HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Indiana 22nd Infantry Regiment was organized at Madison in July, 1861, and was mustered in at Indianapolis, Aug. 15. It left the state Aug. 17, joined Fremont's army at St. Louis, and was sent up the Missouri river to the relief of Col. Mulligan at Lexington. Mulligan's forces surrendered before Lexington was reached and the expedition was abandoned. The regiment moved to Springfield, thence to Otterville, and in December assisted in the capture of 1,300 prisoners at Blackwater. Col. Davis was appointed brigadier-general Dec. 18, 1861, and the 22nd, attached to his division, accompanied the expedition against Price in Jan., 1862. It participated in the battle of Pea Ridge, Lieut. -Col. Hendricks being mortally wounded. It then moved to Batesville, Cape Girardeau and Corinth and was in the siege of the latter place until the evacuation, when it joined in the pursuit of the enemy. With Buell's army, it marched through Tennessee and Kentucky and reached Louisville Sept. 27. It was in the engagement at Perryville, and lost one-half its number, 56 being killed, including Lieut.-Col. Keith. It was next in a severe skirmish near Lancaster and reached Nashville Nov. 28. It was in a skirmish at Nolensville while enroute for Murfreesboro, and participated in the battle of Stone's river, losing 78 in killed, wounded and missing. It remained in camp at Murfreesboro during the winter and spring, was in a skirmish at Liberty gap in June, during the movement towards Chattanooga. It participated in the charge up Missionary ridge, and went into camp at Blain's cross-roads, where a sufficient number reenlisted on Dec. 23 to retain the organization, and they enjoyed a furlough home. The regiment participated in the Atlanta campaign in 1864, being engaged at Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face ridge, Resaca, Rome, Dallas, Big Shanty, Kennesaw mountain, Chattahoochee river, Peachtree creek, about Atlanta, Red Oak and Jonesboro, and was in most of the skirmishing in the advance upon and siege of Savannah. It took part in the Carolina campaign, being engaged at Averasboro and Bentonville. After the surrender of Johnston's army, it moved to Washington and was mustered out July 24, 1865. Its original strength was 1,056; gain by recruits, 956; reenlistments, 332; unassigned recruits, 374; total, 2,718
OFFICERS:
Cols., Jefferson C. Davis, Michael Gooding, William M. Miles, Thomas Shea; Lieut. -Cols., John A. Hendricks, David W. Dailey, Squire I. Keith, Thomas B. Tanner, William M. Miles, Thomas Shea, William H. Snodgrass; Majs., Gordon Tanner, David W. Dailey, Michael Gooding, Squire I. Keith, Charles L. Holstein, Thomas Shea, William A. Adams, William H. Snodgrass, Richard H. Litson.
ASSIGNMENTS:
March to relief of Colonel Mulligan at Lexington, Mo., September. Action at Glasgow, Mo., September 19. Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., September 22-October 15. Duty at Otterville, Mo., until January, 1862. Attached to Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri September, 1861, to January, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to May, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE:
Pope's Expedition to Milford, Mo., December 15-19, 1861. Action at Milford (or Shawnee) Mound on Blackwater Creek and capture of 1,300 prisoners December 18. Advanace on Springfield, Mo., January 24-February 14. Pursuit of Price to Cassville, Ark. Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8. March to Batesville, Ark., April 5-May 3. Moved to Cape Girardeau, Mo., thence to Corinth, Miss., May 20-28. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 28-30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. Duty at Jacinto and other points in Northern Mississippi until August 17. March to Louisville, Ky., August 17-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. Lancaster October 14. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 28. Scout to Harpeth Shoals November 26-30. At Nashville until December 26. Wilson's Creek Pike December 25. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Nolensville December 26-27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Operations on Edgeville Pike, near Murfreesboro, June 4. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Guard supply trains over Mountains in rear of Bragg's army during battle of Chickamauga. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 22-November 23. Before Chattanooga September 22-26. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8. Reenlisted at Blain's Cross Roads December 23, 1863. Operations in East Tennessee until February, 1864. Veterans on furlough February and March. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Rome May 17-18. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Louisville November 30. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June and duty there until July. Mustered out July 24, 1865.
ROSTERS:
The roster of this unit has the names of 3638 men.
Company A - Jennings County
Company B - Jackson County
Company C - Brown County
Company D - Clark County
Company E - Bartholomew County
Company F - Switzerland and Vigo counties
Company G - Bartholomew County
Company H - Carroll, Floyd, Washington, and Scott counties
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