22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
	Flag of Wisconsin
Active	September 2, 1862 – June 12, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Nickname(s)	"Abolition Regiment"
Engagements	American Civil War Middle Tennessee Operations Battle of Thompson's Station; ; Atlanta campaign Battle of Resaca; Battle of Adairsville; Battle of New Hope Church; Battle of Dallas; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; ; Savannah Campaign; Carolinas Campaign Battle of Bentonville; ;
Commanders
Colonel	William L. Utley
Lt. Colonel	Edward Bloodgood

The 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (nicknamed the "Abolition Regiment") was a volunteer infantry regiment from Wisconsin that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was commanded by Colonel William L. Utley, a politician and former Adjutant General of Wisconsin. His second-in-command was Lt. Colonel Edward Bloodgood, with whom he would eventually feud bitterly.

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