26th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Historical Notes:
The North Carolina 26th Infantry Regiment was organized in August, 1861, at "Crab Tree," a plantation three miles from Raleigh, North Carolina. Its members were recruited in the counties of Ashe, Union, Wilkes, Chatham, Wake, Caldwell, Moore, Alamance, Randolph, and Anson. The regiment served at Fort Macon, on Bogue Island, North Carolina, then fought at New Bern. During the war it was assigned to General R. Ransom's, Pettigrew's, Kirkland's, and MacRae's Brigade. It saw action in the Seven Days' Battles and later the conflicts at Rawls' Mills and Goldsboro. The 26th went on to fight with the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor , took its place in the entrenchments south of the James River, and was involved in the final campaign at Appomattox . It lost 87 killed or wounded at New Bern , had 6 killed and 40 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles, and of the 843 engaged at Gettysburg , more than eighty percent wer disabled. The unit reported 16 killed and 83 wounded at Bristoe and on April 9, 1865, surrendered 10 officers and 120 men. Officers:
• Zebulon Baird Vance, Colonel
• Henry King Burgwyn, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel
• Abner B. Carmichael, Major
• James B. Jordan, Assistant Adjutant General
• Joseph J. Young, Assistant Quartermaster
• Robert Golston, Assistant Commissary of Supply
• Dr. Thomas J. Boykin, Surgeon
• Daniel M. Shaw, Assistant Surgeon
• Rev. Robet H. Marsh, Chaplain
• Leonidas L. Polk, Sergeant Major
• Benjamin Hind, Hospital Steward
• E. H. Hornaday, Ordnance Sergeant
• Jesse Ferguson, Commissary Sergeant
• Abram J. Lane, Quartermaster Sergeant
Assignments:
Dept. of North Carolina
Pettigrew's Brigade, Heth's Division, Hill's Corps
Battles:
ogue Island, NC - November 1, 1861
New Bern, NC - March 14, 1862
King's School House - June 25, 1862
Seven Days - June 28, 1862
Malvern Hill/Harrison's Landing - July 1, 1862
Rawls' Mill, Martin Co. NC - November 2, 1862
Barrington Ferry, NC - March 14, 1863
Gettysburg, PA - 7/1-5/63
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South Mtn, MD - 7/4-5/63
Williamsport, MD - 7/12-13/63
Falling Waters, MD - July 14, 1863
Hospitals in N.VA. - 7/20-8/1/63
Culpeper C.H, VA - September 13, 1863
Bristoe Station, VA - October 14, 1863
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Mine Run, VA - November 12, 1863
The Wilderness, VA - 5/5-7/64
Spottsylvania C.H., VA - 5/8-21/64
North Anna, VA - 5/22-6/64
Hanover Junction, VA - 5/25-7/64
Cold Harbor, VA - 6/1-3/64
Petersburg, VA - 6/10-30/64
Deep Bottom - August 16, 1864
Petersburg, VA - 8/19-20/64
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Globe Tavern, VA - August 21, 1864
Weldon Railroad - August 23, 1864
Reams' Station, VA - August 25, 1864
Jones Farm, VA - September 30, 1864
Pegram's Farm, VA - October 1, 1864
Harman Road, VA - October 2, 1864
Petersburg, VA - October 14, 1864
Burgess' Mill, VA - October 27, 1864
Hatcher's Run, VA - 2/5-7/65
Details in SC - 3/5-6/65
Fort Stedmand, VA - March 25, 1865
Petersburg, VA - April 1, 1865
Five Forks, VA - April 1, 1865
Petersburg, VA - April 2, 1865
Hatcher's Run, VA - April 2, 1865
Other Petersburg, VA -
South Side RR, VA - April 2, 1865
Richmond, VA Hosps. - April 3, 1865
Appomattox River/ - April 3, 1865
Deep Creek -
Amelia C.H., VA - April 4, 1865
Farmville, VA - 4/5-6/65
Burkeville, VA - April 8, 1865
Appomattox C.H., VA - April 9, 1865
Raleigh, NC Hosps. - April 13, 1865
Lenoir, NC - April 15, 1865
Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 3247 men.

• Company A, Ashe County, NC and Grayson County, VA.
• Company B, Union County, NC
• Company C, Wilkes County, NC
• Company D, Wake County, NC
• Company E, Chatham County, NC
• Company F, Caldwell County, NC
• Company G, Chatham County, NC
• Company H, Moore County, NC
• Company I, Caldwell County, NC
• Company K , Anson County, NC
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