22nd Georgia-- Part 3: Seven Days, Second Manassas and Antietam

June 25 to July 1, 1862  Seven Days Battles

June 25:  King's School House (Oak Grove)   The regiment lost ten men killed and 77 wounded.

July 1:  Battle of Malvern Hill   Colonel Harris was again wounded.  Lieutenant Samuel Smythe of Company A and Lieutenant Alexander Campbell of Company C were killed.

August 28-30:  Second Battle of  Manassas (Bull Run):  The regiment lost 13 killed and 50 wounded.  Captain Joseph T. Albert of Company K was killed.  Lieutenant  S.B. Treadaway of Company G was mortally wounded.

September 12-15   Siege of Harpers Ferry

September 17:  The Battle of Antietam   The regiment crossed the Potomac River at Blackford's Ford and marched north through the fields to the west of the town of Sharpsburg and took position on the far eastern flank of the Sunken Road.  The regiment may have had only 60 men on the field due to casualties and straggling.

Colonel Robert H. Jones took over the brigade as senior officer when General Wright was wounded, but was shot in the stomach and lung.  Major Lawrence D. Lallerstedt took over the regiment, but was himself wounded.  Neither Jones not Lallerstedt would return to command.

Captain W.F. Jones of Company  G was mortally wounded and captured.

--Old Secesh

22nd Georgia Volunteer Infantry

This was Lt. William H. Nesbit and Private Albert C. Nesbit's regiment.

 From research online.

This regiment was formed from Schley, Glascock, Bartow, Lincoln,  Washington, Dawson and Henry counties.  Company E, to which they belonged, was formed from Forsyth and Milton counties.

The regiment lost 10 killed and 77 wounded at Oak Grove,

6 killed and 32 wounded and 18 wounded at Malvern Hill,

13 killed and 50 wounded at Second Manassas.

There were 400 engaged at Gettysburg and more than 40% were disabled, including William Nesbit.

It sustained  25 casualties  in the retreat from Pennsylvania and 50 at Manassas Gap.

It surrendered at Appomattox on 9 April 1865 with nine officers and 197 men.

This regiment was in the thick of it.

--Old Secesh

This Month in the Civil War: Seven Days' Battles Begin

From the American Battlefield Trust June 2022 calendar.

JUNE 17, 1863

**  Battle of Aldie, Virginia.

JUNE 19,  1862

**  Lincoln signs legislation prohibiting slavery in the current and future federal territories.

JUNE  25, 1862

**  The Seven Days' Battles begin at Oak Grove, Virginia.

JUNE 27, 1862

**  Battle of Gaines Mills, Virginia (Seven Days' Battles)

JUNE 27, 1864

**  Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia.

JUNE 29, 1862

**  Battle of Savage's Station, Virginia.  (Seven Days' Battles)

JUNE 29, 1864

**  The First Battle of Reams  Station, Virginia.

June 30, 1862

**  Battle of Glendale (Frayser's Farm), Virginia.  (Seven Days' Battles)

--Old Secesh

Civil War Events in June: Seven Days' Battles Begin and kennesaw Mountain

JUNE 19, 1862

Lincoln signs a bill prohibiting slavery in the Western Territories.

JUNE 25, 1862

The Seven Days' Battles begins at Oak Grove, Virginia.

JUNE 27, 1862

Battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia

JUNE  27, 1864

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia

JUNE  29, 1862

Battle of Savage's Station, Virginia

JUNE 29, 1864

Battle of Reams Station, Virginia

JUNE 30, 1862

Battle of Glendale (Frayser's Farm), Virginia

--Old Secesh