CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS
22nd Battalion, Virginia Infantry
- Overview:
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22nd Infantry Battalion [also called 2nd Battalion] was organized with six companies of the
2nd Regiment Virginia Artillery. It served in Field's, Heth's, and H.H. Walker's Brigade, and
fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Cedar Mountain to Cold Harbor, then was involved in the Petersburg siege south of the James
River. On December 22, 1864, the battalion was disbanded and its members distributed among
other Virginia commands. It reported 7 casualties at Cedar Mountain, 22 at Second Manassas, 27
at Fredericksburg, and 29 at Chancellorsville. Ten percent of the
237 engaged at Gettysburg were
disabled. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonels James C. Johnson and Edward P. Tayloe,
and Major John S. Bowles.
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