The 22nd Michigan Infantry Regiment was an

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that served in the Union Army during the

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Service

Former

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worked to raise the 22nd Michigan Infantry and was commissioned as its

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. The new regiment was mustered into Federal service at

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, on August 29, 1862. Among its ranks was Henry W. Howgate, who after the war became a controversial figure as the Chief Disbursing Officer for the

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in charge of

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, also known as the Drummer Boy of Chickamauga and Johnny Shiloh, the youngest non-commissioned officer ever to serve in the U.S. Military and the last Civil War veteran still on active duty at the time of his retirement. In September 1862, Wisner was stricken with

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while en route to the regiment's deployment and died in

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. The 22nd Michigan Infantry was mustered out of service on June 26, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 3 officers and 86 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 306 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 399 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf3.htm#22nd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

Commanders

* Colonel

* Colonel Heber Le Favour * 1st Lieutenant (Adjutant) Louis A Allor * 1st Lieutenant (Adjutant)

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Notes

References

The Civil War Archive
Units and formations of the Union army from Michigan 1865 disestablishments in Michigan 1862 establishments in Michigan Military units and formations established in 1862 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865

Service

Total strength and casualties

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