26th Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• June 1862? - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Virginia State Service for one year
• July 1, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate Service
• October 16, 1861 - Per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #181:
  • (I) Company B (a Mississippi unit) transferred to the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion
  • Companies re-lettered
  • Company K assigned
• April-May 1862 - Yorktown Siege
• May 1, 1862 - Reorganized
• May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• August 6, 1863 - Blake's Farm, near Deep Bottom, James River
• August-September 1863 - Charleston Harbor
• December 25, 1863 - Legaresville, South Carolina, vs. U.S.S. Marblehead
• May 8, 1864 - Nottoway Bridge [2 companies]
• May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
• May 17-June 14, 1864 - Bermuda Hundred
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• June 15, 1864 - Jordan's Farm
• June 17, 1864 - Taylor's Farm
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of the Peninsula (July-October 1861)
• Department of the Peninsula / Gloucester Point (Crump's Command) (October 1861-April 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Command / Rains' Division / Gloucester Point (Crump's Command) (April-May 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Command / Gloucester Point (Crump's Command) (May 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Division / Rodes' Brigade (May 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Division / Wise's Brigade (May-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Wise's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Division / Wise's Brigade (July 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Unattached / Wise's Brigade (August-December 1862)
• Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Elzey's Command / Wise's Brigade (December 1862-April 1863)
• Department of Richmond / Wise's Brigade (April-September 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 1st Military District of South Carolina / Wise's Brigade (September-October 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 6th Military District of South Carolina (September-October 1863)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / 6th Military District of South Carolina / Wise's Brigade (December 1863-April 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / District of Florida (April 1864)
• Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Johnson's Division / Wise's Brigade (May-October 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 4th Corps / Johnson's Division / Wise's Brigade (October 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Charles A. Crump (Colonel)
• James C. Councill (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Patrick H. Fitzhugh (Major)
• Joshua L. Garrett (Major)
• Powhatan R. Page (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• William K. Perrin (Major)
• William H. Wheelwright (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Wiatt, Alex L., 26th Virginia Infantry
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 208-210)