Tom Reagan
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- Jun 27, 2017
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- Caldwell County, NC/Chesapeake, VA
Foreword: I have seen many mentions of the 26th NC here on the site, and several threads about their actions (26th NC at the Angle, 26th NC Monument, ect.) but had yet to see a thread devoted to the 26th in its entirety. So I decided to put together a thread on the regiment so that everything pertaining to it can all be found in one place. Anyone is welcome to contribute.
Special thanks goes to @east tennessee roots, who encouraged me to start this thread.
The 26th North Carolina Infantry
A Brief History: The 26th North Carolina was organized in Raleigh, North Carolina in the late summer of 1861. It served on the coast of North Carolina until mid-1862, when sent to Richmond to assist in repelling General McClellan in the peninsular campaign of 1862. After spending the summer in Virginia, it returned to eastern North Carolina in the fall and remained there until ordered north to join General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and the invasion of Pennsylvania.
While the regiment had fought at New Bern in March of 1862, around Richmond in June and July 1862, and in minor skirmishes in the fall of the same year, Gettysburg was the first major test for the regiment, led by Colonel Henry King Burgwyn, Jr., one of the youngest regimental commanders in the Southern army. The regiment's performance at Gettysburg was enough to guarantee their place in history, sustaining more casualties than any other unit of its size on the field.
After a period when the regiment feared it would be consolidated or disbanded due to its losses at Gettysburg, it successfully reorganized itself, and by mid-1864, was again the largest regiment in the Army of Northern Virginia. It fought gallantly at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor and in the Petersburg siege.
The remnants of the once proud regiment surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 with 130 men.
Company: F&S A B C D E F G H I K Totals %
Total serving: 57 231 190 194 202 211 242 195 196 267 182 2175
KIA/MWIA: 5 38 41 23 23 31 46 29 30 27 37 329 15.1
WIA: 9 73 83 72 80 100 85 66 75 67 88 782 34.6
POW: 11 85 77 66 105 82 84 80 55 70 53 767 36. 1
Exchanged: 1 49 30 29 53 39 40 44 30 24 26 366 47.8
Deserted to Enemy: 0 6 11 6 6 3 5 4 1 7 1 50 6.5
Died of disease/Unknown causes 2 38 32 30 45 26 40 33 31 41 35 354 16.8
Killed Accidents 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 .3
Deserted 0 16 14 42 21 17 28 29 31 10 7 215 10.2-
Executed 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 .3
Discharged 6 27 34 21 35 26 49 25 33 49 23 328 15.5
Transferred 4 11 1 13 8 4 11 6 5 53 8 128 6.1
Appomattox 7 10 13 4 15 17 5 19 9 12 23 134 6.4
Other Paroles 2 0 10 3 8 4 1 8 4 5 1 46 2.2
More to come as soon as I put it together.
Special thanks goes to @east tennessee roots, who encouraged me to start this thread.
The 26th North Carolina Infantry
A Brief History: The 26th North Carolina was organized in Raleigh, North Carolina in the late summer of 1861. It served on the coast of North Carolina until mid-1862, when sent to Richmond to assist in repelling General McClellan in the peninsular campaign of 1862. After spending the summer in Virginia, it returned to eastern North Carolina in the fall and remained there until ordered north to join General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and the invasion of Pennsylvania.
While the regiment had fought at New Bern in March of 1862, around Richmond in June and July 1862, and in minor skirmishes in the fall of the same year, Gettysburg was the first major test for the regiment, led by Colonel Henry King Burgwyn, Jr., one of the youngest regimental commanders in the Southern army. The regiment's performance at Gettysburg was enough to guarantee their place in history, sustaining more casualties than any other unit of its size on the field.
After a period when the regiment feared it would be consolidated or disbanded due to its losses at Gettysburg, it successfully reorganized itself, and by mid-1864, was again the largest regiment in the Army of Northern Virginia. It fought gallantly at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor and in the Petersburg siege.
The remnants of the once proud regiment surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 with 130 men.
Company: F&S A B C D E F G H I K Totals %
Total serving: 57 231 190 194 202 211 242 195 196 267 182 2175
KIA/MWIA: 5 38 41 23 23 31 46 29 30 27 37 329 15.1
WIA: 9 73 83 72 80 100 85 66 75 67 88 782 34.6
POW: 11 85 77 66 105 82 84 80 55 70 53 767 36. 1
Exchanged: 1 49 30 29 53 39 40 44 30 24 26 366 47.8
Deserted to Enemy: 0 6 11 6 6 3 5 4 1 7 1 50 6.5
Died of disease/Unknown causes 2 38 32 30 45 26 40 33 31 41 35 354 16.8
Killed Accidents 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 .3
Deserted 0 16 14 42 21 17 28 29 31 10 7 215 10.2-
Executed 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 .3
Discharged 6 27 34 21 35 26 49 25 33 49 23 328 15.5
Transferred 4 11 1 13 8 4 11 6 5 53 8 128 6.1
Appomattox 7 10 13 4 15 17 5 19 9 12 23 134 6.4
Other Paroles 2 0 10 3 8 4 1 8 4 5 1 46 2.2
More to come as soon as I put it together.