22nd Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry Service and Battles

1861-1862

• Special Order, No. 483 creates 22^nd Regiment, Sept.28, 1861.

• 22^nd leaves Camp Schouler, Massachusetts, October 8, 1861.

• Duty at Hall's Hill, Virginia.

• Defense of Washington until March 9, 1862.

1862

• Advance on Manassas, VA., March 10-16.

• Moved to Alexandria, thence to Fortress Monroe, VA., March 16-23.

• Warwick Road, April 5.

• Siege of Yorktown, April 5-May 4.

• Hanover C. H., May 27.

• Operations about Hanover C. H., May 27-29.

• Seven days before Richmond, June 25-July 1.

• Mechanicsville, June 26.

• Gaines' Mill, June 27.

• White Oak Swamp and Turkey Bridge, June 30.

• Malvern Hill, July 1.

• At Ball's Bluff until August 15.

• Retreat from the Peninsula and movement to Centreville, August 15-28.

• Second Battle of Bull Run, August 30.

• Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17.

• Shepherdstown, September 19.

• At Sharpsburg until October 30.

• Movement to Falmouth, VA, October 30-November 19.

• Battle of Fredericksburg, VA, December 12-15.

• Expedition to Richards' and Ellis' Fords, December 29-30.

1863

• "Mud March," January 20-24

• At Falmouth until April 27.

• Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.

• Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1-5.

• Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign, June 11-July 24.

• Battle of Gettysburg, engaged July 2-4.

• At Warrenton and Beverly Ford until September 17.

• At Culpeper until, October 11.

• Bristoe Campaign, October 11-22.

• Advance to line of the Rappahannock, November 7-8.

• Rappahannock Station, November 7.

• Mine Run Campaign, November 26-December 2.

1864

• At Beverly Ford until May, 1864.

• Campaign from the Rapidan to the James, May-June.

• Battles of the Wilderness, May 5-7.

• Laurel Hill, May 8.

• Spotsylvania, May 8-12.

• Spotsylvania Court House, May 12-21.

• Assault on the Salient, May 12.

• North Anna River, May 23-26.

• Line of the Pamunkey, May 26-28.

• Totopotomoy, May 28-31.

• Cold Harbor, June 1-12.

• Bethesda Church, June 1-3.

• Before Petersburg, June 16-18.

• Siege of Petersburg, June 16 to August 8.

• Relieved August 8

• Guard duty at City Point until October 5.

• Mustered out October 17, 1864.

The regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 207 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 102 Enlisted men by disease.

Total: 319

Sources:

• Regimental History

• Four Brothers in Blue

• NPS CWSS

• MSS of the CW         

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