Reading List
Books that informed this site and helped trace the movements of the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry through the Shenandoah Valley campaigns of 1864–1865.
The Twenty-Second Pennsylvania Cavalry and the Ringgold Battalion 1861–1865
Samuel Clarke Farrar · 1911
Elwood's Stories of the Old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847–1865: The First Three Year Cavalry of the Civil War
John Williams Elwood · 1914
A unit diary with great details that helped locate places where the unit had been on exact dates. This book has much the same information as the Farrar book but the differences are interesting.
The Last Battle of Winchester
Scott C. Patchan · 2013
The 22nd Pa Cavalry was involved in the capture of the Star Fort during which their unit commander Colonel Schoonmaker won the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Shenandoah Summer
Scott C. Patchan · 2007
Covers the summer of 1864 in which the 22nd Pa Cavalry was mightily engaged. Amazing journeys and stories.
The Battle of Piedmont and Hunter's Raid on Staunton
Scott C. Patchan · 2011
The 22nd was there but played a small part in these efforts.
The Battle of Cedar Creek
Jonathan Noyalas · 2009
The last great battle in the Shenandoah in which the 22nd Pa Cavalry was on picket duty the morning of the Confederate attack and was cut off from the rest of the army. The story of their hours behind enemy lines tells much about these soldiers.