26th Regiment Indiana Infantry

26th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
26th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
	Flag of the United States, 1865-1867
Active	August 31, 1861, to January 15, 1866
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Prairie Grove; Siege of Vicksburg; Battle of Stirling's Plantation; Battle of Fort Blakeley

The 26th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 26th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized and federalized in Indianapolis,

Garrison duty for the purpose of rest and relaxation. Brownsville, Texas, area and Fort Butler at Donaldsonville, Louisiana.

The regiment conducted reenlistment efforts and granted furloughs during the Garrison Duty period of time. October 1863 - May 1864.

Reorganized under the District of LaFourche, Department of the Gulf. February 1865. Preparation for battle in the Gulf area.

Campaign against Mobile, Alabama. March 17 - April 12, 1865. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley.

During this period of time, surrender actions were taking place at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.

The regiment mustered out of service on January 15, 1866.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment lost 96 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 3 officers and 265 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 364 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

Colonel William M. Wheatly
Colonel John G. Clark

Notes

^ The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

References

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[1] The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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Service

Total strength and casualties

Commanders

See also

Notes

References