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| Date | Age | Activity | Locations |
| June 14, 1861 | 24 | Enlisted in Confederate States Army At Orange Mills, St Johns County, Florida | |
| (Orange Mills is now in Palatka , Putnam County) | |||
| ? | Went to Fernandina was organized into Capt. Calls company. | ||
| Early days of July | From Fernandina went with company to rendezvous near the Brick Church, just | ||
| west of Jacksonville, now known as LaVilla | |||
| July 13,1861 | The Regiment was mustered into the Confederate service by Maj. W. T. Stockton | ||
| July 15, 1861 (Monday) | Went to Lake City and sent to Virginia, by rail with the 2nd Florida Regiment | ||
| July 21, 1861 (Sunday PM) | Arrived in Richmond Virginia. The Regiment was in Camp of Instruction, in the | ||
| neighborhood of Richmond, nearly two months. | |||
| July- August, 1861 | Present | ||
| September-October 1861 | Present | ||
| September 17, 1861 | Regiment left Richmond for Yorktown. During fall and of 1861 and the winter | ||
| following the Regiment was encamped near Yorktown. | |||
| Fall of 1861 | Formed part of Maj.-Gen. J. B. Magruder's Command | ||
| November-December 1861 | Present | ||
| January 1862 | 25 | Present | |
| February 18, 1862 | Sick in Hospital Danville, Virginia | ||
| March 6, 1862 | Episcopal Church Hospital Williamsburg, Virginia (Laryngitis) | Williamsburg, Virginia | |
| April 7, 1862 | Chimborazo Hospital, No 1, Richmond, Virginia (Intermit Fever) | Richmond, Virginia | |
| April 20, 1862 | Transferred to No. 2 Hospital (Chronic Laryngitis) | ||
| May 4, 1862 | Returned to duty | ||
| April-May 1862 | Present (Regiment received it's "Baptism of Fire") | Yorktown Siege, Virginia | |
| May 5, 1862 | Present | Williamsburg, Virginia | |
| May 31-June 1, 1862 | Present | Seven Pines, Virginia | |
| June 20, 1862 | C.S.A. General Hospital (Pneumonia) | Danville, Virginia | |
| June 30, 1862 thru | |||
| March 1, 1863 | 26 | Sick in Hospital | Richmond, Virginia |
| Florida 2nd Infantry now in the command of Brigadier-General E. A. Perry | |||
| May 1-4, 1863 | Present | Chancellorsville, Virginia | |
| General Perry was stricken with Typhoid Fever at the time of the Gettysburg | |||
| Campaign. Brigade command devolved to Colonel David Lang of the 8th Florida | |||
| Regiment. | |||
| July 1-3, 1863 | Present | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | |
| July 2, 1863 | Wounded: Grape Shot Through Right Arm, And Right Eye (CAPTURED) | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | |
| In his words " right arm about half way between elbow and shoulder, by grape shot | |||
| passing through my arm, cutting the muscle of my arm, and badly fracturing the | |||
| bone so much so that considerable portion of the bone was taken out". | |||
| July 4, 1863 | 12 Army Corps Field Hospital | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | |
| July 6, 1863 | Transferred General Hospital | ||
| Not Dated | Roll of Prisoners of War | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | |
| July 31, 1863 | Roll of Prisoners of War, General Hospital | Chester, Pennsylvania | |
| August 17, 1863 | Sent to City Point | ||
| August 20, 1863 | Admitted Confederate States Hospital | Petersburg, Virginia | |
| August 26, 1863 | Appears on Receipt Roll for clothing | ||
| August 28, 1863 | Furloughed Home (Wounded) | Sharon Clay County, Florida | |
| September&October,1863 | Absent Home on Furlough (Wounded) | Sharon Clay County, Florida | |
| November&December1863 | Absent Home on Furlough (Wounded) | Sharon Clay County, Florida | |
| January&February, 1864 | 27 | Present | |
| March & April, 1864 | Present | ||
| May - August, 1864 | Present | ||
| May 5-6, 1864 | Present | The Wilderness - Virginia | |
| May 8-21, 1864 | Present | Spotsylvania Court House | |
| May 22-26, 1864 | Present | North Anna | |
| June 1-3, 1864 | Present | Cold Harbor, Virginia | |
| June, 1864-April, 1865 | Present | Petersburg Siege - Virginia | |
| June 23, 1864 | Present | Weldon Railroad | |
| June 30, 1864 | Present | Ream's Station | |
| August 21, 1864 | Present | Weldon Railroad | |
| September&October,1864 | Present | ||
| November&December1864 | Present | ||
| December 9, 1864 | Present | Bellfield | |
| January&February, 1865 | 28 | Present | |
| February 5-7, 1865 | Present | Hatcher's Run | |
| April 6, 1865 | CAPTURED | Sailors Creek, Virginia | |
| After the Battle of Sailors Creek General Lee ask General Perry, "Who were those | |||
| men that fought at Sailors Creek" General Perry responded "They were the | |||
| Floridens Sir" that is the only time General Lee ask who a group of men were. | |||
| April 9, 1865 | In Prison At New Port News, Virginia | Appomattox Court House | |
| June 24, 1865 | Took The Oath of Allegiance to The United States, Subscribed And Sworn To. | New Port News, Virginia | |
| July 12, 1909 | 72 | Soldier's Pension Claim Robert Batten states he was "Captured in Battle of | |
| Sailors Creek April 6, 1865" he also states "I do not know where I was exchanged | |||
| or furloughed because it was dark". On the same document he states "I was taken | |||
| prisoner 6th day of April 1865. I was kept in prison in New Port News until | |||
| sometime in July, 1865. The authorities started me home". | |||
| Robert N. Batten returned home to Sharon, in Clay County, Florida. He and his | |||
| wife Drusilla Starling, raised a large family . At the age of 68 he took in his | |||
| orphaned Grandson to raise as his own. He made his living farming, while still | |||
| suffering from the wounds he received at Gettysburg. He died March 27, 1918 at | |||
| the age of 81, and is buried in the Sharon Baptist Church Cemetery. | |||
| Robert N. Batten was the third child of Isham H. and Temperance Powers Batten. | |||
| Robert Batten was born January 25, 1837 in Telfair Co., Georgia. The Batten family | |||
| made their home in St. George, Ga. Robert Batten left the family home and moved | |||
| to Sharon in Clay Co., in 1855 or 1856. | |||
| This information compiled form "Historical Sketch & Roster of Fl 2nd Infantry | |||
| Regiment" , Robert N. Batten's Company Muster Roll, Soldier's Application for | |||
| Pension, and "Memoir Of Capt. C. Seton Fleming" by Claudia Brosky Wright |
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