CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
22nd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
- Overview:
-
22nd Infantry Regiment was organized and mustered into Confederate service in
December, 1861. Some of its members were recruited in Oconee and Edgefield counties. After
serving in South Carolina, the unit was sent to Virginia and assigned to General Evans', Elliot's,
and Wallace's Brigade. It was active at Second Manassas, South Mountain, and Sharpsburg before being ordered to North
Carolina and later Mississippi. The 22nd was engaged at Jackson, moved to Charleston, and in
the spring of 1864 returned to Virginia. It participated in the Petersburg siege south and north of the
James River and saw action around Appomattox. The unit reported 18
casualties at Secessionville, 17 at
Rappahannock Station, and 84
during the Maryland Campaign. In October, 1863, it contained 360 effectives, and there were
216 killed or wounded at the Petersburg mine explosion. Many were disabled at Sayler's Creek, and on April 9, 1865, it
surrendered 11 officers and 77 men. The field officers were Colonels Joseph Abney, William G.
Burt, Olin M. Dantzler, David G. Fleming, and Spartan D. Goodlett; Lieutenant Colonels James
O'Connell and Thomas C. Watkins; and Majors Miel Hilton, and James N. Shedd, and James M.
Stewart.
- Soldiers:
- View Battle Unit's Soldiers ยป
