22nd Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the 1st Kanawha Infantry Regiment

• April 25, 1861 - Organized
• June 28, 1861 - Mustered into Virginia State Service
• July 1, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate Service
• July 17, 1861 - Scarey Creek, West Virginia
• May 1, 1862 - Reorganized
• May 10, 1862 - Giles Court House, West Virginia
• May 23, 1862 - Lewisburg, West Virginia
• September 1862 - Kanawha Campaign
• April 1863 - Jones' and Imboden's West Virginia Raid
• August 26-27, 1863 - White Sulphur Springs
• December 6, 1863 - Droop Mountain
• May 15, 1864 - New Market
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
• July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
• September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
• September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
• October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
• April 12, 1865 - Disbanded at Christianburg, Virginia by Brigadier General John Echols, commanding the Department of Southwestern Virginia and East Tennesee

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of the Kanawha (September-December 1861)
• District of Lewisburg (January-May 1862)
• Department of Western Virginia / Army of the Kanawha (May-November 1862)
• Department of Western Virginia / Patton's Brigade (November 1862-March 1863)
• Department of Western Virginia / Echols' Brigade (April 1863-May 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Breckinridge's Division / Echols' Brigade (May-June 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Breckinridge's/Wharton's Division / Echols' Brigade (June 1864-January 1865)
• Department of Southwestern Virginia and East Tennesee / Echols' Brigade (January-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Christopher Q. Tompkins (Colonel)
• Robert A. Bailey (Major)
• Andrew R. Barbee (Lieutenant Colonel)
• William A. Jackson (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John C. McDonald (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Patrick H. Moore (Major)
• George S. Patton (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Isaac N. Smith (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Lowry, Terry, 22nd Virginia Infantry
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 157, 200-201)