22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
caption=
dates= 1861 - 1864
country= United States
allegiance=Union
branch= Army
type= Infantry
role=
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The 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was a regiment of volunteer soldiers during the American Civil War.
History
In the fall of 1861, with volunteer units scrambling to join the fight, Senator Henry Wilson from Massachusetts endeavoured to form a full brigade including infantry, sharpshooters and artillery. However, demand for soldiers grew so urgent that time only permitted the formation of one infantry regiment, the 22nd Massachusetts, to which were attached the 2nd Company Andrews Sharpshooters and the 3rd Massachusetts Light Battery. Thus the 22nd became one of very few infantry regiments with its own attachment of sharpshooters and artillery. The unit was known as the "Henry Wilson Regiment". The 22nd Massachusetts served mainly with the Army of the Potomac in Virginia. When the regiment was officially retired from service after the war, of the 1,300 men it started out with, only 124 returned.
Officers
Colonel Henry Wilson
Colonel Jesse Gove
Colonel Charles E. Griswold
Colonel William S. Tilton
Colonel Mason W. Burt
External links
[http://www.22ndmass.org/ 22 Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Inc.]
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