22nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The
22nd New York Volunteer Infantry (not to be confused with the 22nd New York
National Guard) was a
volunteer regiment of the
Union Army in the
American Civil War. The regiment was formed with 800 men in
1861 and was placed in a
brigade along with the 24th New York, 30th New York, 84th New York (14th Brooklyn), and for a number of months, the 2nd United States Sharpshooters. The brigade would earn the title "
Iron Brigade" in September
1862 during
Battle of South Mountain in the
Maryland Campaign.
Colonel Walter Phelps was chosen as the original commander of the regiment, and after his promotion to brigade commander,
Major John McKie became regimental commander. The regiment suffered its first fatality when passing through
Baltimore, when a man was killed by
friendly fire during confusion among a mob. It would go on to serve in the
Army of the Potomac's
I Corps and
III Corps, and fight at the battles of
Second Bull Run,
South Mountain,
Antietam,
Fredericksburg, and
Chancellorsville.
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
POW: 1 enlisted
