22nd Regiment Alabama Infantry The 22nd Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War . Service . This regiment was organized at Montgomery , Alabama November , 1861 , and armed by private enterprise . It first served in Mobile , Alabama ; from there it was ordered to Corinth , Mississippi and reached Tennessee in time for the Battle of Shiloh , where it suffered severe loss . It fought at Munfordville , 14 to 16 September 1862 ; at Perryville , 8 October , and at Murfreesboro , 31 December to 2 January 1863 . It took a very brilliant part in the impetuous assault on Rosecrans ' army at the Battle of Chickamauga , 20 September , and suffered severely , losing almost two - thirds of its forces , the killed including five color - bearers . It served in the campaign in Georgia , losing heavily in the battles around Atlanta , Georgia July , 1864 , and at Jonesboro , 31 August and 1 September . It was also distinguished at Franklin , 30 November ; at Nashville , 15 and 16 December ; at Kinston , North Carolina , 14 March 1865 , and at Bentonville , 19 to 21 March . In April it was consolidated with the Twenty - fifth , Thirty - ninth and Fiftieth , under Colonel Toulmin . Colonel John C . Marrast died in the service , after having made a glorious record . Captain Abner C . Gaines was killed , and Major R . B . Armistead mortally wounded , at Shiloh . Lieutenants J . N . Smith and J . H . Wall fell at Murfreesboro , Lieutenant Colonel John Weedon , Captain James Deas Nott and Lieutenants Waller Mordecai and Renfroe were killed at Chickamauga ; Colonel Benjamin R . Hart , Captain Thomas M . Brindley , Lieutenants Leafy and Stackpoole at Atlanta , and Captain Ben . B . Little were killed at Jonesboro . The other field officers were Colonel Zach C . Deas , afterward a noted brigadier - general ; Colonel Harry T . Toulmin , now U . S . district judge ; Lieutenant Colonels Napoleon D . Rouse and Herbert E . Armistead ; Majors Thomas McPrince , Robert D . Armistead and Robert Donnell . 1861 . Company D was organized at Dublin , Alabama , and elected officers 17 September 1861 at Montgomery , Alabama . Company D and her sister companies were formed from men who were recruited from Calhoun , Cherokee , Choctaw , Clarke , Mobile , Montgomery , Pike , Randolph , and Walker counties . The 22nd Alabama Infantry Regiment was then organized by Major Z . C . Deas and Major Robert B . Armistead in Montgomery , Alabama on 6 October 1861 . On 25 October 1861 Major Deas was elected and commissioned Colonel . Colonel Deas spent $ 28 , 000 in gold to equip the regiment with 800 Pattern 1853 Enfield rifles . On 5 November 1861 , the 22nd Alabama was ordered to report to General Withers at Mobile , District of Alabama , where it encamped during that winter . 1862 . Ordered to west Tennessee in January 1862 , Major General Bragg transferred Brigadier General A . H . Gladden ( of Louisiana ) to Mobile , and created Gladden ’ s Brigade including the 22nd Alabama . On 1 February 1862 the 22nd Alabama and her brigade were in the Department of Alabama and West Florida , in the Army of Mobile under General Withers . On 26 February 1862 the Brigade ( under Gladden ) was ordered to Corinth , Mississippi by General Bragg . The 22nd Alabama was then engaged from 6 to 7 April 1862 in the Battle of Shiloh , where it operated under the 1st Brigade of Brigadier General Adley H . Gladden who was wounded and died on 12 April 1862 . Colonel Deas later assumed command of the 1st Brigade temporarily until wounded himself on 7 Apr . During this engagement the 22nd Alabama and 1st Brigade were under the 2nd Division ( commanded by Brigadier General Jones M . Withers ) of the 2nd Corps ( commanded by Major General Braxton Bragg ) under the Army of Mississippi ( commanded by General Albert S . Johnston ) . The 22nd Alabama suffered heavy losses , and reported 123 men fit for duty after the battle . During April 1862 the 1st Brigade ( with the 19th , 22nd , 25th , 26th / 50th , and 39th Regiments ) was placed under Brigadier General Franklin Gardner , who ultimately led this brigade into Kentucky . The 39th Alabama was absorbed at the railhead in Tupelo , Mississippi south of Corinth . In May 1862 the Brigade was camped a few miles north of Tupelo at the town of Saltillo , Mississippi . During Jun 1862 the Brigade formed the 17th Battalion of Sharpshooters . On 30 Jun 1862 Gardner ’ s Brigade was in a Reserve Corps of Bragg ’ s Army . During August 1862 the 1st Brigade ( and Army of Mississippi , under Bragg ) was loaded into railcars at Saltillo & Tupelo and were transported south by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to Mobile , changed trains , and transported north to Montgomery , West Point , Atlanta , then Chattanooga . By 18 to 20 August 1862 Gardner ’ s Brigade was with Major General Leonidas Polk at Chattanooga . On 28 August 1862 the Army of Mississippi began its march to Kentucky and arrived at Munfordville , Kentucky on 17 September 1862 , where it was engaged in the Battle of Munfordville . Following the battle the 22nd Alabama accompanied Bragg ' s Army of Mississippi as it continued its march into Kentucky , reaching Hodgenville and Bardstown in October , where on 4 October 1862 the regiment witnessed the inauguration of the Confederate governor of Kentucky at Frankfort . Shortly afterward on 8 October 1862 during the Battle of Perryville the 1st Brigade was held in reserve and not involved much in the battle except for some skirmishing . On 9 October 1862 General Bragg reached Knoxville and renamed his army the Army of Tennessee . The 22nd Alabama stayed in Knoxville for a couple of weeks , until ordered to Murfreesboro , Tennessee . During November 1862 Brigadier General Gardner was promoted to Major General and transferred to Port Hudson , Louisiana . Subsequently on 13 December 1862 , Colonel Deas was promoted to Brigadier General . During this period , President Jefferson Davis reviewed the Army of Tennessee at Murfreesboro . Finally on 31 December 1862 Brigadier General Deas formally assumed command of 1st Brigade . 1863 . From 31 December to 2 January 1863 the regiment fought fiercely in the Battle of Murfreesboro ( also called Stone ’ s River ) . The 22nd Alabama and the 1st Brigade fought under the 2nd Division ( commanded by Major General Jones M . Withers ) under Polk ’ s Corps ( commanded by Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk ) under the Army of Tennessee ( commanded by General Braxton Bragg ) . The 22nd Alabama suffered 94 casualties . After ferocious , bloody fighting in the Battle of Murfreesboro , ten gallant men from the 22nd Alabama were awarded the Southern Cross of Honor : Following the battle , 1st Brigade retreated to Shelbyville , Tennessee where it was joined later by the rest of the Army of Tennessee . During the first half 1863 the Army of Tennessee occupied a front in southern Tennessee from Shelbyville to Tullahoma . The 1st Brigade now commonly referred to as Deas Brigade , and remained under Wither ' s Division and Polk ' s Corps . At the end of July 1863 Deas ' Brigade evacuated the Shelbyville and Tullahoma area and pulled back to Chattanooga , Tennessee due to flanking by Union Army , and then during August the Army of Tennessee occupied Chattanooga . From 6 to 7 September 1863 the Army of Tennessee evacuated Chattanooga and marched southward , where it participated from 18 to 20 September in the Battle of Chickamauga . During the battle the 22nd was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Weedon , assisted by Captain Harry T . Toulmin , under Deas ’ Brigade ( Brigadier General Zachariah C . Deas ) , under Hindman ' s Division ( Major General Thomas C . Hindman ) , under the Left Wing ( Lieutenant General James Longstreet ) , under the Army of Tennessee ( General Braxton Bragg ) . On 19 September , Deas ' Brigade was placed in a line of battle ( Saturday morning ) near Lee and Gordon ’ s Mill , on southern end of Confederate line , and formed a line of log breastworks . The 22nd Alabama was in the line of battle which moved to assault Union Major General William Rosecrans at Chickamauga , where it lost 5 color bearers and 175 killed and wounded out of about 400 engaged . The 22nd Alabama lost lightly in November 1863 at the Battle of Missionary Ridge and wintered at Dalton , Georgia , where weather and sickness claimed 272 men . 1864 . The 22nd Alabama under the command of General George D . Johnston of Perry County , participated in the campaign from Dalton to Atlanta , losing gradually by the constant fighting . At Atlanta , from 22 to 28 July , the loss in the regiment was high , as it was at Jonesboro . It moved into Tennessee with General John Bell Hood and suffered severely at Franklin and lightly at Nashville . 1865 . The 22nd Alabama was transferred beyond the Edisto and moved into North Carolina , skirmishing with the advance of Union Major General George Thomas ' army . The loss at Kinston and Bentonville was light , with Colonel Harry Toulmin leading the brigade . The regiment was consolidated with the 25th Infantry in the field in early 1865 and then it was also consolidated with the 25th , 39th , and 26 / 50th at Smithfield , 9 April 1865 , with H . T . Toulmin as Colonel , N . B . Rouse ( Butler ) as Lieutenant Colonel , and Robert Donald ( Limestone ) as Major , and then surrendered at Greensboro , North Carolina on 26 April 1865 . Commanders . Field and Staff Officers . Field and staff officers included :