Noli Me Tangeri
MISSION STATEMENT
It is the mission of Company B, 2nd United States Infantry, to promote our American Civil War heritage. This will be accomplished by the further education of ourselves and the public through living history demonstrations, reenactments, battlefield preservation and other educational presentations.
"Touch Me Not"
ACTIVITIES
* Retrace the steps of Company B from the Battle of Wilson's Creek to the end of the war.
*March to and encamp on originial battlegrounds and historic sites.
*Participate in living history demonstrations at National Parks, museums and historical events.
*Reenact Civil War battles at national events such as Gettysburg, Chickamauga and Wilson's Creek.
GOALS
*To organize and develop a unit that authentically portrays Company B, 2nd U.S. Infantry on campaign and in garrsion.
*To encourage and develop accurate first person impressions.
*To develop and present living history scenarios to educate and entertain the public.
*To mature into a unit that is well instructed in Civil War Tactics.
*To support battlefield perservation.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Company B was stationed at Ft. Scott, Kansas in January of 1861, and was ordered to the St. Louis arsenal the following month under the command of Captain Nathaniel Lyon. After Lyon's promotion to brigadier general and the start of the Civil War, Company B saw action at the Battle of Booneville, Missouri on June 17th and the skirmish at Dug Springs, Missouri on August 2nd as part of the Lyon Campaign. The company was heavily engaged on Bloody Hill at the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861.
Company B then joined the rest of the regiment serving with the 2nd Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac and fought in the Peninsula Campaign, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Overland Campaign of 1864 and the Siege of Petersburg.
The [U.S. Regular] troops behaved with great gallantry on this occasion, and although, as the accompanying report of casualties shows, the losses were terrible, no one thought of retiring till the order was given.
The regular troops once more justify their old reputations; not a single man has left the ranks, and they allow themselves to be decimated without flinching.
LINKS
Syke's Regulars: 2nd & 4th US Infantry
Company B, 2nd US is a proud supporter of Phelps Camp No. 66, Sons of Union Veterans!
RECRUITS WANTED!
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Copyright 1999 Company B, 2nd US Infantry. All rights reserved. Last updated: 29 November 1999
The Maltese Cross of 5th Corps
--Gen. Romeyn Ayers, Report of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.
--Louis Philippe d'Orleans
US Regular Army Reenacting Unit Directory
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War National page
Missouri Department, SUVCW
Missouri in the Civil War
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