2d Infantry Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 May 2007
2d Infantry Regiment Lineage
Constituted 12 April 1808 in the Regular Army as the 6th Infantry
Organized May-July 1808 in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey
Consolidated May-October 1815 with the 16th Infantry (constituted 11 January 1812), the 22d and 23d Infantry (both constituted 26 June 1812), and the 32d Infantry (constituted 29 January 1813) to form the 2d Infantry
Consolidated 18 April 1869 with the 16th Infantry (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 2d Infantry
Assigned 27 July 1918 to the 19th Division
Relieved 14 February 1919 from assignment to the 19th Division
Assigned 24 March 1923 to the 6th Division
Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 5th Division (later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany
Relieved 1 June 1957 from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division and reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 June 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Infantry Regiment
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry
Organized 21 August 1861 at Camp Slemmer, Illinois
Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as the 16th Infantry
Consolidated 18 April 1869 with the 2d Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 2d Infantry
2d Infantry Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
War of 1812: Canada; Chippewa; Lundy's Lane; Alabama 1814
Mexican War: Vera Cruz; Cerro Gordo; Contreras; Churubusco; Molino del Rey; Chapultepec
Civil War: Bull Run; Peninsula; Shiloh; Manassas; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Murfreesborough; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Chickamauga; Chattanooga; Wilderness; Atlanta; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Missouri 1861; Kentucky 1862; Mississippi 1862; Virginia 1862; Virginia 1863; Tennessee 1863; Georgia 1864
Indian Wars: Miami; Seminoles; Nez Perces; Bannocks; Pine Ridge; California 1850; California 1851; California 1852
War with Spain: Santiago
Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970
War on Terrorism: Iraq
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for FALLUJAH
Valorous Unit Award for AP BAU BANG
Valorous Unit Award for BINH DUONG PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award for BINH LONG PROVINCE 1969
Army Superior Unit Award for 1997