22nd Indiana Infantry Regiment

22nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Flag of the United States, 1863-1865
ActiveAugust 15, 1861, to July 24, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Pea Ridge
Battle of Perryville
Battle of Stones River
Battle of Chickamauga
Siege of Chattanooga
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Peachtree Creek
Battle of Jonesboro
Battle of Bentonville
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Colonel Jefferson Columbus Davis
Colonel Michael Gooding
Lieutenant Colonel Squire Keith
Colonel Thomas Shea

The 22nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. On October 8, 1862, at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the regiment suffered 65.3% casualties, one of the highest percentages of casualties suffered by any American Civil War regiment in a single engagement.[1]

  1. ^ Sanders, Stuart W. "'Literally Covered With the Dead and Dying': Leonidas Polk and the Battle of Perryville". Civil War Trust.