(I) 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
(185th Volunteers) Six Months
Organized at Harrisburg for six months June and July, 1863. Engaged in guarding fords of the Susquehanna above and below Harrisburg, and picketing roads into Cumberland Valley during Gettysburg Campaign and battle. Pursuit of Lee July 6-24, 1863. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., August. Attached to Cavalry Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. West Virginia, and duty at Harper's Ferry and in the Shenandoah Valley until February, 1864. Action at Burlington, W. Va., October 13, 1863. Mt. Jackson and Upperville November 16. Mustered out February 5, 1864.
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The Twenty-second Cavalry was formed by the consolidation of a battalion known as the Ringgold Cavalry, with a battalion re-organized from a force of five companies, which had been called out for a period of six months, upon the occasion of the rebel advance into Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1863. Two companies of the Ringgold Cavalry, A and G, of the new regiment, were recruited in the summer of 1861, in Washington county; four other Companies, B, C, E and F, also from Washington county, in the summer of 1862; and one company, D, from the same county, in the spring of 1863. The companies became known as:
Company A - Ringgold Cavalry
Company B - Keystone Cavalry
Company C - Ringgold Cavalry
Company D - BeallsvilleCavalry
Company E - Independent Cavalry
Company F - Patton Cavalry
Company G - Lafayette Cavalry
These companies had gone into service, as fast as recruited, in West Virginia, and had acted independently, those first entering, taking part in the battle of Rich Mountain, in July, 1861, in which the rebels, under command of General Lee, were defeated and driven with severe losses, and in October, at Greenbrier and Romney. On the 7th of January, 1862, these companies were engaged at Blue's Gap, east of Romney, where the enemy was defeated with a loss of fifteen killed, two pieces of artillery, wagons, tents, and twenty prisoners; on the 14th of February, at Bloomery Gap; on the 19th of March, at Strasburg; on the 22d, at Winchester, in which General Shields defeated the rebel General Stonewall Jackson, inflicting severe loss; on the 15th of April, at Columbia Furnace; on the 17th and 18th, at Two Churches, and at Rood's Hill; on the 15thof August, at North River Mills, and at Dashu's Mills on the 9th of November. During the winter and spring of 1863, they were actively employed in guard and scout duty, in which they rendered most efficient service. When the rebel army advanced in force into Pennsylvania, towards the close of June, many of the Union troops in West Virginia were summoned to the assistance of the Army of the Potomac, in expelling the invader, and these companies hastened forward, arriving near Williamsport, on the 8th of July, where they met some forces of the enemy, and on the following day, at Fairview. The rebel army escaped on the night of the 14th, but was closely followed, and on the 17th the cavalry came up with him at Martinsburg, and skirmished with his rearguard at White Hall, on the 22d. The spring campaign 6f 1864, in West Virginia, opened early, and on the 3d of January, the enemy was met at Petersburg, where the battalion was engaged, and in the beginning of February, at Lexington and Moorefield.
The Six Months' Battalion, which formed the nucleus of the new regiment, was recruited in June, 1863, and was employed under command of Major Morrow, in guarding the fords of the Susquehanna, above and below Harrisburg, and in picketing the roads leading into the Cumberland Valley. After the defeat of the rebel army at Gettysburg, it was pushed up the valley in pursuit, and until the close of its term of service, was engaged with the cavalry in holding the Shenandoah Valley. Upon its muster-oat in February, 1864, in compliance with an order from the War Department, the battalion was re-organized at a camp of rendezvous near Chambersburg, and was recruited for a term of three years. On the 22d, the Ringgold Battalion was united with these re-organized companies, and a regimental organization was effected with the following field officers: Jacob Higgins, Colonel; A. J. Greenfield, Lieutenant Colonel; George T. Work, Elias S. Troxell, and Henry A. Myers, Majors.
== Regimental Roster ==
 
 
 Field and Staff Officers
 
 
 Company A
 
 
 Company B
 
 
 Company C
 
 
 Company D
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== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
* The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
** Bain Family Papers - R.BoyerColl (Enlisted man's letters, Nov 9, l862; Apr 3, l864; Jun 29, l864; enlisted man's diary, Jun l-Jul l7, l865)
** Daugherty, George - Papers (Enlisted man's letters, Jan 3-Dec 31, 1863)
** Stevens, Benedict - CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's transcribed diary, Mar l2, l864-Feb 4, l865
** Weiser, John S. - CWMiscColl (Officer's letters and papers, l862-l865)
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Wilmington, NC:Broadfoot, 1993. Vol. 9, pp. 170-204 (18 photocopied pages). E527B32.1993v9 ((Brief history and roster of the regiment).
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* Farrar, Samuel C. The Twenty-second Pennsylvania Cavalry and the Ringgold Battalion, l86l-l865.Pittsburgh, PA: New Werner Co, 1911. 538 p.E527.6.22d.F37.
* Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania CivilWar Battle Flags. Vol. 2. Hbg, PA:Capitol Preservation Comm, 1991. pp. 479-81 (3 photocopied pages). E527.4S38.1991v2.(Brief unit history with emphasis on the regimental flags).16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (p. 2)
* The Institute's Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.
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