22nd Indiana Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Madison, Ind., and mustered in at Indianapolis, Ind., August 15, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., August 17. March to relief of Colonel Mulligan at Lexington, Mo., September. Action at Glasgow, Mo., September 19. Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., September 22-October 15. Duty at Otterville, Mo., until January, 1862. Attached to Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri September, 1861, to January, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to May, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Pope's Expedition to Milford, Mo., December 15-19, 1861. Action at Milford (or Shawnee) Mound on Blackwater Creek and capture of 1,300 prisoners December 18. Advanace on Springfield, Mo., January 24-February 14. Pursuit of Price to Cassville, Ark. Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8. March to Batesville, Ark., April 5-May 3. Moved to Cape Girardeau, Mo., thence to Corinth, Miss., May 20-28. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 28-30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. Duty at Jacinto and other points in Northern Mississippi until August 17. March to Louisville, Ky., August 17-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15.

October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky

Lancaster October 14. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 28. Scout to Harpeth Shoals November 26-30. At Nashville until December 26. Wilson's Creek Pike December 25. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Nolensville December 26-27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Operations on Edgeville Pike, near Murfreesboro, June 4. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.

August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
- Guard supply trains over Mountains in rear of Bragg's army during battle
September 22-26, 1863 - Skirmishes near Chattanooga, Tennessee
September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
Orchard Knob November 23-24.
Mission Ridge November 25.
Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27.
March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8.
Reenlisted at Blain's Cross Roads December 23, 1863.
Operations in East Tennessee until February, 1864.
Veterans on furlough February and March.
May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
- Tunnel Hill May 6-7.
- May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
- Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
- May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- Rome May 17-18.
- Advance on Dallas May 18-25.
- 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.
- Ruff's Station July 4.
- Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
- Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
- July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
- Utoy Creek August 5-7.
- Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
- Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3.
November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
- Louisville November 30.
- December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
- Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N. C., March 16.
- Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
- Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
- Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
- Bennett's House April 26.
  - Surrender of Johnston and his army.
March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19.
Grand Review May 24.
Moved to Louisville, Ky., June and duty there until July.
Mustered out July 24, 1865.