The Civil War in the East

26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

 

The 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment lost 12 officers and 176 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 77 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

monument to the 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg

1862

 

Organized at Milwaukee, Wis.

September 17

Mustered in

October 6

Left State for Washington. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

October 15

Moved from Washington, D.C., to Fairfax Court House, Va

November 2-9

Movement to Gainesville

November 18

Moved to Centreville

December 9-14

To Falmouth, Va.

December 15

Battle of Fredericksburg

December

At Stafford Court House

1863

January 20-24

Mud March"

February-April

At Stafford Court House

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Hans Boebel, who was wounded in the fighting on July 1. Captain John W. Fuchs then took command.

 

From the monument: Effective Strength 516, Killed 46, Wounded 134, Missing 37

July 5-24

Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va.

August-September

At Warrenton Junction

September 17

Moved to Rappahannock Station

September 24-October 3

To Bridgeport, Ala., transferred to Army of the Cumberland

October 27-29

Reopening Tennessee River

October 28-29

Battle of Wauhatchie

November

Duty in Lookout Valley

November 23-27

Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign

November 23

Orchard Knob

November 24-25

Tunnel Hill

November 25

Mission Ridge

November 27-December 8

March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn.,

December

Duty in Lookout Valley

1864

January 25

At Whiteside, Ala.

May 1 to September 8

Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign

May 8-11

Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge

May 8-9

Buzzard's Roost Gap

May 14-15

Battle of Resaca

May 19

Cassville

May 25

New Hope Church

May 25-June 5

Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills

June 10-July 2

Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain

June 11-14

Pine Hill

June 15-17

Lost Mountain

June 15

Gilgal or Golgotha Church

June 17

Muddy Creek

June 19

Noyes Creek

June 22

Kolb's Farm

June 27

Assault on Kenesaw

July 4

Ruff's Station

July 5-17

Chattahoochie River

July 19-20

Peach Tree Creek

July 22-August 25

Siege of Atlanta

August 26-September 2

Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge

September 2-November 15

Occupation of Atlanta

November 15-December 10

March to the sea

December 10-21

Siege of Savannah

1865

January to April

Campaign of the Carolinas

February 2

Lawtonville, S.C.

March 14

Reconnaissance on Goldsboro Road

March 16

Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N. C.

March 19-21

Battle of Bentonville

March 22

Mill Creek

March 24

Occupation of Goldsboro

April

Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland

April 10-14

Advance on Raleigh

April 14

Occupation of Raleigh

April 26

Bennett's House. Surrender of Johnston and his army.

April 29-May 17

March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va.

May 24

Grand Review

June 17

Mustered out