22nd Infantry Regiment Misc Photos 1890-1899

22nd Infantry Regiment Miscellaneous Photos 1890-1899

"Twenty-second Infantry firing prone at long-range targets on the rifle range
half a mile north of Fort Keogh, using Springfield rifles, about 1890."
Ed., Note the huge cloud of smoke from the black powder rifles.
The Soldier nearest the camera is a SGT, designated by his chevrons and the
single white stripe down his trouser legs.

Photo by Christian Barthelmess ( Musician, 22nd Infantry )
From the book Photographer On An Army Mule
by Maurice Frink with Casey E. Barthelmess
University of Oklahoma Press

"Fort Keogh folks liked to square dance and often at a summer picnic improvised
a dance floor by pegging canvas to the ground, as at this Twenty-second Infantry party.
Right center, hand on hip, Musician Block; extreme right Q.M.Sgt. and Mrs. Michael G. Giltinan;
extreme left, their daughter, Genevieve."
Ed., the model 1872 forage caps date this photo as circa 1888-1895.

Photo by Christian Barthelmess ( Musician, 22nd Infantry )
From the book Photographer On An Army Mule
by Maurice Frink with Casey E. Barthelmess
University of Oklahoma Press

"Twenty-second Infantry band in full dress, in front of the band quarters at Keogh,
with Christian Barthelmess seated left. (Photograph not taken by Barthelmess.)"
Ed., photo circa 1888-1895

From the book Photographer On An Army Mule
by Maurice Frink with Casey E. Barthelmess
University of Oklahoma Press

A photo of some of the officers of the 22nd, taken at Fort Keogh.
Date is given as 1892, but photo may be as late as 1896

From the book: Combat Diary EPISODES FROM THE HISTORY OF THE
TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT, 1866-1905
by A. B. Feuer

Praeger Publishers, New York, N.Y.

"Soap Suds Row home of Sgt. Tackelberry, Twenty-second Infantry,
one of the early log homes at Fort keogh. Most western posts had areas called
Soap Suds Row because many enlisted men's wives laundered for their own and officers'
families. The shack in rear of this home housed the family water barrels."
Ed., photo dated circa 1895-96, by the model 1895 forage cap worn by SGT Tackelberry.

Photo by Christian Barthelmess ( Musician, 22nd Infantry )
From the book Photographer On An Army Mule
by Maurice Frink with Casey E. Barthelmess
University of Oklahoma Press

"Officers' wives occasionally visited them in their camps on practice marches.
.....The stove-equipped tent bears stenciled insignia of both the Twentieth and Twenty-second Infantry."
Ed., again, photo taken in either 1895 or 1896.

Photo by Christian Barthelmess ( Musician, 22nd Infantry )
From the book Photographer On An Army Mule
by Maurice Frink with Casey E. Barthelmess
University of Oklahoma Press

"The Twenty-second Infantry leaves Fort Keogh in 1896, by train."
Ed., After being stationed at Ft Keogh for eight years, the entire Regiment
moved to Fort Crook, Nebraska during the month of June 1896.
One Soldier on the platform is wearing a white cloth covered cork summer helmet,
officer on platform far right has what appears to be an M1840 'Foot' officer's sword.

Photo by Christian Barthelmess ( Musician, 22nd Infantry )
From the book Photographer On An Army Mule
by Maurice Frink with Casey E. Barthelmess
University of Oklahoma Press

The 22nd Infantry Regiment on the parade ground at Fort Crook,
Regimental Band on the left, Officers' Row in background. Photo dated June 1896.

From the 22nd Infantry Regiment Society Website

Caption reads:
Band, 22nd U.S. Infantry, Fort Crook, Neb.
Winners of First Prize at Minneapolis, July 5, 1897 - Seven Bands Competing

Below are four enlargements of sections of the above photo:

Band, 22nd U.S. Infantry, Fort Crook, Neb. 1897

Company D 22nd Infantry camped September 1897