| 22nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry | |
|---|---|
| File:Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan state flag | |
| Active | August 29, 1862 to June 26, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Siege of Atlanta Battle of Jonesboro |
The 22nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service[]
Former Governor of Michigan Moses Wisner worked to raise the 22nd Michigan Infantry and was commissioned as its colonel. The new regiment was mustered into Federal service at Pontiac, Michigan, on August 29, 1862. Among its ranks was Henry W. Howgate, who after the war became a controversial figure as the Chief Disbursing Officer for the United States Army Signal Corps in charge of Arctic explorations.[1]
In September 1862, Wisner was stricken with typhoid fever while en route to the regiment's deployment and died in Kentucky.[2]
The 22nd Michigan Infantry was mustered out of service on June 26, 1865.
Total strength and casualties[]
The regiment suffered 3 officers and 86 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 306 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 399 fatalities.[3]
Commanders[]
- Colonel
See also[]
- List of Michigan Civil War Units
- Michigan in the American Civil War
Notes[]
- ↑ Harper, Kenn (October, 2007). "Henry Howgate". Nunatsiaq News. http://www.nunatsiaqnews.com/archives/2007/710/71026/opinionEditorial/columns.html. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
- ↑ Biographical Portraits
- ↑ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf3.htm#22nd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
References[]
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