The 22nd lost 9 officers and 207 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 102 enlisted men to disease. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg. The 22nd's nickname came from the regiment's first colonel, a state senator.
September 4 -
October 6, 1861 |
Organized at Lynnfield |
October 8-11 |
Moved to Washington, D.C.; Duty at Hall's Hill, Va. Defenses of Washington attached to Martindale's Brigade, Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac |
March |
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 10-16 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
March 16-23 |
Moved to Alexandria, then to Fortress Monroe, Va., |
April 5 |
Warwick Road |
May |
1st Brigade. 1st Division, 5th Army Corps |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May 27 |
Hanover C. H. |
May 27-29 |
Operations about Hanover C. H. |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Gaines' Mill |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Turkey Bridge |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July - August 15 |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 15-28 |
Retreat from the Peninsula and movement to Centreville |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 19 |
Shepherdstown |
September 20 |
At Sharpsburg |
October 30-
November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
December 29-30 |
Expedition to Richards' and Ellis' Fords |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
January - April |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
he regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Sherwin while Colonel William S. Tilton temporarily commanded the brigade.
The regiment brought 348 men to the field, losing 3 killed, 27 wounded and 1 missing. |
July |
At Warrenton and Beverly Ford |
September 17 |
At Culpeper |
October 11-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26-
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December |
At Beverly Ford |
March |
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps |
May-June |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania C. H. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 to August 8 |
Siege of Petersburg |
August 8 |
Relieved, and guard duty at City Point |
October 17. 1864 |
Mustered out |
