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The 2nd Colorado Infantry Regiment was an
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during the
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from the state of
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. On October 13, 1863, the 2nd
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Infantry was consolidated with the 3rd Colorado Infantry Regiment in order to create the
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.


History


Prior to official formation

On August 29, 1861,
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was authorized by Governor William Gilpin to organize volunteers as a company of infantry. Theodore H. Dodd was appointed command of a second company of volunteers by Governor Gilpin on August 30. Both companies were raised and initially drilled in
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, but by mid-December both companies had marched to
Fort Garland Fort Garland (1858–1883), Colorado, United States, was designed to house two companies of soldiers to protect settlers in the San Luis Valley, then in the Territory of New Mexico. It was named for General John Garland, commander of the Military ...
in the San Luis Valley.


Redeployment to Ft. Lyon


Consolidation with 3rd Colorado Infantry


See also

*
List of Colorado Territory Civil War units On April 12, 1861, South Carolina artillery opened fire on Fort Sumter to start the American Civil War. While many gold seekers in the Colorado Territory held sympathies for the Confederacy, the vast majority remained fiercely loyal to the Unio ...
* Denver City Home Guard


References

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