The 26th
Regiment lost 6 officers and 143 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 71 enlisted men to disease, a total of 222. The regiment is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
April 20, 1861 |
Organized at Philadelphia |
April 19 |
Detachment attacked in streets of Baltimore, losing one killed and several wounded, and was returned to Philadelphia |
May 27 |
Mustered in under Colonel William F. Small, Lieutenant Colonel Rush Van Dyke, and Major Caspar M. Berry |
June 15 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to Defenses of Washington |
August |
Attached to Hooker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac |
October |
At Budd's Ferry, Md. attached to Grover's Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac |
March, 1862 |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 5-May 4 |
Moved to the Virginia Peninsula, Siege of Yorktown |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg
The regiment lost 8 killed, 23 wounded and 3 captured, including Colonel Small, who was severely wounded. Major Berry took command. |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond
The regiment lost 20 killed and 45 wounded, as well as 11 deaths to disease. |
June 25 |
Oak Grove |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
Duty at Harrison's Landing
Lieutenant Colonel Wells was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Rush Van Dyke, and Captain Bodine of Company K was promoted to take over from Major Berry. |
August 5 |
Action at Malvern Hill |
August 16-26 |
Movement to Centreville, in part on the steamer Baltic |
August 26-
September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 27 |
Bristoe Station, Kettle Run
Commanded by Major Bodine. The regiment lost its baggage when its supply train was burned. |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run
The regiment lost 2 officers killed and 63 men killed or wounded. |
September 1 |
Battle of Chantilly |
September-
November |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. at Fort Lyon. Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Tilghman rejoined the regiment after a long illness. |
October 10-12 |
Operations on Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
November 18-28 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg. Va.
The regiment lost 17 men killed and wounded. |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
February 5-7 |
Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church |
February-April |
At Falmouth |
March |
Lieutenant Colonel Tilghman was promoted to colonel, and Captain John Adams was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He soon resigned, though. |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
The regiment lost 4 officers wounded, including Colonel Tilghman, 18 enlisted men killed, 64 men wounded and 10 men captured. |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Major Robert L. Bodine. It brought 365 men to the field, losing 30 killed, 176 wounded and 7 missing. Out of 18 officers 2 were killed, two mortally wounded, and hree color bearers were killed. |
July 23 |
Whapping Heights, Va. |
July 26 |
Colonel Tilghman was discharged for his wounds |
August-October |
Duty on line of the Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 12 |
Major Bodine was promoted to lieutenant colonel |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Kelly's Ford |
November 12 |
Captain Samuel Moffitt of Company A promoted to major |
November 26-
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign
The regiment lost 1 officer and 5 men killed, and 1 officer and 23 men wounded. |
November 27 |
Payne's Farm |
February 6-7, 1864 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
February-May |
Near Brandy Station |
February 20 |
Lieutenant Colonel Bodine promoted to colonel |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 4-28 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
The regiment lost 12 killed and 27 wounded |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House
The regiment lost 20 killed and 45 wounded |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 19 |
Harris Farm, on Fredericksburg Road |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 24 |
Ox Ford |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28 |
Left front |
June 18, 1864 |
Mustered out. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 99th Pennsylvania. |
