22nd Virginia Infantry

22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry
Flag of Virginia, 1861
Active	July 1861 – Spring 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Virginia
Branch	Confederate States Army
Role	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War Scary Creek Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes Carnifex Ferry Sewell Mountain Siege of Cotton Hill Skirmish at Giles Courthouse Battle of Lewisburg Jones-Imboden Raid Battle of Fayetteville, Va (WV) Battle of Charleston (1862) Battle of White Sulphur Springs Droop Mountain Shenandoah Valley New Market Battle of Cool Spring Second Battle of Kernstown Third Battle of Winchester Battle of Fisher's Hill Cedar Creek
Disbanded	1865

22nd Virginia Infantry was a Confederate regiment during the American Civil War. Its commander was George S. Patton, Sr., the grandfather of World War II General George S. Patton.

Organization

22nd Infantry Regiment, formerly known as the 1st Kanawha Regiment, was organized and accepted into Confederate service in July 1861. Its members were from the counties of Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam,Fayette, Monroe, Craig, Nicholas, Alleghany, Wyoming, Greenbrier, and Boone.

Company A ( Border Rifles) - many men from Putnam County

Company B (Mountain Cove Guards) - many men from Fayette County

Company C (Fayetteville Rifles) - many men from Fayette County

Company D (Nicholas Blues) - many men from Nicholas County

Company E (Elk River Tigers) - many men from Kanawha County

Company F (Border Rifles) - many men from Jackson County

Company G (Rocky Point Grays) - many men from Monroe and Alleghany Counties.

See FHL book 975.581 H2mpp. 161–162 for muster roster; however, FHL book 975.5 M2vr v. 29 states that , instead, Company F were known as the "Rocky Point Grays."

Company H (Wyoming Riflemen) - many men from Wyoming County

Company I (Kanawha Riflemen) - many men from Kanawha County

Company K (Boone Company) - many men from Boone County

The information above is from 22nd Virginia Infantry, by Terry D. Lowry.

Service

The 22nd saw action at Carnifex Ferry and later lost twenty-one percent of the 550 engaged at Droop Mountain. It was assigned to Echols' and Patton's Brigade, participated in the Shenandoah Valley operations, and disbanded during the spring of 1865.

See also

• List of Virginia Civil War units
• List of West Virginia Civil War Confederate units

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service".