United States Regiments & Batteries > Maine > 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment
The regiment lost 180 men during the Civil War: 1 officer and 8 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 169 enlisted men to disease .
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1862
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| October 10 | The 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment organized at Bangor, Maine and was mustered in for nine months’ service under the command of Colonel Simon G. Jerrard. |
| October 21 | Left Maine for Washington, D.C. |
| October 22 | Duty at Arlington Heights, Virginia as part of the defences of Wahsington. |
| November 3 | Moved to Fortress Monroe, Virginia. |
| December 2-15 | Transported to Ship Island, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Attached to Grover’s Division, Department of the Gulf. |
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1863
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| January 16 | Moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Assigned to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps |
| March 7-20 |
Operations against Port Hudson, Louisiana |
| March 26 | Moved to Donaldsonville. |
| April 9-May 14 | To Brashear City. Operations in Western Louisiana. |
| April 11-20 |
Teche Campaign |
| April 13 | Porter’s and McWilliams’ Plantations at Indian Bend |
| April 14 | Irish Bend |
| April 15 | Moved to Franklin |
| April 17 | Bayou Vermillion |
| April 25 | Moved to New Iberia |
| May 6 | To Washington, Loiusiana. |
| May 11-27 | To Brashear City |
| May 28 | Moved to Port Hudson |
| June 1-July 8 |
Siege of Port Hudson |
| June 14 |
Assault on Port Hudson |
| July 8 | Surrender of Port Hudson |
| July 24 | Ordered to return to Maine. |
| August 14 | The 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment mustered out with the expiration of its term of enlistment. |