26th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

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26th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
ActiveNovember 10, 1862 - August 17, 1863
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Siege of Port Hudson

The 26th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War for nine months service.

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Service

Captain Jedediah Randall, K Company. Died of Wounds sustained at Port Hudson. Captain Jedediah Randall.tif
Captain Jedediah Randall, K Company. Died of Wounds sustained at Port Hudson.

The 26th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at Norwich, Connecticut, on November 10, 1862. The regiment was attached to Sherman's Division, Department of the Gulf, to January 1863. And then to the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XIX Corps, Department of the Gulf, to August 1863. The 26th Connecticut Infantry mustered out of service August 17, 1863.

Located in Norwich's Little Plain Park (between Broadway and Union Street), sits the 26th Regiment Volunteer Infantry Monument, dedicated in 1902 to honor those who served in the Civil War in late 1862 and mid-1863. [1]

Detailed service

The regiment left Connecticut for eastern New York November 12, then sailed for Ship Island and New Orleans, Louisiana, November 29, arriving there December 16. Subsequently: duty at Camp Parapet until May 1863, moved to Springfield Landing May 20, siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9, and assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Finally, the surrender of Port Hudson on July 9. [2]

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 145 men during service; 4 officers and 51 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 89 enlisted men died of disease. [2]

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See also

References

  1. "26th Regiment Volunteer Infantry Monument, Norwich". CTmonuments.net. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Battle Unit Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Parks Service)". Nation Park Service. Archived from the original on 10 May 2025.
  3. Smith, Stephen (1889). Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. Hartford: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company. p. 809. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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