26th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 26th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry


dates= May 21, 1861 to May 28, 1863
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Cedar Mountain
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chantilly
Battle of South Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville

The 26th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the "2nd Oneida Regiment", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

ervice

The regiment was organized in Elmira, New York and was mustered in for a two year enlistment on May 21, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out of service on May 28, 1863, and those men who had signed three year enlistments or who re-enlisted were transferred to the 97th New York.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 5 officers and 101 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 42 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 148 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf3.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]

ee also

*List of New York Civil War regiments

Notes

References

* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionny.htm The Civil War Archive]

External links

* [http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/26thInf/26thInfMain.htm New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 26th Infantry Regiment] History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, and historical sketch for the 26th New York Infantry Regiment.