewis (#^Second Lieutenant, October 1862 - ?)
Philips, W.N. (Musician, March 1863 - February 1864)
Reddick, Peter (#^%Corporal, July 1861 - July 1863)
Reed, H C (Corporal, May 1862 - July 1862)
Roux, Edwin Theodore (Second Lieutenant, July 1861 - October 1861)
Russell, Richard R (Corporal, July 1861 - November 1861)
Stewart, George A (Sergeant, July 1861 - July 1861)
Stewart, Henry G (Captain, June 1861 - July 1861)
Tucker, William James (Captain/Second Lieutenant, July 1861 - May 1862; Second Lieutenant, August 1862 - March 1863)
Walker, James J (Guidon, July 1861 - October 1861)
Williams, William Augustus (#^Third Corporal, March 1862 - February 1863; Third Sergeant/Sergeant, February 1863 - ?)
Williams, Wm. B. (Second Corporal, November 1863 - December 1863; Third Corporal/Corporal, January 1864 - April 1865)

Soldier List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Regiments

Florida 2nd Infantry Battalion (Confederate)