CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE RARE 3RD MODEL VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY 22ND REGIMENT SWORD

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CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE 3RD MODEL RARE VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY 22ND VIRGINIA ARTILLERY SABER SWORD. VERY SCARCE AND DESIRABLE . I HAVE A RARE CONFEDERATE  2ND MODEL LISTED IN A SEPARATE AUCTION WITH A CURVE SCIMITAR STYLE BLADE SEE PHOTO N2 AND PHOTO N11.
WHEN YOU BUY THE BEST YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO MAKE EXCUSES LATER.
This is a scarce and very desirable example of a
Confederate 3RDModel Virginia Manufactory Artillery Saber with a flatter blade than the 2nd model.. The blade has been shortened to 34 3/4 inches by the state of Virginia for the Civil War.
22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
Confederate Regiments & Batteries
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Virginia
The 22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment was organized in western Virginia in April of 1861 and was disbanded at at Christianburg, Virginia in April of 1865. For much of its history it was commanded by George S. Patton, grandfather of the World War II general.
1861
April 25
Organized for state service under the command of Colonel Christopher Q. Tompkins.
July 1
The regiment was transferred to Confederate Service. Captain George S. Patton (VMI Class of 1852) of Company H was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
July 17
Scary Creek
Lieutenant Colonel Patton was wounded and about a dozen other men were killed or wounded.
September
Assigned to the Army of the Kanawha
November 23
Captain Robert A. Bailey of Company C was promoted to major
1862
January
Assigned to the District of Lewisburg
May 1
The regiment was reorganized. Lieutenant Colonel Patton was promoted to colonel and Captain Andrew R. Barbee of Company A was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
May
Assigned to the Army of the Kanawha, Department of Western Virginia.
May 10
Giles Court House
Colonel Patton was wounded in the stomach.
May 23
Lewisburg
September 5
Major Bailey became the lieutenant colonel of the 14th Virginia Cavalry.
September
Kanawha Campaign
November
Assigned to Patton’s Brigade, Department of Western Virginia
1863
January
Lt. Colonel Patton was promoted to colonel, to rank from November 23.
April
Assigned to Echols’s Brigade, Department of Western Virginia
April
Jones’s and Imboden’s West Virginia Raid
August 26-27
White Sulphur Springs
Lieutenant Colonel Barbee was wounded in the right elbow and left hip.
November 6
Battle of Droop Mountain
The regiment lost about 110 casualties of the 550 men engaged.
1864
April 23
Lieutenant Colonel Barbee retired to the Invalid Corps.
May 15
Battle of New Market
May
Assigned to Echol’s Brigade, Breckenridge’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia
May 22-26
Battle of North Anna
June 1-3
Battle of Cold Harbor
June
Lynchburg Campaign
Assigned to Echol’s Brigade, Breckenridge’s – Wharton’s Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia
July 9
Battle of the Monocacy
September 19
Third Battle of Winchester
Colonel George Patton was mortally wounded in the hips and died on September 25.
September 22
Battle of Fisher’s Hill
October 19
Battle of Cedar Creek
1865
January
Assigned to Echol’s Brigade, Department of Southwestern Virginia and East Tennessee
April 12
Disbanded in Christianburg, Virginia.