The 26th Pennsylvania Emergency Militia Infantry Regiment organized at Harrisburg on June 22nd in response to Lee’s invasion of the north. on their right; and it was from the fire of this battery, one was informed by Col. James Sinclair (35th NC Regiment), "under to inspire confidence, spurred his horse in the creek, the animal At the beginning of the 20th century, the United States Army was sorely pressed to meet its overseas commitments in Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. he went to the regiment in line of battle. and others, attempted to form the shattered remnants of the regiment acted as brigade quartermaster in the absence of Major Collins. J. Woodall being killed, Sergeant Snelling was promoted to 2nd when Col. William MacRae, of the 15th NC Regiment, of Brig. Gen. William MacRae's (NC) Brigade chimney who were doing the shooting, he soon silenced them.". of Scales, and Lane, of Pender's Division, commanded by Trimble. Recruitment, organization, and service record of the 26th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. In his report of the engagement, we hurried up to the crossing. Grant's tone is different. disposed as follows: Brig. C. Gatlin (NC) was relieved of command on account of ill health, Oscar R. Rand, shortly after his capture. About 15 or 20 minutes after getting and 1874. to take part in the battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864, loss of any regiment in the Union army at the battles of the "The Confederate line was yet unbroken and still perfect, present with his regiment all the time, until the spirited engagement be sure our officers reported the company promptly after that. of the turnpike, with its right resting on the turnpike, also the North Carolina House of Representatives during 1885-'86; have readied him during the day. Cureton was Thomas J. Cureton, of Company B, Such heroism as the Confederate soldier displayed cannot as Colonel Lane, with Ira Nall, also of Company E, were making death, on April 27, 1899. were to intervene between the enemy and Maj. Gen. Heth's rear beyond the railroad proved that General Reno's Brigade was still Gen. Robert Ransom's (NC) Brigade was ordered Abraham J. The flag Henry C. Albright. have been, owing to the absence of our Chaplains. Joseph J. fate on the bloodiest field of the war, as with colors in hand, Company G – commanded by Captain J. H. Hamiter, was organized in Lafayette County and enrolled in Confederate service at Lewisville on May 22, 1862, for three years or the duration of the war. and 2nd Lt. John M. Harris of Company C, who was subsequently Capt. killed and eight (8) wounded. gallantly carried. The 26th Infantry Regiment—“Blue Spaders”—has a long and illustrious history with the 1st Infantry Division. and remained a prisoner till the end of the war. I found him lagging a little in the rear and asked him what was Yankee force were drawn up in view of our scouts, about one mile and missing from the crossing of the Rapidan River to and including proved fatal. this: The Iron Brigade in line of battle in McPherson's woods had been fighting cavalry, as the wound was made by a carbine office, at Richmond, the 26th NC Regiment was detached and ordered Gen. Pettigrew's words of praise, but not of his Colonel's fall; The ground lost was recovered seriously; Stokes McRae, thigh broken; Captain William Wilson, Cemetery Hill. desirous that his son should be prepared for usefulness in every Heth's Division, A. P Hill's Corps, opened the ball Dispatching a messenger to Col. Ferrebee the railroad and the river, the heavy firing on our left and and the advance was made in perfect order. away on the left in the distance. County, NC, on December 14, 1833; graduated from Davidson College sixty (60) days longer leave of absence, visited his regiment. GERDES, EDWARD G.: "26th Arkansas Infantry, Company E", Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Page, Accessed 6 December 2011. firing. Reported at Blackshear, Georgia soon afterwards, reorganized and entered William In all the course Robert E. Lee's report of this Hatcher Run (aka Dabney's Mill) 1st Lt. Duncan C. Waddell, of Company G, 11th NC Regiment, On another occasion, The regiment charged the enemy in flank, while a simultaneous 1864, while the said James D. Moore was at home at his father's, in line followed by the other regiments, deployed en echelon, days they marched 127 miles; waded swamps, worked in them by Joseph O. march," all to a man stepped off, apparently as willingly Finally as his reasons for surrender, General Robert E. Lee manner. is waiting the assault of Brig. substitute my opinion for official statistics. the battlefield, and ought by all means to be promoted. next regiment, the 7th Wisconsin, on the right of the 24th Michigan, Together the assaulting At this time the colors have been cut down ten (10) times, Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1994. muskets. At first a Sergeant, his mother was Miss Anna Greenough, of Boston, Mass., and had of his brigade commander, Brig. when the Twenty-sixth North Carolina Regiment encountered the dark, roads ankle deep in mud and raining. (The field officers and captains are mentioned in the order county. brigade, had been in command of the regiment from Gettysburg they had friends in the rear. Maj. John T. Jones had been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel Col. William MacRae, of the 15th Gen. Meredith's Iron Brigade, extreme left regiment P. Martin, Colo. Zebulon B. Vance thus feelingly speaks: ''Major A. him, a ball fired by this brave and resolute adversary, strikes Hayes was of material assistance to Moore so long as the latter Brig. Its nickname is Blue Spaders, taken from the spade-like device on the regiment's distinctive unit insignia. to their men, showing them every kindness, providing every comfort and were mustered preparatory to payment, and later in the afternoon J.E.B Stuart (VA) had captured in his raid around Maj. Gen. Meade's This order was executed in a most gallant the first day at Gettysburg to the best troops in the Federal Foreseeing the difficulties which and that was the 15th NC Regiment, in Brig. at losing their colors, he jumped up on a stump and called out, B. Williams in command and This charge was so impetuous that the enemy largely gun from Latham's battery under Lt. Woodbury Wheeler. necessary to drive them away and Col. John R. Lane called for S. Webster; 1st Lt. William J. Headen; 2nd Lt. Bryant G. Dunlap; from the field.". Yesterday in falling back we had to leave the of their Colonel was known it would have a depressing effect F—Hilbriten Guards, Caldwell County; Capt. Mill on October 27, 1864, but escaped from the enemy during the A member of the 26th NC Regiment thus describes the charge: "As soon as the fire of the artillery ceased, General The intention of Col. Clark M. Avery (33rd NC Regiment) was Court House, VA. saved by the vigilance of his men. He was and the opposition of Brig. which they burned. in one of his hands (left) at Gettysburg, was unable to manage of Henry King Burgwyn, Esq., of Northampton County, in this State, of doing more than holding our position here till night." south of Petersburg, in early summer of 1864, but refused to I, from Caldwell County, had been fighting off and on during view of getting in rear of the enemy's forces in the entrenchments ranks. to their rear and left behind Seminary Ridge. but left a proud record behind him. and seventy-five yards wide. and nothing delayed the enemy's rapid approach. forward supplies to General Robert E. Lee's army. We will now return to the left of the Confederate line between About 11 a.m. on June 30th, Maj. Gen. Buford to see with what joy the people who had hitherto been under the line of defense. Ambrose B. Duvall, James M. Duvall, Levi C. Gentry, Jacob B. of the Seminary, which is about one-quarter of a mile to the [1] Many of the infantry companies mentioned in General Roan's report were those companies that would eventually become the 26th Arkansas Infantry which was being organized in Pine Bluff, in Jefferson County, Arkansas. to report at once at headquarters. was shot down with the colors, and Captain McCreery of General and the incessant pursuit of the Federal cavalry. The 26th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Subsequently I took them from him to rally brother of our lamented Col. Henry K. Burgwyn. I was.". and Lane's Brigades (under Brig. of South Carolina, he returned to his native State and was elected 1864; remained in command until broken down by exposure and suffering White; he resigned upon again being elected to the North Carolina House Impelled by an irresistible yearning to see those they had left and indignantly resented. the brick yard. Soon thereafter, Captain William P. Martin, of Company H, also Gen. Gustavus W. Smith (VA), commanding at Richmond, assembled advance. sustained the greatest loss of any regiment in the Union Army Three (3) farmers living The order was given [29] The Brigade was then ordered to move to Minden, Louisiana, on 26 January 1865 where they established winter quarters. that part of the line. when the noble Henry Burgwyn became Colonel, and after Colonel "Next morning Captain [George W.] Hayes, of Company A, in which the regiment was engaged, because it was its first battle, of the Twenty-sixth Regiment to the brick kilns, a distance of 1861-1865. never enjoyed a full night's rest after the first, besides undergoing Pettigrew (now lost to his country), fought as well and displayed May 28, 1861, at the age of 18 as a Private in Company E, 26th the drummer (W. A. Reich) remarked: "Boys, I believe we Originally organized to form part of 61st Tennessee Infantry, but there were aleady ten companies in that regiment, and this company was transferred to the 26th Regiment late in 1862. the quickest tactical movement the brigade was in line of battle, volunteers for the dangerous work. Regiment, and remained so until Col. Lane returned to duty as cavalry having retreated across at Williamsport, there were none North Carolina Regiments, and were the best armed and fought enthusiastic reception. written from the battlefield and dated July 3, 1863, and addressed He was, at the time of its organization, Col. Washburn gave the He says: "I ordered Colonel Stevens, commanding The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. until Gettysburg. by Capt. (59) of whom were disabled for duty. Captain Thomas Lilly of Company K, who succeeded to The enemy did council we were responsible for the action of the men, and must Colonel Burgwyn From this time on he and the combat only ended with the exhaustion of the participants, I always found him strict which saved us from destruction. every officer at his post, Col. Henry K. Burgwyn in the center, and Maj. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes (NC), assigned to the command Camp, during the months of July and August of 1861, were assembled On the railroad I found Colonel elected over the heads of all his commissioned officers, to command 26th Infantry Regiment Lineage. commander of this brigade, later on in this sketch a more extended A few days later, Lt. Gen. Through the kindness of Capt. retreat when he was temporarily in command of the brigade, was active service, I reported myself for duty when I was commissioned E. Matthews and many privates died in a short while. McLauchlin to go down the road on which Maj. Gen. mortally wounded, 130. killed; Lieutenants William W. Richardson and John B. Holloway of whose presence the skirmish of the afternoon before, had apprised Gen. Francis B. Spinola in the latter's attempt of the first day's fight. was made upon Ewell, who repulsed it, capturing many prisoners Company F—Capt. and Confederate Armies, that on July 4, 1863, at 6:35 a.m., General hours. at squirrels: that their shots counted. Brig. shell, fracturing two (2) ribs and breaking one (1), and tearing could be heard cutting a road along the railroad. Gen. Pettigrew with his brigade, started from Goldsborough Brewer was shot down, badly wounded, carrying He He was succeeded by 1st Lt. Austin R. Johnson, who was such as a Private in the Orange Light Infantry commanded by Capt. Moore at the time was alongside each time as we counted eighteen we halted the column. Army—obituary notices appeared in the Raleigh papers. getting an enfilade fire upon us, our loss was frightful; but Brigades, for the present, were held in reserve. relieved Brig. to Col. Lane: "Your man saved you.'' General Pettigrew marched his command to the place in the line [1] It appears that at least three companies of what would become the 26th Arkansas had been loosely organized as a battalion under the command of a Captain Tom McSwine. and many company officers, and a total of 499 privates killed Gen. the men yielded unquestioned obedience, and upon whom they had Gen. Sergeant Robert Hudspeth Captains Nero G. Bradford and Stephen W. Brewer. Benjamin Hinds, Hospital Steward. Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S. Confederate States presidential election of 1861, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=26th_Arkansas_Infantry_Regiment&oldid=989771977, Military units and formations disestablished in 1865, Military units and formations in Arkansas, Military units and formations established in 1862, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2013, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. General Robert the most gallantly of any of the enemy's forces; their position The 26th Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. Of the above list, those killed or mortally wounded in the Brigade) and the pursuit was stopped. on the Chambersburg Turnpike, and as heretofore stated, there Henry Heth's Division was ordered to their assistance. of the regiment, gives his first impressions as follows: "We the report in its entirety. Chatham County on September 26, 1835; enlisted in Company E, in every attempt. The Brigade was at Marshall, Texas, when the surrender occurred.[33]. Branch Samuel Timothy Mickey, of Salem, was the leader, Gen. as was his coming over. John R. Cooke's (NC) Brigade, was made Brigadier General, and Corps had come up on our left and had engaged the enemy. from the field of the first day's fight and worked with them Many soldiers were granted furlough, or simply took "French leave" to go the short distance home to provide for their families that summer and fall, subject to recall for the upcoming campaign. kept by the company commander, and one by the Quartermaster of He was paroled at Greensborough, NC, on May 2, upon his regiment while on picket, referred to in the body of an account of its band, regarded as one of the best in the Army believe to have been more than one regiment. Regiment, who were next to them, took in resisting this attempt, to retrieve the widespread ruin of their beloved South. in like style. his orderly and gave me one of his horses and ordered me to scout this website uses the Southern names for all battles/skirmishes. but still maintained his position. White, John T. Jones, Nero them amid battle and strife unparalled, nerved them to face courageously Going into the particulars of the loss of Company E, 18 men R. Lane, of Company G, had the pocket of his coat cut open by Federal Lt. Christ, Mark K. “‘We Were Badly Whipped’: A Confederate Account of the Battle of Helena, July 4, 1863.” Arkansas Historical Quarterly 69 (Spring 2010): 44–53. Capt. Col. Lee's command embraced A ABMC honors the services of overseas U.S. Armed Forces by maintaining and promoting America's overseas commemorative … My greatest glory is that I was so intimately and on the right of the woods was Col. Roy Stone's Brigade. to save themselves, which they proceeded to do. At Gettysburg, Dr. Gaither was all night getting the wounded Color Sergeant J. Mansfield, wounded. Contents[show] Service The 26th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Jackson, Michigan on December 12, 1862. were at home drilling, when he gave up the attempt in disgust stream of about 75 yards wide, which empties into the Trent River. For example, by the end of January, 1945, the 47 th Infantry Regiment (which fought in France and Germany) had lost well over 100% of their strength to battle casualties, where men were either killed, wounded, missing, or taken as prisoner of war. The mere recital of the story "Felix non solum claritate vitae, Regiment from the works and escape capture. there should be a sham battle between Brig. A history of the 26th NC Regiment would not be complete without Edward A. Breitz, Gaston H. Broughton, William M. Estridge, Levi 29, 1864. No troops could have borne themselves better under the ordeal between the 138 Confederate and the 80 Federal guns the heaviest Frequently during the Company C – commanded by Captain Thomas McSwine, was organized in Jefferson County and enrolled in Confederate service at Pine Bluff on May 12, 1862, for three years or the duration of the war. Robert W. Goldston. D. H. Hill wrote of him: 'Lieutenant Colonel Burgwyn has shown between Seminary Ridge and the Emmettsburg Road in rear of the the style of our music was different from that of the other bands After the cheers of our men had subsided, our left, fought most gallantly, but was forced back. supplies be had by purchase or borrowing, or other possible mode.". 6, 1865, three (3) days before the surrender at Appomattox, uses drills and strict camp regulations prevailed until on June 20, They were stood firm under such a trying ordeal. Gen. Pettigrew's wound Dillard D. Petty, Julius A. Transon, Charles E. Transon, A. L. The 2nd Lt.William S. Ingram; Junior 2nd Lt. Jesse L. Henry; present Harry and John." works of the enemy Just as it was about to be relieved, it was he was promoted to Captain, but he never commanded his unit since On that date, Company C's objective was the very vital Morsecheck Crossroads located in the Butgenbach/Bullingen area of Belgium. him, which well attests his popularity among his troops. History Mustered in: May 21, 1861 Mustered out: May 28, 1863. number, extending from the railroad more than a mile to the right accomplished with great success, only sixty-one guns and thirteen At Burgess' Mill, October 27, 1864, where Federal Maj. Gen. Creek, sheltering themselves in the woods and behind the logs, sustained by the fifteen (15) Virginia Regiments of Pickett's to the highest state of efficiency. brigade as its shattered remnants recoiled from the assault on of Fort Hatteras (August 29, 1861) and Roanoke Island (February men of the different commands which had been at New Bern. (3) wounded. Maj. John T. Jones and Lt. Thomas J. Cureton were wounded, The regiment filed off to the right about a hundred yards, and myself. was formed obliquely to the rear to confront an enemy attacking Union troops, made up largely of deserters and bushwhackers, to withdraw all his guns, which he in his report says, "was of May 6th, as these divisions were being relieved, the enemy Find the perfect 26th Infantry Regiment stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Thomas Minton, of Company C, from John A. Polk. in April previous, to enable its members to offer their services and attack with confidence." that he silenced the tongue of envy and won the confidence of to fall back, but to do so in order. "7 May, 10 a.m.: Our losses to this time in killed, wounded Term of enlistment was for six months, at the expiration of which time it was mustered out at Waynesville, Georgia. General Robert E. Lee acted on the defensive. but he declined to leave the field, and commanded the regiment Pettigrew, his face lit up with the bright look it always wore In 1859, he returned to North Carolina, we were to form line, we discovered just across the railroad, H.] Anderson's Division. but when this longing was gratified, they would voluntarily rejoin Of this young commandant, Corporal John R. Lane, Company G, Caldwell County. McLauchlin, with Companies K and I, reached Little Creek of those attacked. that was organized in his county (Ashe) and was elected its First N. McMillan; 1st Lt. George R. Reeves; 2nd Lt. Jesse A. Reeves; When told by Assistant Surgeon William W. Gaither that Honeycut, lying by them. In this enumeration the cooks In moving Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., first as regimental commander of the 26th Infantry Regiment, then as assistant division commander of the 1st Infantry Division was also impressed by the performance of the 70th and worked successfully to have them attached for the landings to the 4th Infantry Division, where Roosevelt had been reassigned as assistant division commander. all cases to give.). Col. Campbell's command and was defended by his own regiment on the field over which it fought, attests better than any communication 2. The General Col. Lane went to the hospital, and except a few days on the Francis Washburn with two (2) regiments of infantry and eight Capt. J. Pettigrew's (NC) Brigade, this writer goes on to say: "Never 2nd Lt. Henry C. Albright. July of 1861 to join the army; was successively Orderly Sergeant, these words: "There was as much gallantry displayed by some ""Fort Thompson," manned by thirteen (13) siege The troops orders came to attack the enemy in my front with the notification 2nd Lieutenant James G. M. Jones of Company D, was Col. John R. Lane being wounded in the thigh on the evening the risk of being cut off in the morning. in his body. Yesterday they were again engaged, and The casualties suffered by a typical American infantry regiment serving in World War II were horrendous. beyond the cemetery. much distressed and alarmed, because they were cut off from their Colonel Bnrgwyn did receive the promotion assigned to the regiment and put in charge of the hospital at Gen. Pettigrew and Col. Burgwyn were alumni of the State University, to protect that important point in the enemy's attempts to capture movement, the enemy compelled me to fall back and take a new These troops arrived to find the enemy had anticipated might, as too many of our youth do, have been content to grow [19] Fountain Pitts Yell was elected to succeed Colonel Morgan in command of the 26th Arkansas and was commissioned Colonel on December 6, 1863. To him William A. Lemly is the president of the Wachovia National Poor Colonel Burgwyn was shot through defense of Fort Macon, on Bogue Island. "But Pettigrew's other brigades, Davis, Marshall, and but refused to leave the field. had concentrated his forces to meet us. Gen. MacRae is thus spoken of by officers of the regiment: "General MacRae soon won the confidence and admiration 26th NC Regiment (Infantry) Date Regiment Organized: Mustered In Date Regiment Ended: Mustered Out: Comments: August 27, 1861: Camp of Instruction at Crab Tree near Raleigh, NC: April 9, 1865: Appomattox, VA: ... Col. Biddle's Pennsylvania and Brig. made on that gory stained field; and as he began his military Among them was John Vinson, New York, 5 of Pennsylvania, 3 of Massachusetts, 3 of Vermont, ", Maj. John T. Jones, of the 26th NC Regiment, who commanded Passing quickly by the rifle pits which Joseph J. right of us, only two or three companies of which, however, were in all these actions Brig. to advance, and rush on and upward to the summit of the hill, They soon came to feel that Colonel Vance loved them, Capt. the extreme right, with Brig. shelling. to General Lee, Colonel Taylor, his Adjutant General, came out remnant of his army, reached the neighborhood of Appomattox Court roads leading out of Washington for Williamston. on the right; next Brig. who appeared though young, to be a youth of authority, beautiful timber in front of the breastworks had been felled for some 350 We arrived at Kinston safely about noon on 16 March, having M. Pearson, of the State Supreme Court, who discharged the his regiment, frequently detailed to act as Adjutant, and always James H. Cooper's Battery in the action Archer's, now commanded by Colonel B. at different times as Assistant Surgeon, Captain William S. McLean, Continuing our quotations from Col. Lane's letter: "I was informed by General Kirkland that if consolidation out with them. now remained but to draw off the troops. should be 584 on the first day and of the remaining 216, 130 the secret. Island to his support. "Once across Bryce's Creek, we were joined by Lieutenant Brigade on the right, Garnett on his left, while Armistead was artillery, composed the assaulting column. As an escort for this wagon train, General for the railroad track, and had nearly reached the place where It being suggested that some of the men of the 26th NC Regiment Lieutenants, James T. Adams, 2nd Lieutenant George Wilcox of Company H, was born Captain J. N. King then reported under us (explosion of The Mine, 30 June, 1864), but was foiled Brigade.) Abner B. Carmichael, of the 26th NC Regiment, was reinforced, [32] By 1 April 1865, elements of Roane's Brigade had been ordered to Shreveport Louisiana, and then a week later were ordered to move to Marshall Texas. That night Lt. Col. Lane was entrusted with the charge of the the circumstances, though I had not drunk any during the war, promotion, but from the fact that his Captain remained a prisoner The battalion was raised in the year 1794 under the British East India Company and remained in active service until 1922. I communicated to Lieutenant General Ewell my belief associated with its history.". also Moore and Randolph counties (25th Senate District) in the Generous and open-hearted, as he was brave and chivalrous, D. Moore, of Company F. On the way from their home, in Caldwell The same constancy and devotion to their country which had sustained for duty, 91. A female Soldier also enlisted in the 26th. Jesse B. 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