26th Louisiana Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• April 3, 1862 - Organized at Camp Lovell, Berwick City
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• May 18-July 27, 1862 - Vicksburg Bombardments
• December 27-29, 1862 - Chickasaw Bayou
• March 14-27, 1863 - vs. Steele's Bayou Expedition
• April 2-14, 1863 - vs. Greenville Expedition
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
• May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
  • July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
  • Paroled there later that month
  • September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
• January 26, 1864 - Members of the regiment east of the Mississippi River were consolidated at Enterprise, Mississippi with similar portions of the:
  • 3rd Louisiana Infantry
  • 17th Louisiana Infantry
  • (Smith's/Higgins'/Patton's) 21st Louisiana Infantry
  • (Theard's/Herrick's) 22nd Louisiana Infantry
  • 27th Louisiana Infantry
  • 29th Louisiana Infantry
  • 31st Louisiana Infantry
  • Re-designated as the 22nd (Consolidated) Louisiana Infantry / Company F
• May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #1 / Coast Defenses (April-May 1862)
• Department #1 (May 1862)
• Department #1 / Jackson (May-June 1862)
• Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana / Smith's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Smith's Brigade (July 1862)
• Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / 2nd/3rd Sub-District (July-October 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (October 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District (October-December 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Lee's Provisional Division / Thomas' Brigade (December 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Unattached (December 1862-January 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Lee's Brigade (January 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Smith's Division / Lee's Brigade (January-April 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Smith's Division / Lee's/Shoup's Brigade (April-July 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Polignac's Division / Thomas' Brigade (August-September 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / 2nd (Polignac's/Thomas') Division / 1st (Thomas') Louisiana Brigade (September 1864-May 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Alexander E. DeClouet (Colonel)
• Mannoh W. Bateman (Major)
• Duncan S. Cage (Lieutenant Colonel)
• William C. Crow (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Winchester Hall (Colonel)
• William W. Martin (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Hall, Winchester, The Story of the 26th Louisiana Infantry in the Service of the Confederate States
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 112-113)