22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion
22nd Battalion, Virginia Infantry Regulars | |
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![]() Flag of Virginia, 1861 | |
Active | Summer 1861 – December 1864 |
Disbanded | December 22, 1864 |
Country | Confederacy |
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Type | Infantry |
Engagements | American Civil War |
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The 22nd Battalion, Virginia Infantry Regulars was raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and, served as infantry. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.
22nd Infantry Battalion was organized with six companies of the 2nd Regiment, Virginia Artillery. It served in Field's, Heth's, and H.H. Walker's Brigade, and fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Cedar Mountain to Cold Harbor, then was involved in the Petersburg siege south of the James River.
On December 22, 1864, the battalion was disbanded and its members distributed among other Virginia commands.
It reported 7 casualties at Cedar Mountain, 22 at Second Manassas, 27 at Fredericksburg, and 29 at Chancellorsville. Ten percent of the 237 engaged at Gettysburg were disabled.
The field officers were Lieutenant Colonels James C. Johnson and Edward P. Tayloe, and Major John S. Bowles.
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[edit]This article incorporates public domain material from Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service.
- Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia
- 1861 establishments in Virginia
- Military units and formations established in 1861
- Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War
- 1865 disestablishments in Virginia
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
- American Civil War unit and formation stubs