The Civil War in the East

22nd Connecticut Infantry Regiment

The regiment lost 20 enlisted men to disease.

 

1862

 

Organized at Hartford

September 20

Mustered in

October 2

Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, Military District of Washington for picket duty at Langley's, Va., on Washington and Leesburg Turnpike, Defenses of Washington, D.C.

October 22

At Miner's Hill

December 29-30

Expedition to intercept Stuart's Cavalry

1863

February 12

Fatigue duty, building Forts Craig, McDowell and McClellan, Defenses of Washington

April 14-16

Moved to Suffolk, Va. and attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia

April 16-May 4

Siege of Suffolk

May 5

Moved to West Point, York River, Va. and duty there attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia

June 9-10

Reconnaissance to the Chickahominy

June 26

Left Yorktown for home

July 7

Mustered out