Virginia: 26th Infantry Regiment

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Unit History

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Organized in state service for one year ca. June 1862.
Transferred to Confederate service on July 1, 1861.
The 1st Company B, a Mississippi unit, transferred to the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion on October 16, 1861, per S.O. #181, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office.
Companies relettered at this time and the same order assigned a new company, K, to the regiment.
Reorganized on May 13, 1862.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

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Field and Staff

  • Commander: Charles A. Crump (Colonel)
  • Colonel: Powhatan R. Page (Lt. Col., Col.)
  • Lieutenant Colonel: James C. Councill
  • Major: Patrick H. Fitzhugh, Joshua L. Garrett, William K. Perrin, and William H. Wheelwright

Assignments

  • July-October 1861: Department of the Peninsula
  • October 1861-April 1862: Gloucester Point (Crump's Command), Department of the Peninsula
  • April-May 1862: Gloucester Point (Crump's Command), Rains' Division, D.H. Hill's Command, Department of Northern Virginia
  • May 1862: Gloucester Point (Crump's Command), D.H. Hill's Division, Department of Northern Virginia
  • May 1862: Rodes' Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division, Department of Northern Virginia
  • May-June 1862: Wise's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division, Department of Northern Virginia
  • June-July 1862: Wise's brigade, Army of Northern Virginia
  • July 1862: Wise's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division, Department of Northern Virginia
  • August-December 1862: Wise's Brigade, Unattached, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
  • December 1862-April 1863: Wise's Brigade, Elzey's Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
  • April-September 1863: Wise's Brigade, Department of Richmond
  • September-October 1863: Wise's Brigade, 1st Military District, District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
  • October-November 1863: 6th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
  • December 1863-April 1864: Wise's Brigade, 6th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
  • April 1864: District of Florida, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
  • May-October 1864: Wise's Brigade, Johnson's Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
  • October 1864-April 1865: Wise's Brigade, Johnson's Division, 4th Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Companies & Counties of Origin



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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements



  • Yorktown Siege (April-May 1862)
  • Williamsburg (May 5, 1862)
  • Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
  • Blake's Farm, near Deep Bottom, James River (August 6, 1863)
  • Charleston Harbor (August-September 1863)
  • Legaresville, South Carolina, vs. USS Marblehead (December 25, 1863)
  • Nottoway Bridge [two companies] (May 8, 1864)
  • Drewry's Bluff (May 16, 1864)
  • Bermuda Hundred (May 17-June 14, 1864)
  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Jordan's Farm (June 15, 1864)
  • Taylor's Farm (June 17, 1864)
  • Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

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