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22nd Wisconsin Infantry

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Company Unknown

Private

Killed at Reseca Ga
Contributor Gary MartinDate added 5/24/2004

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

Alexander Burns Pope and Benjamin Franklin Pope of the 22WI INF were brothers from Walworth Co. WI and my gg uncles. After the war Alexander moved to Laramie, WY and Benjamin to Tecumseh, NE. Their family moved to WI in the mid-1850's from St. Lawrence Co. NY.
Contributor B. McDonaldDate added 8/10/2008

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor B. McDonaldDate added 8/10/2008

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Debbie NoackDate added 6/19/2006

Company A

Sergeant Major

My great uncle was one of just two soldiers killed at the battle of THOMPSON'S STATION. HE DIED IN HOSPITAL IN FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE
Contributor FRED HINDSDate added 6/17/2012

Company A

Sergeant

great grandfather. b. ny 1827, d. racine 1898.
Contributor tom nearDate added 11/28/2006

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Aimee SandovalHomepage http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/a/n/Aimee-Sandoval/index.htmlDate added 1/20/2008

Company B

Rank unknown

Co B., 22nd Wisconsin Regt Volunteers.
Contributor Tom WetherellDate added 9/21/2007

Company C

Musician

Military Service: Musician, Co. C, 22nd Wisconsin Infantry John J. Cone Residence Hudson WI; Enlisted on 8/15/1862 as a Private. On 8/15/1862 he mustered into 'C' Co. WI 22nd Infantry He was Mustered Out on 6/12/1865 at Washington, DC. Promotions: * Principal Musician 2/13/1863 Intra Regimental Company Transfers: * 2/13/1863 from company C to Field & Staff
Contributor Steven SmallDate added 8/15/2005

Company C

Rank unknown

Company C, 22nd Wisconsin Volunteers
Contributor Sheila MahlerDate added 12/15/2005

Company C

Private

Wagonner
Contributor John MeltonDate added 9/16/2006

Company D

2nd Lieutenant

This man was my great-great grandfather. The family has a picture of him wearing his Civil War uniform, shaking hands with his grandson (my grandfather) who was wearing his WWI uniform. Born 8 Jun 1843, Earlville, New York. Was captured and sent to Libby Prison, and later exchanged for southern prisoners. He was in a coma for some time but returned to his unit later on. After the war, he married Mary Stanley Parmelee, the daughter of the plantation owner where he was stationed during the War, in Nashville. They returned to Delavan, where Annie was born August 8, 1871. In September his family moved to Chicago, and on October 9, 1871 he and his family were caught in the Chicago fire and burned out. Other children, Richard (Bud) and Lu (Eloise) were born in Chicago. Nellie (Ellen Marie) was born in Delavan, Wisconsin. He celebrated his fiftieth anniversary with his wife Mary in 1915 in Park Ridge, Illinois. Died 10 Sept 1919, Park Ridge Illinois.
Contributor Victoria M. EarleHomepage http://www.writing.com/authors/vdavissonDate added 3/21/2004

Company E

Rank unknown

he died of pneumonia in Tennessee
Contributor Mary CraigDate added 6/22/2010

Company E

Rank unknown

mustered out in 1865. Moved to Colorado. Married Emma J.Frisbie. She rented cabins and he had a gold mine called the Little Mary
Contributor Mary CraigDate added 6/22/2010

Company E

Private

William was born in 1825 in Northwich, Cheshire, England. He and his wife Mary arrived in Boston from England 16th May 1845. He then travelled to and settled in Wisconsin. Apart from 2 years spent on the gold fields of California in the 1850's he lived the remainder of his life in Wisconsin. He enlisted as a Private in the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry on 28th September 1864 and was drafted to E Company. He was mustered out on the 17th May 1865. His unit number was 3074 and he fought for the Union. He was also discharged with Distinguished Service. William died in 1904 and is buried in the Middlebury Cemetery, Iowa Co.
Contributor Margaret HallDate added 9/9/2006

Company F

Private

Andrew was born in Scotland, arrived in America early 1850's, settled in the Mt. Morris area of Waushara County, Wisconsin. December 1852 he married a neighbor's daughter, Catherine Paton Campbell, from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. On 10 June 1865 was transfered to 3rd. Wisconsin Infantry, Mustered Out 7 August 1865. He retuned to his Mt. Morris area farm and died 1883. He is buried in Howes Corners Cemetery, about 2 1/2 miles NE of the town of Mt. Morris, Waushara County, Wisconsin. His wife remarried another Civil War Veteran, Eugene Leach. Morey D. Grove A Campbell descendant.
Contributor Morey D. GroveDate added 6/26/2004

Company F

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Mark BurlingameDate added 10/5/2008

Company F

Rank unknown

b: 24 Dec 1846 d: 14 Aug 1882, Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Newton, Kansas
Contributor Julian WallDate added 3/19/2011

Company F

Musician

Captured at the battle of Resaca,Georgia age 17
Contributor cathy LevisDate added 12/1/2006

Company G

Private

Albion Caleb Squires lived in Jordan, Green Co. Wisc. and married Sarah Isabelle McDonald there on 27 Jul 1862. He then enlisted as a private in Comp. G, 22nd. Wisc. Inf. on 2 Aug. 1862. The 22nd. Wisc. was sometimes called the 'Abolitionist Regiment', and was led by Col. William L. Utley, a relative by marriage of Albion Caleb Squires. Albion received a disability discharge on 13 Jan, 1864, and received a Distinguished Service Award.
Contributor Robert SquiresDate added 1/24/2006

Company G

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor RobertDate added 8/15/2005

Company H

Rank unknown

Was there a picture of the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Co. H taken?
Contributor Al CloudDate added 6/10/2009

Company H

Private

This was my gg grandfather. At the time of enlistment he was living in Racine, Wisconsin, and working as a farmer. According to his Civil War pension papers, in June, 1864 near Kenasaw Mountian, Georgia, '...he was ordered to advance and throw up breatsworks that night, it was dark, and in rolling up a large log onto the breastwroks it slipped and came back knocking him down-and rolled over him injured his back and spine so that he was scarcely able to move himself, that night he lay without medical attention suffering intense pain from his injury and a fever set in, he was then taken to the Regimental Hospital his spine and back was so injured that he has never been able or will [sic] that time to perform manual labor.' Lyman spent the remander of the war in hospitals, being mustared out in June, 1865. He returned to civilian live, living in Black Hawk County Iowa working as a harness maker, a profession he continued with until retirement.
Contributor Al CloudDate added 6/10/2009

Company H

Private

Joined regiment 8/11/1862. Was ill, recovering in a private home when the regiment was captured by Gen. Forrest, & evaded capture/imprisonment with a handful of surgeons & sick. Was reunited with 22nd after prisoner exchange, remained active through Grand Review, mustered out when regiment was disbanded, 6/12/1865.
Contributor James GreyDate added 5/16/2007

Company H

Private

Looking for some information plus a picture of his group
Contributor Clarence HoodecheckDate added 4/15/2011

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor KRIS T JOHNSONDate added 4/14/2015

Company I

Private

I believe he finished his service in a different regiment.
Contributor Jon von BriesenDate added 3/23/2016

Company I

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jon von BriesenDate added 3/23/2016

Company I

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Cheryl CramerDate added 7/8/2004

Company I

Private

Alexis enlisted with two half-brothers, Norwood and Erwin S. Bowers. Their home was Clinton, Rock Co., Wis. Alexis was a student at Allens Grove Academy (Walworth Co. - preparatory school for Beloit Coll.) Alexis was killed, 1864, at Lost Mountain, Georgia
Contributor Jon von BriesenDate added 3/23/2016

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Donald ColeDate added 3/4/2014

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