You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Lay in the woods west of the Run. The below units had fewer Russell Countians serving, although some of the below units became part of the above units. Tayloe. Confederate Regiments & Batteries *Virginia. The regiments first clash came at Scary Creek, and the men continued to perform gallantly at Cross Lanes, Carnifex Ferry, Sewell Mountain, Cotton Hill, Giles Court House, Lewisburg, Fayetteville, Charleston, Beverly, and White Sulphur Springs. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. In the battle at Winchester in September the regiments brigade organization was nearly destroyed and the valiant Colonel George S. Patton of the 22nd Virginia was mortally wounded. Western Virginia would never be claimed by her mother state of Virginia again and General Lee needed men desperately. See more ideas about confederate soldiers, confederate, american civil war. August 29, 1862 Brockenbrough's Brigade was involved in its first major fight. Title devised by Library staff. The 22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion fought in more than forty-two engagements during its service. Once Early entered the Shenandoah Valley, the 22nd Virginia participated in the battles of Cool Springs, Kernstown, and Winchester. This page was last edited on 7 December 2022, at 15:53. Colonel Patton had a decisive victory for the Confederates. 22nd Infantry Regiment, formerly known as the 1st Kanawha Regiment, was organized and accepted into Confederate service in July 1861. The officer in charge misunderstood the order an accidentally forgot to add an extra zero to that number. This led to the 22nd Virginia Infantry being pulled from West Virginia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=22nd_Virginia_Infantry_Battalion&oldid=1126802635, Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia, Military units and formations established in 1861, Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War, Military units and formations disestablished in 1865, American Civil War unit and formation stubs, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 11 December 2022, at 09:06. 22nd Virginia Infantry- Company E- Elk River Tigers emailE='americanwars101.com' Hunt, Jacob L. (Private) Company B, 22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry Hylton, George Wade (2nd Lieutenant) Company H, 58th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Kelly, John Henry (1st Seargeant) Company H, 21st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (The Chalk Level Grays). Originally placed behind a hill to the rear, the 22nd Va. was moved here, in front of the Confederate artillery, where they overlooked the highway. General John Echols was given command of what was left of the Army of South Western Virginia and the Army of the Valley.