Claim: The 22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion was an infantry unit of the Confederacy, a group of states that opposed the United States of America in the 1861-65 American Civil War.
Evidence: The 22nd Battalion, Virginia Infantry Regulars was raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and, served as infantry. The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States or the Confederacy, was an unrecognized breakaway state in existence from February 8, 1861 to May 9, 1865, that fought against the United States of America during the American Civil War.