26th Mississippi Infantry Regiment

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ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY:

• Organized for the war on September 10, 1861. Surrendered at at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865.
  • FirstCommander: Arthur E. Reynolds (Colonel)
  • Field Officers: Francis M. Boone (Lieutenant Colonel)
    Tully F. Parker (Major)
• Baldwin's Brigade, Buckner's Division, 1st Geographical Division, Department #2 (December 1861)
• Baldwin's Brigade, Buckner's Division, Central Army of Kentucky, Department #2 (January - February 1862)
• Baldwin's Brigade, Buckner's Division, Fort Donelson, Department #2 (February 1862)
• Baldwin's Brigade, Tilghman's Division, Ist Corps, Army of West Tennessee, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (December 1862)
• Baldwin's Brigade, Tilghman's Division, Ist Corps, Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (December 1862 - January 1863)
• Tilghman's Brigade, Loring's Division, 5th Military District, Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (January 1863)
• Tilghman's Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (January - February, 1863)
• Tilghman's Brigade, Loring's Division, 5th Military District, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (April 1863)
• Tilghman's Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (April - May 1863)
• Tilghman's - J. Adams' Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of the West (May - July 1863)
• J. Adams' Brigade, Loring's Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (July 1863 - March 1864)
• Davis' Brigade, Heth's Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ( March 1864 - April 1865)

SERVICE:

• Fort Donelson (February 12-16, 1862)
• Coffeeville (December 5, 1862)
• Fort Pemberton (March 11, 1863)
• Fort Pemberton (March 13, 1863)
• Fort Pemberton (March 16, 1863)
• Fort Pemberton (April 2, 1863)
• Fort Pemberton (April 4, 1863)
• Vicksburg Campaign (May-July 1863)
  • Champion Hill (May 16, 1863)
  • Jackson Siege (July 1863)
• Meridian Campaign (February-March 1864)
• The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864)
• Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
• North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
• Bethesda Church (May 31, 1864)
• Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
• Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Weldon Railroad (August 18-22, 1864)
  • Hatcher's Run (February 5-7, 1865)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

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