22nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 22nd Kentucky Infantry was organized at Louisa , Kentucky and mustered in on January 20 , 1862 . The regiment was attached to 18th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . 26th Brigade , 7th Division , Army of the Ohio , to October 1862 . 4th Brigade , District of West Virginia , Department of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 9th Division , Right Wing , XIII Corps ( Old ) , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition to January 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 9th Division , XIII Corps , to February 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 9th Division , XIII Corps , to July 1863 . 4th Brigade , 1st Division , XIII Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to August 1863 ; and Department of the Gulf to September 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , XIII Corps , to November 1863 . Plaquemine , District of Baton Rouge , Louisiana , Department of the Gulf , to March 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XIII Corps , to June 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XIX Corps , Department of the Gulf , to December 1864 . The 22nd Kentucky Infantry mustered out of service on January 20 , 1865 . Veterans and new recruits were transferred to the 7th Kentucky Veteran Volunteer Infantry . Detailed service . Operations in eastern Kentucky until March 1862 . Garfield ' s Campaign against Humphrey Marshall December 23 , 1861 to January 30 , 1862 . Advance on Paintsville , Ky . , December 30 , 1861 to January 7 , 1862 . Jennie ' s Creek January 7 , Occupation of Paintsville October 8 . Abbott ' s Hill January 9 . Middle Creek , near Prestonburg , January 10 . Occupation of Prestonburg January 11 . Expedition to Pound Gap , Cumberland Mountains , March 14 – 17 . Pound Gap March 16 . Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28 - June 18 . Cumberland Mountain April 28 . Occupation of Cumberland Gap June 18 - September 16 . Operations about Cumberland Gap August 2 – 6 . Tazewell August 6 . Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to Greenup , on the Ohio River , September 16 - October 3 . West Liberty September 24 . Expedition to Charleston , Va . , October 21 - November 10 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . , November 10 – 15 , and duty there until December 20 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 20 , 1862 to January 3 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 , Expedition to Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault and capture of Fort Hindman , Arkansas Post , January 10 – 11 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , January 17 – 22 and duty there until March . Operations from Milliken ' s Bend to New Carthage March 31 - April 17 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Gibson May 1 . Battle of Champion Hill May 16 . Big Black River Bridge May 17 . Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 5 – 10 . Near Clinton July 8 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . At Big Black until August 13 . Ordered to New Orleans , La . , August 13 . Duty at Carrollton , Brashear City and Berwick until October . Western Louisiana Campaign October 3 - November 21 . Duty at Plaquemine November 21 , 1863 to March 24 , 1864 ; and at Baton Rouge until April . Ordered to Alexandria , reporting there April 26 . Red River Campaign April 26 - May 22 . Graham ' s Plantation May 5 . Retreat to Morganza May 13 – 20 . Mansura May 16 . Expedition to the Atchafalaya May 31 - June 6 . Duty at Morganza , at mouth of the White River , Ark . , and at Baton Rouge , La . , until January 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 199 men during service ; 3 officers and 48 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 145 enlisted men died of disease .