26th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 26th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 26th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry
caption=Michigan state flag
dates= December 12, 1862 to June 4, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Sailor's Creek
Appomattox Campaign
The 26th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 26th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Jackson, Michigan on December 12, 1862. The regiment participated in the suppression of the New York Draft Riots in July, 1863.
The regiment was mustered out of service on June 4, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 3 officers and 115 enlistedmen who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 159 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 280 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmiinf3.htm#26th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*Colonel
ee also
*List of Michigan Civil War Units
*Michigan in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionmi.htm The Civil War Archive]
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