Virginia 26th Infantry Battalion

Historical Notes:
The Virginia 26th Infantry Battalion was organized in May 1862, with men of the 59th Regiment Virginia Infantry who escaped capture at the Battle of Roanoke Island. It contained seven companies, but was increased to nine in June 1863. The unit was assigned to Echols' and Patton's Brigade, and saw action in Tennessee, western Virginia, and the Shenandoah Valley. During April 1865, it disbanded. Officers:
Lieutenant Colonel George M. Edgar and Major Richard Woodram Assignments:
Assigned to Echols' and Patton's Brigade Battles:
Battle of Roanoke Island
Seven Days' Battles
Second Manassas
Battle of Sharpsburg
Battle of Fredericksburg
Siege of Suffolk
Battle of Gettysburg
Siege of Charleston
Battle of Legareville
Overland Campaign
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Sayler's Creek
Appomattox Campaign
Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 1497 men.

Company A (Red Sulphur Yankee Hunters) - Monroe County
Company B (Captain Edmund Strudwick Read's Company) - Monroe and Greenbrier Counties
Company C (Captain Thomas W. Thompson's Company) - Mercer County, West Virginia
Company D (Captain George Mathews Edgar's Company) (Originally Captain Fielding Fleshman's Company
Company E (Captain William D. Hefner's Company) Scouts and Guides) - Greenbrier County
Bibliography for Research:
Crute, Joseph Units of the Confederate States Army Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Concise summary of the units service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies...Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, The Confederate Units and the Indian Units. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 1995. (2 photocopied pages). E547S53.

Southern Historical Society The Southern Historical Society Papers. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.

U. S. Government Printing Office. Official Records of the American Civil War Davenport, IA. Eastern Digital Resources.

Brock, R. A. The Appomattox Roster. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998.
Originally published as Volume 15 of the Southern Historical Society Papers in 1887 by The Society, Richmond, VA. This book contains 56,000 names of men who surrendered at Appomattox. It shows the mans unit of service and some additional notes.
Rigdon, John C. - Editor Civil War Soldiers Service Records - Virginia. 2012. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.

Rigdon, John C. - Editor Virginia Civil War Soldiers Index. 1996. Davenport, IA Eastern Digital Resources.

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 4: Virginia. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998. 1295 p. E484C65.1987v4. Contains numerous, scattered references to Virginia units.