The 22nd New York Infantry Regiment (not to be confused with the 22nd New York

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) was a

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of the Union Army in the

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History

The regiment was formed with 800 men in 1861 and was placed in a

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along with the 24th New York, 30th New York, 84th New York (

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) (also known as the 14th New York State Militia), and for a number of months, the 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters (a regiment under the respected Colonel Henry A. V. Post). The brigade was the First Brigade in the First Corps of the

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, and Colonel Walter Phelps and the regiments of the brigade referred to themselves as the Iron Brigade of the East and served with the Division's more famous Fourth Brigade which would earn the title " Iron Brigade of the West" in September 1862 during

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in the

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Walter Phelps was chosen as the original commander of the regiment, and after his promotion to the brigade commander,

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John McKie became regimental commander. The regiment suffered its first fatality when passing through

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, when a man was killed by

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during confusion among a mob. It would go on to serve in the Army of the Potomac's I Corps and

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, and fight at the battles of

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, South Mountain,

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, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. The regiment was mustered out of service on June 19, 1863, and those men who had signed three-year enlistments were transferred to the 76th New York and 93rd New York.

Casualties

Casualties during the course of the war were as follows: *Killed in action: 11 officers, 61 enlisted *Died of disease: 1 officer, 27 enlisted *Died as

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: 1 enlisted

Spanish–American War unit

A unit with the lineage of the 13th New York State Militia, also designated the 22nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, served in the

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/ref> It mustered out on November 23, 1898. On February 19, 1902, the regiment was converted into a regiment of engineers retaining its number.

References

Citations

Sources

*Cunningham, Roger. '"Always a Storm Centre:" The Trials and Tribulations of Lt. Col. Asa Bird Gardiner.' The Journal of America's Military Past. (Fall, 2006) 5-28. *Higley, Albert E. and Joan F. Aldous. The Civil War letters of Albert E. Higley. J.F. Aldous: 1986. *McCoy, James. "Extracts from journal of Captain . . . Twenty-second regiment, New York state volunteers." In Fifth annual report of the New York state Bureau of military statistics, 1868, p. 544-59. * * * {{refend Infantry 022 Eastern Iron Brigade 1861 establishments in New York (state) Military units and formations established in 1861 Military units and formations disestablished in 1863