Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Virginia
The 26th Virginia Infantry Regiment was formed in Virginia in June of 1861 and was surrendered at Appomattox Court House in April of 1865.
1861
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May-June | Organized on the Virginia Peninsula for one years service under the command of Colonel Charles A. Crump. Company B was made up of volunteers from Mississippi. |
July 1 | Transferred to Confederate service and assigned to the Department of the Peninsula. |
October 16 | Company B was transferred to the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion. All the companies were relettered and a new Company K was created. Assigned to Gloucester Point, Department of the Peninsula. |
1862
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April-May |
Siege of YorktownAssigned to Gloucester Point, Rains’s Division, D.H. Hill’s Command, Department of Northern Virginia |
May | Assigned to Rhodes’s Brigade, D.H. Hill’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 13 | The regiment was reorganized for the duration of the war. It mustered 31 officers and 424 enlisted men. Assigned to Wise’s Brigade, D.H. Hill’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia. |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven Days Battles |
July | Assigned to Wise’s Brigade, D.H. Hill’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia |
August | Assigned to Wise’s Brigade, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia |
December | Assigned to Wise’s Brigade, Elzey’s Command, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia |
1863
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April | Assigned to Wise’s Brigade, Department of Richmond |
September | Assigned to Wise’s Brigade, 1st Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida |
October | Assigned to 6th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida |
December | Assigned to Wise’s Brigade, 6th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida |
1864
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April | Assigned to the District of Florida, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida |
May | Assigned to Wise’s Brigade, Johnson’s Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Florida |
August 6 | Blake’s Farm |
August-September | Charleston Harbor |
December 25 |
Legaresville, South CarolinaThe regiment took on the USS Marblehead. |
1862
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May | Assigned to Wise’s Brigade, Johnson’s Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Florida |
May 8 | Nottoway Bridge (2 companies) |
May 16 |
Drewry’s Bluff |
May 17-June 14 |
Bermuda Hundred |
June-April | Siege of Petersburg |
June 15 | Jordan’s Farm |
June 17 |
Taylor’s FarmColonel Powhatan R. Page was mortally wounded. |
October | Assigned to Wise’s Brigade, Johnson’s Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia |
1865
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April 6 |
Sayler’s Creek |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseThe 26th Virginia Infantry Regiment surrendered 16 officers and 81 enlisted men. |