Paulding County GaArchives Military Records.....Sinyard, John Thompson 1861 Civilwar 22nd Regt. GA Inf. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Estes estesrn@bellsouth.net August 1, 2008, 3:19 pm Troup IBattle Nformation Confederate Georgia Troops 22nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry was formed at Big Shanty, Georgia in September 1861 with men from Schley, Glascock, Bartow, Lincoln, Washington, Dawson and Henry Counties. Sent to Virginia the unit first served in the Department of the Penisula then was assigned to General A.R. Wright's and Sorrel's Brigade, Army of Northern Viginia. It participated in the difficult campaigns of the army from Seven Days Battles to Cold Harbor, endured hardships of the Petersburg trenches south of the James River and saw action around Appomattox. It lost 10 killed and 77 wounded at Oak Grove, had 6 killed, 32 wounded and 18 missing at Malvern Hill and 13 killed and 50 wounded at Second Manassas. Of the 400 engaged at Gettysburg, more than forty percent were disabled; then it sustained 25 casualties en route from Pennsylvania and so at Manassas Gap. On April 09, 1865, it surrendered with 9 officers and 197 men. The field officers were Colonels B.C. McCurry and J.W. Prichett and Major Lawrence D. Lallierstedt. . Additional Comments: Note: John Thompson "Tompie" Sinyard is buried at the Old Harmony Grove Cemetery with wife, Laura Lucretia Adams Sinyard. This information was passed to me by Diane Siniard. John Thompson Sinyard is my Great Great Grandfather. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/paulding/military/civilwar/other/sinyard424gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb