Twenty Second Regiment Infantry ” The morning of the battle call, to every soldier dear! Oh joy, the cry is forward! Oh joy, the foe is near! For all the crafty men of peace have failed to purge the land; Hurrah! the ranks of battle close! God takes his cause in hand. The twenty-second regiment [...]
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C. Captain, John Atkinson, Port Huron. First Lieutenant, Jefferson J. Wilder Capac Second Lieutenant, John Sacket, Port Huron. ‘ D. Captain, Townsend C. Beardslee, Pontiac. First Lieutenant, Almeron S Mathews Pontiac. Second Lieutenant, Elijah Sneil, Independence. ‘ ‘ E. Captain, Henry Carlton, Newport. First Lieutenant, Hazzard P Wands St Clair Second Lieutenant, Thomas C. Jackson, [...]
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This flag was defended at Chickamauga in the heroic charge of the regiment, nobly, where three color bearers were killed and several wounded, with nearly the entire regiment killed, wounded or prisoners. Colonel Wisner served faithfully and with much distinction until attacked with typhoid fever, of which he died at Lexington, Ky., on the 4th [...]
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As a commanding officer of patriotic volunteers he was successful in an eminent degree, as he had been in all the walks of life. He died of the diseases of the camp, in the midst of his command, in the doing of his duty. More than this need not be said. For him the pomp [...]
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Colonel Le Favour having been assigned to the command of two regiments, the 89th Ohio and 22d Michigan, the 22d went into action in command of Lieutenant Colonel Sanborn, who was severely wounded, while Captains Elijah Snell and Wm. A. Smith were mortally wounded. The former died September 25th and the latter on October 11th [...]
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March 23d, 8 A. M., moved out of town one mile into camp; March 24th were attacked by the enemy under General Pegram, and received orders to fall back to Kentucky river bridge (Hickman bridge), which was accomplished with the loss of two men slightly wounded and one man taken prisoner, distance twelve miles, arriving [...]
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April 15th, went into camp one mile out of the city-distance from Lebanon to Nashville 150 miles. The regiment remained at Nashville, doing ‘interior* guard duty until September 5th, when it moved by rail to Bridgeport’, Alabama, distance 122 miles, arriving there September 6th; crossed pontoon bridge, and encamped on the island in Tennessee river. [...]
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Threw up rifle-pits on hill commanding Lookout Valley; returned to camp on Moccasin Point October 30th. At that time the regiment was attached to the 3d brigade, 2d division, 14th army corps, but was acting with the 2d brigade, 2d division, 4th army corps, Brigadier General Whittaker commanding, to whom the regiment is indebted for [...]
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The following is from the report of Colonel Whittaker: My command was then moved by the flank in two lines at double-quick time up the valley for nearly a mile, under a heavy fire of shell from a rebel battery. Several were killed and wounded in this charge. Arriving at the point occupied by General [...]
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Wood had barely time to dispose his troops on the left of Brannan before they were furiously attacked, the Confederates keeping up the assault by throwing in fresh troops as fast as those in their front were repulsed. Meanwhile, General Gordon Granger, who, at Rossville, had heard the roar of guns where Thomas was posted, [...]
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