The 22nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War
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Service
The 22nd Illinois Infantry was organized at
Belleville, Illinois
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and mustered into Federal service on June 25, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on July 7, 1864. Its veterans and recruits were transferred to the
42nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 2 officer and 145 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 101 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 250 fatalities.
Commanders
*
Colonel
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Henry Dougherty - discharged due to wounds on May 7, 1863.
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Lieutenant Colonel Harrison E. Hart - commanded at
Battle of Belmont, Missouri, November 7, 1861
*Lieutenant Colonel Francis Swanwick - mustered out with the regiment.
[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/022-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant Generals muster rolls - retrieved June 25, 2007.]
See also
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List of Illinois Civil War Units
Infantry units
In recognition of Illinois’ six regiments' service in the Mexican War, regimental numbers for infantry in the Civil War began at seven.
* 7th Illinois Infantry Regiment
* 8th Illinois Infantry Regiment
* 9th Illinois Infantr ...
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Illinois in the American Civil War
During the American Civil War, the state of Illinois was a major source of troops for the Union Army (particularly for those armies serving in the Western Theater of the Civil War), and of military supplies, food, and clothing. Situated near ma ...
Notes
References
The Civil War Archive
Units and formations of the Union army from Illinois
1861 establishments in Illinois
Military units and formations established in 1861
Military units and formations disestablished in 1864
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