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 Corps, in the thickest of the fight. The position was as much exposed to the terrible fire of the enemy as any on the field. The Twenty-second held this position firmly until Dwight’s Division on the left gave way, when it was forced to fall back, but soon rallied and joined in a charge with great enthusiasm. It lost in the battle in killed, wounded and missing one hundred nine men. Among the slain were Captains D. J. Davis and R. D. Parks, Lieutenant J. A. Boarts and Sergeant-Major George A. Remley. On the 20th the regiment joined in the pursuit of the retreating foe to the vicinity of Strasburg, where the army went into camp. The enemy took up a strong position at Fisher’s Hill near by. On the 22d, General Sheridan led his army against the Confederates and fought the Battle of Fisher’s Hill, where he won another victory over General Early. The Twenty-second was but slightly engaged, losing but four men. Early in October the army went into fortified encampment on Cedar Creek, where on the 14th the last battle of that brilliant campaign was fought. The Iowa regiments in Sheridan’s army took a prominent part in this engagement and shared in the honor of the great victory. The loss of the Twenty-second Regiment in this battle was seventy-seven men. Early in January, 1865, the regiment was ordered to Savannah to perform garrison duty for a month. In April the brigade was reorganized under the command of Colonel Harvey Graham, of the Twenty-second Iowa. Toward the last of July it returned to Iowa having traveled more than 13,000 miles since entering service, and on the 3d of August it was disbanded at Davenport, numbering at the time four hundred thirty-six men.