Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 October 2011
2d BATTALION, 19th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(THE ROCK OF CHICKAMAUGA)
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry
Organized 30 September 1861 at Indianapolis, Indiana
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1866 as Company B, 19th Infantry
Consolidated 15 April 1869 with Company B, 28th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 19th Infantry
(19th Infantry assigned 29 July 1918 to the 18th Division; relieved 14 February 1919 from assignment to the 18th Division; assigned 17 October 1922 to the Hawaiian Division [later redesignated as the 24th Infantry Division])
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 19th Infantry, relieved from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division, and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Battle Group inactivated 25 March 1958 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Activated 1 July 1961 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Relieved 26 January 1962 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division and assigned to the 24th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1963 as the 2d Battalion, 19th Infantry
Inactivated 1 May 1966 in Germany
Activated 21 May 1975 at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Inactivated 15 October 1983 at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division
Headquarters transferred 28 August 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 23 August 1988 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Activated 1 March 1999 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment
ANNEX
Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company B, 2d Battalion, 19th Infantry
Organized 2 February 1865 at Fort Wayne, Michigan
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1866 as Company B, 28th Infantry
Consolidated 15 April 1869 with Company B, 19th Infantry, and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 19th Infantry
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Civil War
*Shiloh
*Murfreesborough
*Chickamauga
*Chattanooga
*Atlanta
*Kentucky 1862
*Mississippi 1862
*Tennessee 1863
*Georgia 1864
Indian Wars
Utes
War with Spain
*Puerto Rico
Philippine Insurrection
*Jolo
Cebu 1899
*Panay 1899
*Cebu 1900
Panay 1900
*Bohol 1901
*Cebu 1901
World War II
*Central Pacific
*New Guinea (with arrowhead)
*Leyte (with arrowhead)
*Luzon (with arrowhead)
*Southern Philippines
(with arrowhead)
Korean War
*UN Defensive
*UN Offensive
*CCF Intervention
*First UN Counteroffensive
*CCF Spring Offensive
*UN Summer-Fall Offensive
*Second Korean Winter
*Korea, Summer 1953
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LEYTE
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAVAO
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA
*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered PYONGTAEK
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History