22nd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry

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Brief History
22nd Infantry Regiment was organized and mustered into Confederate service in December, 1861. Some of its members were recruited in Oconee and Edgefield counties. After serving in South Carolina, the unit was sent to Virginia and assigned to General Evans', Elliot's, and Wallace's Brigade.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

A Company - (also known as Edgefield Rifles and Edgefield Riflemen), many men from Edgefield District (County): Captain C. Adams

B Company - many men from Spartanburg District (County)

C Company - many men from Spartanburg District (County): Captain A. Wakefield

D Company - (also known as Walhalla State Guards), many men from Pickens District (County): Captain Jas. O'Connell

E Company - (also known as Lancaster Guard), many men from Lancaster District (County): Captain Miles Hilton; Captain Orin C. Hinson; Captain James N. Shedd

F Company - many men from Pickens District (County): Captain J.M. Stewart

G Company - many men from Anderson District (County)

H Company - many men from Greenville District (County)

I Company - many men from Orangeburg District (County): Captain H.W. Millhouse

K Company - many men from Pickens District (County): Captain M.J. Messer

Other Sources

 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment. This site uses Joseph H. Crute's book, Units of the Confederate States Army, as their main source for the regiment history. Family History Library book 973 M2crua,, WorldCat.


 * Footnote.com (A subscription website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).