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26th
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry
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26th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Twenty-sixth Infantry. — Cols., William F. Small,
Benjamin C. Tilghman, Robert L. Bodine; Lieut.-Cols., Rush Van Dyke,
Robert L. Bodine, John B. Adams; Majs., Casper M. Berry, Samuel G.
Moffitt. The 26th regiment, from Philadelphia, offered its services to
the national government and was ordered to Washington. It left
Philadelphia on April 18, expecting to pass through Baltimore before
daylight. Through delay on the part of the railroad company it reached
Baltimore at noon of the following day. The unarmed men were attacked by
the mob and obliged to return to Philadelphia after losing one of their
number in the encounter. The regiment then offered its services to Gov.
Curtin and was accepted, but not mustered in. On May 25 it was mustered
in for three years, by direct order of the war department, its muster
dating back to May 5. During the interim the personnel of the regiment
was considerably changed, but all of its members were from the vicinity
of Philadelphia except those of Co. K, who came from Chester. The
command was stationed at Washington until August, then at Bladensburg,
Md., and on Oct. 20, as a part of Hooker's brigade, marched to Budd's
ferry, Md., where it remained until April 1, 1862. It was active at the
siege of Yorktown, the battles of Williamsburg, Savage Station, Malvern
hill and the second Bull Run. It was then ordered to Washington and did
not take part in the battle of Antietam, but joined the army before
Fredericksburg in Dec, 1862. After sharing in the Chancellorsville
movement in the spring of 1863, the regiment marched to Gettysburg and
was closely engaged in that battle, losing heavily. After the southward
movement of the Army of the Potomac the regiment took part in the Mine
Run campaign and went into winter quarters at Brandy Station. In May,
1864, the regiment was active in the Wilderness campaign and on June 18
it was mustered out at Philadelphia. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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