(Theard's/Herrick's) 22nd Louisiana Infantry
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- Also referred to as
- the 23rd Louisiana Infantry
- the 22nd Louisiana Heavy Artillery
- January 26, 1864 - Organized as the 23rd Louisiana Infantry
- March 1862 - Mustered into Confederate Service
- Unit generally served as Heavy Artillery
- May 25, 1862 - Reorganized with four companies
- Early 1863 - Designation changed to 22nd Louisiana Infantry
- April 18-25, 1862 - New Orleans
- May 18-July 27, 1862 - Vicksburg Bombardments
- March 1863 - Fort Pemberton
- April 16, 1863 - Vicksburg Passage
- May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
- May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
- June 1863 - (Durrive's) Louisiana Artillery Battery detached[1]
- July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- Paroled there later that month
- September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
- January 26, 1864 - Members of the regiment east of the Mississippi River were consolidated at Enterprise, Mississippi with similar portions of the:
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #1 / Coast Defenses (January-May 1862)
- Department #1 (May 1862)
- Department #1 / Defenses of Vicksburg (June 1862)
- Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana (June-July 1862)
- Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / 2nd/3rd Sub-District (July-October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (October 1862)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / River Batteries (October-April 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / River Batteries (April-July 1863)
- Forney's Division / Mackall's Brigade (November 1863-January 1864)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Paul E. Theard (Colonel)
- Charles H. Herrick (Colonel)
- William S. Lovell (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Washington F. Marks (Major)
- Aristee L. Tissor (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
- ↑ According to unit profile
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 17, 21, 109-110, 111)