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22nd Infantry Regiment (Greece)
22nd Regiment or 22nd Infantry Regiment may refer to: Infantry regiments * Royal 22nd Regiment, a unit of the Canadian Army * 22nd Punjab regiment, a unit of the British Indian Army until 1922 * 22nd Infantry Regiment (North Korea), a unit of the North Korean Army * Lapland Ranger Regiment, also designated as the "22nd Light Infantry Regiment", a unit of the Swedish Army * Värmland Regiment, also designated as the "22nd Infantry Regiment", a unit of the Swedish Army * 22nd Regiment, Special Air Service, a unit of the British Army * 22nd Regiment of Foot, later known as the "Cheshire Regiment", an infantry regiment of the British Army *22nd Infantry Regiment (United States), a current unit of the United States Army *22nd Marine Regiment (United States), a unit of the United States Marine Corps during World War II Cavalry regiments * 22nd Dragoons, a unit of the British Army Engineering regiments * 22nd Engineer Regiment (Australia), a unit of the Australian Army * 22 Engineer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal 22nd Regiment
, colors = Scarlet with blue facings (full dress and mess dress) , march = Quick: ''Vive la Canadienne''Slow: ''Marche lente du Royal 22e Régiment: La Prière en famille'' , mascot = Goat named Batisse XI , battles = First World WarSecond World WarKorean War War in Afghanistan , decorations = * Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation: 1st Bn R22eR Battle Group * Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation: 3rd Bn R22eR Battle Group , battle_honours = See #Battle honours , identification_symbol = RedLeft side of bearskin , identification_symbol_label = Plume , identification_symbol_4 = R22eR , identification_symbol_4_label = Abbreviation , notable_commanders = Jean Victor Allard , anniversaries = The Royal 22nd Regiment (R22R; french: Royal 22e Régiment) is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. Known coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 22nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 22nd Illinois Infantry was organized at Belleville, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on June 25, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on July 7, 1864. Its veterans and recruits were transferred to the 42nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 2 officer and 145 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 101 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 250 fatalities. Commanders *Colonel Henry Dougherty - discharged due to wounds on May 7, 1863. *Lieutenant Colonel Francis Swanwick - mustered out with the regiment.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/022-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant Generals muster rolls - retrieved June 25, 2007. See also * List of Illinois Civil War Units *Illinois in the Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Virginia Cavalry
The 22nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly in southwestern Virginia, East Tennessee, and the Shenandoah Valley. Virginia's 22nd Cavalry Regiment completed its organization in October, 1863, and was sometimes called "Bowen's Regiment Virginia Mounted Riflemen," having been raised by Col. Henry S. Bowen, formerly of the 188th ( Tazewell County Militia. The unit served in William Lowther Jackson's and John McCausland's Brigade and confronted the Federals in Tennessee, western Virginia (including newly created West Virginia), and the Shenandoah Valley. During April, 1865, it disbanded. The field officers were Colonel Henry S. Bowen, Lieutenant Colonel John T. Radford, and Major Henry F. Kendrick. A Union soldier, Sergeant Levi Shoemaker, was awarded the Medal of Honor for capturing the regiment's flag during an engagement at Nineveh, Warren County, Virginia on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
The 22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from the western Virginia that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Its commander was George S. Patton Sr., the grandfather of World War II General George S. Patton. Organization 22nd Infantry Regiment, formerly known as the 1st Kanawha Regiment, was organized and accepted into Confederate service in July 1861. Its members were from the counties of Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Fayette, Monroe, Craig, Nicholas, Alleghany, Wyoming, Greenbrier, Clay, Putnam, Roane, Greene and Boone. Companies and officers Also, three other units were reassigned and did not really fight with this unit. The Charleston Sharpshooters (also referred to as Swann's Company) was organized by Charleston lawyer John Sterling Swann in December 1859 and worked together with the Kanawha Riflemen before secession. After being mustered into service on April 25, 1861, they were transferred and mustered into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
The 22nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. History The regiment was formed in February 1864, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, by the consolidation of two battalions, the Ringgold Cavalry and a battalion raised during the Gettysburg Campaign. The seven companies were mostly raised in Washington County. Jacob C. Higgins was selected to serve as colonel, A. J. Greenfield as lieutenant colonel, and George T. Work, Elias S. Troxell, and Henry A. Myers as majors. The 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry was sent to Maryland for training, after which it was assigned to the Department of West Virginia. The dismounted men were assigned to the Reserve Division, while the mounted portion of the unit became part of the 2nd Brigade, First Cavalry Division. A detachment of the regiment, under the command of Major George T. Work, fought in the Battle of Moorefield on August 7, 1864. The regiment fought in several skirmishes during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 22nd New York Infantry Regiment (not to be confused with the 22nd New York National Guard) was a volunteer regiment of the Union Army in the American Civil War. History The regiment was formed with 800 men in 1861 and was placed in a brigade along with the 24th New York, 30th New York, 84th New York (14th Brooklyn) (also known as the 14th New York State Militia), and for a number of months, the 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters (a regiment under the respected Colonel Henry A. V. Post). The brigade was the First Brigade in the First Corps of the Army of the Potomac, and Colonel Walter Phelps and the regiments of the brigade referred to themselves as the Iron Brigade of the East and served with the Division's more famous Fourth Brigade which would earn the title "Iron Brigade of the West" in September 1862 during Battle of South Mountain in the Maryland Campaign. Colonel Walter Phelps was chosen as the original commander of the regiment, and after his promotion to the brigade comma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 22nd Michigan Infantry Regiment 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.{{cite news , first=Kenn , last=Harper , title=Henry Howgate , url=http://www.nunatsiaqnews.com/archives/2007/710/71026/opinionEditorial/columns.html , publisher=Nunatsiaq News , date=October 2007 , access-date=2008-04-14 Another notable member was John Clem, also known as the Drummer Boy of Chickamauga and Johnny Shiloh, the youngest non-commissioned officer ever to serve in the U.S. Military and the last Civil War veteran still on active duty at the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
The 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. The 22nd Massachusetts was organized by Senator Henry Wilson (future Vice-President during the Ulysses Grant administration) and was therefore known as "Henry Wilson's Regiment." It was formed in Boston, Massachusetts, and established on September 28, 1861, for a term of three years. Arriving in Washington in October 1861, the regiment spent the following winter in camp at Hall's Hill, near Arlington in Virginia. It became part of the Army of the Potomac, with which it would be associated for its entire term of service. The regiment saw its first action during the siege of Yorktown in April 1862. It was involved in the Peninsular campaign, particularly the Battle of Gaines' Mill during which it suffered its worst casualties (numerically) of the war. Their worst casualties in terms of percentages took place during the Battle of Gettysburg (60 percent). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
The 22nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 22nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment was organized at Louisa, Kentucky and mustered in on January 20, 1862. The regiment was attached to 18th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to March 1862. 26th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October 1862. 4th Brigade, District of West Virginia, Department of the Ohio, to November 1862. 3rd Brigade, 9th Division, Right Wing, XIII Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition to January 1863. 3rd Brigade, 9th Division, XIII Corps, to February 1863. 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, XIII Corps, to July 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August 1863; and Department of the Gulf to September 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XIII Corps, to November 1863. Plaquemine, District of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Department of the Gulf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Regiment Kansas Militia Infantry
The 22nd Kansas Militia Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 22nd Kansas Militia Infantry was called into service on October 9, 1864. It was disbanded on October 29, 1864. Detailed service The unit was called into service to defend Kansas against Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's raid. Commander * Colonel William Weer See also * List of Kansas Civil War Units * Kansas in the Civil War At the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861, Kansas was the newest U.S. state, admitted just months earlier in January. The state had formally rejected slavery by popular vote and vowed to fight on the side of the Union, though ideo ... References * Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. ;Attribution * {{Kansas in the Civil War Military units and formations established in 1864 Military units and formations disestablished in 1864 Units and formation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 22nd Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 22nd Iowa Infantry, also known as the "Johnson County Regiment", was organized at Iowa City, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on September 9, 1862. Companies A, B, F, G, H, I, and K were credited to Johnson County. Companies C, D and E were credited to Jasper, Monroe and Wapello counties, respectively. After garrison duty in Missouri, the regiment served in Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign of 1863 as part of the XIII Corps. The regiment was one of the first ashore in Mississippi after the river crossing on April 30, 1863, and was the only Union unit to breach the defenses of Vicksburg, MS, at the Railroad Redoubt, during the general assault of May 22, 1863. In late 1863 and early 1864, the regiment participated in operations on the Texas Gulf Coast and in Louisiana. In May 1864, it was ordered to Virginia and attac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Regiment Indiana Infantry
The 22nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. On October 8, 1862, at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the regiment suffered 65.3% casualties, one of the highest percentages of casualties suffered by any American Civil War regiment in a single engagement. Service Attached to Army of the West and Department of Missouri September 1861 to January 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to May 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Mississippi, to September 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio, September 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, III Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, October 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, IV Corps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
