22nd Illinois Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Belleville, Ill., and mustered in June 25, 1861. Moved to Bird's Point, Mo., July 11, 1861. Attached to District of Cairo to October, 1861. 2nd Brigade, District of Cairo, to February, 1862. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Cairo, February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Mississippi, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Mississippi, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 13th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, to July, 1864.
SERVICE.--Duty at Bird's Point, Mo., until February, 1862. Charlestown-Bird's Point August 19-20, 1861 (Cos. "A," "B," "C," "D," "E").
- September 26, 1861 -
Skirmish at Belmont, Missouri
- Near Norfolk, September 26.
- November 6-November 7, 1861 -
Expedition to Belmont and Charleston, Missouri
Expedition to Milford December 15-19. Milford December 18. Charlestown January 8, 1862. Operations against New Madrid and Island No. 10 February 28-April 8. Sykestown March 1. Actions at New Madrid March 13-14. Action and capture at Tiptonville April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 17-23. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Action at Farmington May 3. Reconnaissance toward Corinth May 8. Action at Farmington May 9. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. At Corinth until July 20. March to Tuscumbia, Ala., July 20. Guard Memphis & Charleston R. R. in Alabama until August 26. March to Nashville, Tenn., August 26-September 12. Siege of Nashville, Tenn., September 12-November 6. Repulse of Forest's attack on Edgefield November 5. Duty at Nashville until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River, December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Expedition to Columbia March 4-14. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 24-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.
- August 16-September 22, 1863 -
The Chickamauga Campaign
- September 24-October 27, 1863 -
Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Operations in East Tennessee until February, 1864. Operations about Dandridge January 16-17, 1864. Veterans on furlough February 10 to March 30. At Cleveland, Tenn., until May.
- May 1-June 10(?), 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 8-11, 1864 -
Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
- May 9-13, 1864 -
Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
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- May 9-13, 1864 -
- Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
- May 14-May 15, 1864 -
Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- May 17, 1864 -
Engagement at Adairsville, Georgia
- Near Kingston May 18-19.
- Near Cassville May 19.
- Advance on Dallas May 22-25.
- May 25-June 5, 1864 -
Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
- Pine Hill June 11-14.
- Lost Mountain June 15-17.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
- May 8-11, 1864 -
- Mustered out July 7, 1864, expiration of term.
- Veterans and Recruits transferred to 42nd Illinois Infantry
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Regiment Statistical Information
Source | Casualties | Remarks |
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Notes
- ↑ Not originally referenced on unit homepage
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 701, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 798, 799, 860, 862, 1054)
- Fox, William F. 1840-1909. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full and Exhaustive Statistics Compiled From the Official Records on File in the State Military Bureaus and at Washington. Albany: Albany Pub. Co., 1889. (Page 10)