Organization of the 22nd Virginia

The Regimental History of the 22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment by Terry Lowry was a major resource that we used to create this history.

The Kanawha Regiment 1st Organization - August 1861

• Company A Border Rifles, Putnam County
• Company B Mountain Cove Guards, Fayette County
• Company C Fayetteville Rifles, Fayette County
• Company D Nicholas Blues, Nicholas County
• Company E Elk River Tigers, Kanawha County
• Company F Border Rifles, Jackson County
• Company G Rocky Point Grays, Monroe County
• Company H Wyoming Riflemen, Wyoming County
• Company I Kanawha Riflemen, Kanawha County (Coal River Rifles)
• Company K Boone Company, Boone County (1st)*
• Company K Kanawha Rangers formerly Fayetteville Rifles organized as Company I, 8th Virginia Cavalry
• Company k Cavalry Fayetteville Rifles, Fayette County (3rd)*
• *Company K went through 3 organizations within a one year period.
• Artillery Kanawha Artillery: Capt. John Peter Hale
• Charleston Sharpshooters, Swann's Company (Transferred to the 59th Virginia in July 1861)

The Organization of the 22nd Virginia of May 1, 1862

• Company A Border Rifles, Putnam County
• Company B Border Rifles, Jackson County
• Company C Mountain Cove Guards, Fayette County
• Company D Nicholas Blues, Nicholas County
• Company E Elk River Tigers, Kanawha County
• Company F Rocky Point Grays, Monroe County
• Company G Wyoming Riflemen, Wyoming County
• Company H Kanawha Riflemen, Kanawha County (Coal River Rifles)
• Company I Boone Company, Boone County
• Bruce Rifles Greenbrier Rifles, Greenbrier, County
• Medical Staff and Field organization