26th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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The 26th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 115 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 159 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1862
September 10-December 12 Organized at Jackson, Mich.
December 12 Mustered in under the command of Colonel Judson S. Farrar.
December 13 Left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to District of Alexandria, Defences of Washington, D.C.
1863
January – April Provost duty at Alexandria, Va.,
February Attached to Slough’s Brigade, Garrison of Alexandria, Va., 22nd Army Corps
April 20 Ordered to Suffolk, Va. and attached to Ferry’s 1st Brigade, Corcoran’s 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia
April 22-May 4

Siege of Suffolk, Virginia
May 4 Siege of Suffolk raised
May 23 Windsor
June 17 Captain Lemuel Saviers of Company F was promoted to major.
June 24-July 8

Dix’s Peninsula Campaign
July 1-7 Expedition to Bottom’s Bridge
July New York, Dept. of the East
July 12 Ordered to New York City
July 14 –
October 13		 Duty in New York City and at Fort Richmond, N.Y. Harbor
October Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.
November 7-8 Advance to line of the Rappahannock
November 26-
December 2

Mine Run Campaign
1864
February 6-7 Demonstration on the Rapidan
March 29 Colonel Farrar resigned due to chronic diarrhea and “an affection of the lungs.”
May 4-June 15

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River (Overland Campaign)
May 8
Battle of the Wilderness

Corbin’s Bridge
May 8-21
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

Major Saviers was shot in the left lung and wounded by an artillery shell.
May 10 Po River
May 12
Assault on the Salient (“Bloody Angle”)
May 23-26
North Anna River
May 26-28 On line of the Pamunkey
May 28-31
Totopotomoy
June 1-12
Battle of Cold Harbor
June 1864 –
June 1865		 Co. “F” detached in Slough’s Brigade, Defences of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps
June 16-18
First Assault on Petersburg
June 16

Siege of Petersburg begins
June 22-23
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad
July 27-29 Demonstration north of the James
July 27-28
Deep Bottom
August 13-20 Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom
August 14-18
Strawberry Plains
August 25
Ream’s Station
September 12 Major Saviers was promoted to colonel but was not mustered.
September 26 Major Saviers was promoted to lieutenant colonel and discharged due to his wounds from Spotsylvania Court House. Henry H. Wells was promoted to colonel.
December 9-10 Reconnoissance to Hatcher’s Run
1865
February 5-7
Battle of Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run
March 25 Watkin’s House
March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign
March 29-30 On line of Hatcher’s and Gravelly Runs
March 31
Battle of Hatcher’s Run (or Boydton Road) and White Oak Road
April 2
Sutherland Station
April 2
Fall of Petersburg
April 3-9 Pursuit of Lee
April 6
Battle of Sailor’s Creek
April 6 Flat Creek, near Amelia Springs
April 7
High Bridge
April 9
Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army. The regiment was specially detailed to remain at Appomattox Court House until the paroling of Lee’s army was accomplished.
May 2-13 Moved to Washington, D.C.
May 23 Grand Review
June 4 Mustered out