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Assuming you refer to the Florida Confederate 2nd Infantry , you can cut your teeth on the following:

You can start by conducting a Goggle search - 2nd Florida Infantry

At the US Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, PA, they list the following documents in
their bibliographies

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Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 16: Florida. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,1989. pp. 43 & 142-48 (5 photocopied pages). E484C65.1987v16. (Brief unit history).

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Press, 1987. Ref. See pp. 74-75 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Elmore, Thomas L. "The Florida Brigade at Gettysburg." Gettysburg Mag No. 15: pp. 45-59 (15 photocopied pages). E475.53G482no15.

Evans, Michael W. "The 2nd Florida Made a Long Journey From its Sandy Home State to the Killing Fields of Virginia." America's CW (Sep 1993): pp. 8, 68 & 70-71 (4 photocopied pages). Per.

Fleming, Franics P. Memoir of Capt. C. Seton Fleming of the Second Florida Infantry, C.S.A.: Illustrative of the History of the Florida Troops in Virginia During the War Between the States. Alexandria, VA: Stonewall House, l985 reprint of 1884 ed. 124 p. E558.5.2d.F53.

Florida. Board of State Institutions. Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian, Civil and Spanish American Wars. Macclenny, FL: R. J. Ferry, 1983. E558.3F63.
See pp. 77-99 (12 photocopied pages) for a roster and brief history of the regiment.

"General Garland's Report of the Battle of Seven Pines." Southern Hist Soc Papers 7: pp. 113-22 (6 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v7.

"Gettysburg: The Courageous Part Taken in the Desperate Conflict June (sic) 2-3, 1863, by the Florida Brigade..." Southern Hist Soc Papers 27: pp. 192-205 (7 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v27.

Hartman, David W., & Coles, David, comps. Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers, 1861-1865. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1995. E558.3H37. See Vol. 1, pp. 138-259 for biographical sketches of unit personnel.

"Report of Brigadier General Perry of Battle of Chancellorsville." Southern Hist Soc Papers 4:pp. 203-207 (3 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v4.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederacy: Florida and Arkansas. NY: Facts on File, 1992. pp. 16-18 (2 photocopied pages). E553S53. (Unit organizational history). 2d Florida Infantry (p. 2)

The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:

Papers on regiment - CWMiscColl
Fleming, Francis P. (Letters & Memoirs) - BrakeColl

Go to the Richmond Daily Dispatch and use the search term - Second Florida and you will come up with 8 hits.

http://dlxs.richmond.edu/d/ddr/

And finally, you will find their roster here:

2nd Florida Confederate Volunteer Infantry Roster

http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~thompson/cw/2-fl-inf/fl-2nd-inf.html

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