CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
22nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry
- Overview:
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22nd Infantry Regiment was formed at Big Shanty, Georgia, in September, 1861, with men
from Schley, Glascock, Bartow, Lincoln, Washington, Dawson, and Henry counties. Sent to
Virginia the unit first served in the Department of the Peninsula, then was assigned to General
A.R. Wright's and Sorrel's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in the difficult
campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, endured the hardships of the
Petersburg trenches south of the
James River, and saw action around Appomattox. It lost 10 killed and 77
wounded at Oak Grove, had 6 killed, 32 wounded, and 18 missing at Malvern Hill, and 13 killed and 50 wounded
at Second Manassas. Of the 400
engaged at Gettysburg, more
than forty percent were disabled, then it sustained 25 casualties en route from Pennsylvania and
50 at Manassas Gap. On April 9,
1865, it surrendered with 9 officers and 197 men. The field officers were Colonels George H.
Jones, Robert H. Jones, and Joseph Wasden; Lieutenant Colonels B.C. McCurry and J.W.
Pritchett; and Major Lawrence D. Lallerstedt.
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