Historical Sketch:
Col., Turner G. Morehead ; Lieut.-Col., William L. Curry; Maj., George P. McLean. The 22nd was also a Philadelphia militia regiment, mustered into the U. S. service in that city, April 23, 1861, for a three months' term. It was known as the Philadelphia Light Guard. In May it was ordered to Baltimore; encamped at Locust Point; later at Patterson's park and at Mount Clare; and performed guard and police duty in Baltimore until mustered out on Aug. 7, at Philadelphia.
Roster:
The Roster of this unit contains the names of 884 men. Source:
The Union Army by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 1 Bibliography:
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Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce. Southern Revenge: Civil War History of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce, 1989.
Miller, William J. The Training of an Army: Camp Curtin and the North's Civil War. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania: White Mane, 1990.
Sandou, Robert M. Deserter County: Civil War Opposition in the Pennsylvania Appalachians. Fordham University Press, 2009.
Skinner, George W., ed. Pennsylvania at Chickamauga and Chattanooga: Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897.
Taylor, Frank H. Philadelphia in the Civil War. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The City, 1913.
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