CSA POW LT. Thomas Hugh Burwell Randolph 2nd VA Infantry Envelope/Letter

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CSA POW LT. Thomas Hugh Burwell Randolph 2nd VA Infantry Envelope/Letter :
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Thomas Hugh Burwell Randolph (1843-1900) was 2nd Lt. of the 2nd Virginia Infantry and a member of General Pendelton’s staff also a prisoner at Johnson’s Island. He was WIA at 1st Manassas and taken POW at Rapphannock Station on December 5, 1862. He was not released until June 12, 1865.

Randolph, Thomas H.B.Regiment Name:2nd Regiment, Virginia Rank In:CorporalSoldier\'s Rank Out:First Lieutenant2nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry Overview: 2nd Infantry Regiment was assembled at Charles Town in April, 1861, then moved toHarper\'s Ferry to seize the armory. The unit was accepted into Confederate service in July. Itscompanies were from the counties of Clarke, Frederick, Floyd, Jefferson, and Berkeley. Itbecame part of the Stonewall Brigade and served under Generals T.J. Jackson, R.B. Garnett,Winder, Paxton, J.A. Walker, and W. Terry. The 2nd fought at First Manassas, First Kernstown,and in Jackson\'s Valley Campaign. It went on to fight with the Army of Northern Virginia fromthe Seven Days\' Battles to ColdHarbor except during the Maryland Campaign when it was detached to Martinsburg asprovost guards. Later the unit was involved in Early\'s operations in the Shenandoah Valley andthe Appomattox operations. It reported 90 casualties at First Kernstown, 25 at Cross Keys and Port Republic, 27 at Gaines\' Mill, and 77 at Second Manassas. The regiment lost 2killed and 19 wounded at Fredericksburg, had 8 killed and 58wounded at Chancellorsville, andhad about eight percent of the 333 engaged at Gettysburg disabled. On April 9, 1865, itsurrendered with 9 officers and 62 men. Its field officers were Colonels James W. Allen, LawsonBotts, and John Q.A. Nadenbousch; Lieutenant Colonels Raleigh T. Colston, Francis Lackland,and William W. Randolph; and Majors Francis B. Jones, Edwin L. Moore, and Charles H.Stewart.