26th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• August 27, 1861 - Organized at Crabtree, Wake County, North Carolina
  • Company A formerly 22nd North Carolina Infantry / Company D
  • August or September 1861 - Mustered into North Carolina State Service
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• March 14, 1862 - New Bern
• April 21, 1862 - Reorganized
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 25, 1862 - King's School House
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• November 2, 1862 - Rawls' Mill
• March-April 1863 - New Bern and Washington Campaign
• April 11, 1863 - Blount's Creek
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• July 10, 1863 - Falling Waters
• October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• October 14, 1863 - Bristoe Station
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• August 25, 1864 - Reams' Station
• September 30, 1864 - Jones' Farm
• September 30, 1864 - Squirrel Level Road
• October 1, 1864 - Pegram's Farm
• October 2, 1864 - Harman Road
• October 27, 1864 - Burgess' Mill
• February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
• April 2, 1865 - Petersburg Final Assault
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of North Carolina (August 1861-January 1862)
• Department of North Carolina / District of the Pamlico (January-March 1862)
• Department of North Carolina / District of the Pamlico / French's/Ransom's Brigade (March-June 1862)
• Department of North Carolina / Ransom's Brigade (June-August 1862)
• Department of North Carolina / Pettigrew's Brigade (August-September 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Pettigrew's Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Command / Pettigrew's Brigade (March-April 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Pettigrew's Brigade (April-May 1863)
• Department of Richmond / Pettigrew's Brigade (May-June 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Heth's Division / Pettigrew's/Kirkland's/MacRae's Brigade (June 1863-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Zebulon B. Vance (Colonel)
• James T. Adams (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Henry K. Burgwyn (Jr.) (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Abner B. Carmichael (Major)
• John T. Jones (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• James S. Kendall (Major)
• John R. Lane (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Oscar R. Rand (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Nathaniel P. Rankin (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Davis, Archie K. Boy Colonel of the Confederacy: The Life and Times of Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.
• Hall, Harry W. A Johnny Reb Band from Salem, the Pride of Tarheelia
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 116, 121-122)
• Underwood, George C. History of the Twenty-Sixth Regiment of North Carolina Troops