Former
Governor of Michigan Moses Wisner worked to raise the 22nd Michigan Infantry and was commissioned as its
colonel. The new regiment was mustered into Federal service at
Pontiac, Michigan, on August 29, 1862. Among its ranks was
Henry W. Howgate, who after the war became a controversial figure as the Chief Disbursing Officer for the
United States Army Signal Corps in charge of
Arctic explorations. Another notable member was
John Clem, also known as the Drummer Boy of Chickamauga and Johnny Shiloh, the youngest non-commissioned officer ever to serve in the U.S. Military and the last Civil War veteran still on active duty at the time of his retirement. In September 1862, Wisner was stricken with
typhoid fever while en route to the regiment's deployment and died in
Kentucky. The 22nd Michigan Infantry was mustered out of service on June 26, 1865. ==Total strength and casualties==