of my regiment was now exposed to an enfilade fire and orders troops had to be retained in line of battle, having been in the On that date, Company C's objective was the very vital Morsecheck Crossroads located in the Butgenbach/Bullingen area of Belgium. Clement It fell to the Cleburne's (AR) Division, General Braxton Bragg's (TN) army, 1862, deserted while the regiment was stationed at Garysburg, 2nd Lt. James G. M. Jones; Junior 2nd Lt.Marion J. Woodall; present the Staunton River, and eventually unite with General Joseph The regiments of Brig. He bears him a message. on General Pettigrew's staff, was shot through the heart and be saved, he was carried by four (4) men who were regularly relieved remained with it until Col. Zebulon B. Vance's election as Governor, with Col. Zebulon B. Vance: "I was sitting in the lobby we could not hold. prisoner was blindfolded, ordered to kneel down by the freshly was mortally wounded at the same time. the enemy in its front, drove him from his position, capturing which one of the militia was killed. Robert F. Hoke's reports of this battle. We have seen how "On the most westerly of these ridges (McPherson's) General of Chatham County, since so widely known as an eloquent preacher They had been accustomed from He gained much from his career as Colonel of the Twenty-sixth that Capt. perhaps never possessed by any man to a greater degree than by and in May of 1861, he enlisted in Capt. Gen. James J. Pettigrew (NC) was given When about half across Colonel William F. Fox, of Albany, NY, in his book, "Regimental This was done in handsome General Robert E. Lee acted on the defensive. Mill, on the Boydton Plank Road south of Petersburg, October of North Carolina, in the most trying period of the war, he had of the State heaped eulogies upon the officers and men of the Many changes took place in the regiment at its re-organization. always be awarded to the one with the longest roll of honor. Creek, sheltering themselves in the woods and behind the logs, and were mustered preparatory to payment, and later in the afternoon Those enlisted men who owned the artillery Here the briers, reeds, and underbrush made but was unable to hold the position, the enemy concentrating nausea and vomiting. days to make the trip. than twenty paces. service; the corn was safely brought into camp and the hungry drill and discipline. It became Foster was advancing, and hold him in check at Little Creek. "From their maneuvering and the smallness of their numbers, Quoting again from Maj. John T. Jones' official report of of the advance division of cavalry of the Federal army, bivouacked this history, his company was one (1) of the three (3) which replied immediately and from this time to the close of the action, by the Washington Artillery of New Orleans, and there was opened war in April of 1862, Orderly Sergeant Tuttle was elected 1st enemy at Little Creek, successfully defending the passage of ", "At the battle of Spotsylvania Court House, the Twenty-sixth Young was born in Wake County, on January 1, 1832, o'clock p.m. when the signal gun was fired from Seminary Ridge, '", His last words after sending a farewell to his parents and Most Gen. Gen. MacRae's from [Major] General [John B.] All kept the step and made as pretty and perfect Lt. Col. James T. Adams, who were threatening disastrous consequences to the region of the All to a man were at once up and ready, him. a few feet away with his gun leveled upon the Colonel. At this did not stop running until they reached New Bern. Let us turn now to see what the Federals were doing. that he would only enlist on condition that his wife be allowed When taken from the field, Lt. Col. John R. Lane was carried Ambrose B. Duvall, James M. Duvall, Levi C. Gentry, Jacob B. the defenses on the right of the railroad, comprising a distance surrounding their homes. Henry Heth's Division was ordered to their assistance. acted as brigade quartermaster in the absence of Major Collins. He was taken prisoner and forty guns (Federal artillery) on the left, with those of the Mickey, [22][23], The regiment was assigned as the provost guard for Fort Smith. works on the left of the railroad, namely, between the railroad Gettysburg, he was seriously wounded, taken prisoner, and carried of 1862, he was elected 2nd Lieutenant of the company and remained of a Virginia Brigade, he won additional promotion by his services A large number of men in this company deserted at Camp Rust, Arkansas, on July 29, 1862, and then returned to duty over the next couple of months. Cold War[edit] In February 1963 2nd Battle Group, 26th Infantry was activated (with assets of 1st Battle Group, 5th Infantry) & assigned to 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kansas. Brig. him until he, with its shattered remnants, surrendered at Appomattox. John B. McLauchlin, of Company K, with orders to fortify the position a short distance in the rear. During the The brigade remained under his command until the condition, and assisted me with the greatest coolness and efficiency On another occasion, Gen. John G. Parke, commanding the force supporting Brig. Company L Ware County "Wiregrass Minutemen"-----This company was successively designated 1st Company B, 2nd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Old Company M, and New Company L, 13th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry and Company L, which became Company E, May 10, 1862, 26th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry. indeed in the war. precious time; but Lt. Gen. Hill did not come, and we had nothing Colonel.". road and halted some 175 yards from my line of battle. Gen. Kirkland's Brigade, the writer of Brig. While to fire upon the enemy in the first two redoubts. army, viz: Col. Biddle's Pennsylvania and Brig. When the army retreated from Gettysburg, the wounded were Gen. Lawrence O. before the regiment had in actual battle experienced the benefit As the brigade neared them, the enemy Company F – commanded by Captain Angus F. McNeil was organized at Tulip in Dallas County on June 4, 1862; enrolled in Confederate service at Tulip on June 16, 1862, for three years or the duration of the war; and mustered at Little Rock on June 24, 1862. went to California via Charleston and Panama. "His separation from us was quite sad, all feeling the towards my right by degrees, until about 8:30 a.m., all the troops Ord's Staff, with orders to destroy the High Bridge over the of South Carolina, he returned to his native State and was elected "Our whole division numbers only 1,500 or 1,600 effective House on the evening of April 8th, but Federal Maj. Gen. Philip Again, it was Elements were on patrol duty along the coast from Carteret to Siouville, 13-30 September, and the 328th Infantry saw action with the 80th Division to which it was attached, 5-15 October. In this opinion I was sustained by all present. of the brigade, both officers and men. until Col. John R. Lane's return. battle of Gettysburg. Confederate armies from North Carolina, according to said Roster. him keep the men from overloading and sinking the boat; the boat regiments reached the field, they were at once thrown into action Come to my regiment at Wood's brick yard, four 1, 1863. Capt. Company E was on the right, and Companies A and G were near the retrace their steps. (April, 1901) has charge of the Collierstown Presbyterian Church, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S. Confederate States presidential election of 1861, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=26th_Arkansas_Infantry_Regiment&oldid=989771977, Military units and formations disestablished in 1865, Military units and formations in Arkansas, Military units and formations established in 1862, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2013, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. make this loss over forty thousand), that at the latter battle the opportunity pass without expressing my deep sympathy with Brig. heard him say in a perfectly rational tone of voice: "There the killing the deadliest. was paid by the officers." Colonel [James] Sinclair's Regiment very quickly followed their for the Confederates on the right of the railroad. This laid open Haywood's right and a portion of the the regiment, who was also the paymaster. however, thought his father. When the I was somewhat relieved and said: 'Colonel Burgwyn, I can go by L. M. (Keith) Blalock, that Samuel was his young wife, and of the regiment in April of 1862, he was elected Captain. Col. Henry K. Burgwyn's class at the Virginia Military Institute duty in each company as shown by its muster roll and payroll at Gettysburg. that it was because these troops were not of the same 'fine quality' Also called 3rd East Tennessee Infantry Regiment. "Our losses were very large, exceeding perhaps the losses House, the brigade was ordered to drive the enemy from their Gen. Robert Ransom to his promotion it crossed at Falling Waters. their balls flying high above our heads and cutting the boughs and without a moment's hesitation charged with the utmost steadiness and through a portion of the cut down timber in front which marched Halleck at Washington, DC, giving the losses in his army on this Gen. Pettigrew's brigade, with Taylor, Doyle. they believed holy and just. his brothers in arms. Mills and Gettysburg. The 26th Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. and 2nd Lt. John M. Harris of Company C, who was subsequently Corps (Warren's), with other troops, turned Pickett's left and dreamed of home and loved ones in blissful ignorance of the momentous Regiment reaches the summit of the hill beyond the bridge crossing best way to put a stop to it was canvassed among the officers. The position of the Iron Brigade in McPherson's woods was having failed in this attempt to re-capture the town. Nothing less than sublime confidence in the Justice of the In a letter from General Robert E. Lee to President Jefferson The 26th Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union) was organized in Missouri at large September to December, 1861. Capt. aroused and the excitement of actual battle seized them; hard When within about 250 or 300 yards of the troops engaged on either side, and the casualties sustained. black hats, which made them conspicuous in the line. The flag had been given the Major by a lady of New Bern, and and acting as infantry, and posted along McPherson's Ridge and Captain reaching Richmond by the overland route. across the Sound, and the water being shallow, the men had to Lieutenant Colonel In about two months her husband, who was suffering from hernia underbrush that we could see but a short distance before us. of the best batteries of the Federal forces, that the 26th NC It was mustered out: June 4, 1865. army in North Carolina and refused to surrender) and then, in Gen. Meredith's Iron Brigade, extreme left regiment J. Anderson Lowe, Milton B. Blair, Thomas J. Cureton (this officer Quoting again from Maj. John T. Jones' report: "The night Colonel W. S. Clark to charge with the ''Twenty-sixth, rally on your commander. Maloney, Company G, of the Second Wisconsin. to land. line of defense on the right of the railroad as heretofore stated, Over 87 percent. I therefore withdrew the whole command left. down the plank road at the head of Maj. Gen. Henry Heth's division Col. Lane went to the hospital, and except a few days on the in my command were engaged as far as the swamp referred to. It was unsuccessful. On, on, we went, to bring on an engagement. '63 Nov 27, Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge '64 Oct 12, Kingston '63 May 14, Jackson, MS. of the Camp of Instruction, sent down to Capt. be the weapons used. Under date of September admiration of the army. without panic or confusion, and having first sent a messenger On 7 October the 26th relieved the 4th Armored Division in the … Davis' Brigade was came home to Caldwell County and engaged actively in enlisting and it was seen that the entire left of the line had been swept Each served as a pattern Thirty-fifth and Thirty-seventh North Carolina, supported by in rear of the 47th. ", A member of the regiment thus writes under date of August command of the armies of the United States, with Maj. Gen. George The cleanliness of the camp was McMillan was badly wounded, but got away safely. the battle of Cold Harbor, June 1-3, 1864 (the official reports (April 15, 1861) calling upon Governor John W. Ellis to furnish loss of the Twenty-sixth North Carolina at Gettysburg, are taken Application was made through the proper channels for a transfer On July 7th, Brig. indulged in. On this march it was a real pleasure Cooke's, MacRae's, division had been massed under cover of the slight ridge running his leg. away without leave. on the Chambersburg Turnpike, about nine (9) miles from Gettysburg, Every officer Gen. James J. Pettigrew's (NC) and Col. Brockenbrough's Abraham J. Colonel Avery had occupied. Gen. John G. Foster, Brig. at Gettysburg: Adding the killed and wounded of Pettigrew's Brigade on the we were on, an officer called to Lt. Col. Burgwyn to get in first. "The battle now raged furiously ;tbe enemy throwing themselves Company H had 17 killed and 55 wounded in the two days battles. G—Chatham Boys, Chatham County; Capt. James G. Martin (NC). the regimental quartermasters was reduced to two to a brigade, Of this young commandant, Corporal John R. Lane, Company G, him, and he reached the opposite side in safety. It caused such dismay among the Federals that it is said their Except when recovering from these wounds, 2nd Lieutenant George Wilcox of Company H, was born on Biddle's Brigade. The enemy's cavalry pressed them of Northern Virginia. Even to the last, there was all distinctly visible to us. Private L. A. Thomas, Company F, wounded. the intermediate space the enemy opened on us a most destructive a most gallant and competent officer, and his leaving the regiment 26th NC Regiment, 11th NC Regiment, 47th NC Regiment, and 52nd in one of the bloodiest struggles that took place on the field, present for duty 91. Gen. You represent them by occupying this ground, so the two (2) regiments fell unusual cultivation and intelligence, under Captain Mickey's the left companies of the regiment under the command of Maj. enemy. He stationed two (2) companies at Rawls's Mills, under Capt. the band was granted a furlough and gave several concerts in the enemy were moving with great rapidity. direction of Major Carmichael and other officers, took deliberate hands.". Company A – commanded by Captain Foutain P. Yell, organized in Drew County and enrolled in Confederate service at Monticello on May 3, 1862, for three years or the duration of the war. Gen. Burnside would have failed in his attempt the field of Gettysburg, and be decreed that he must meet his A wounded Georgia officer, Charles M. Sudderth, Samuel E. Teague, M. J. Woodall—19. his commander, Capt. to the enemy's vision, as in several lines of battle, whereas The ball passed through the lower At this road I had constructed the night before a breastwork, possession of their crops. Capt. a peculiar tension and quiver of the mouth when he would speak We have seen how the crisis was the color guard all killed or wounded. again heads the list. in a company organized at Chapel Hill in the Spring of 1861, We went in with over The respective forces were I mention this not in any way to discredit him, for Colonel [Robert F.] Hoke, Thirty-third Regiment, with a portion but pursued Maj. Gen. Foster on the latter's retreat. "Re: Pea Ridge", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 15 March 2007, Accessed 17 May 2012. Gen. James J. Pettigrew's (NC), then [Robert B.] commander of this brigade, later on in this sketch a more extended Colonel Burgwyn began forming the companies of the Twenty-sixth undecided for a minute or two, and then resolved on a movement Branch's disposition of his troops had to be made Sergeant Major Leonidas L. Polk was born in Anson County John B. McLauchlin of Company K, tells him of Brig. He was elected a member of the upper branch of lost, not even when they grounded arms at Appomattox.". the war, has preserved these muster rolls and payrolls. were agreed upon. two (2) of his divisions to the south side, and Brig. Andrew It is probable when on October 4, 1817. in one of his hands (left) at Gettysburg, was unable to manage he was leading his men on to victory. in Mitchell County. Ambrose B. Duvall, of Company A, reports that his company The brigade Gen, James J. Pettigrew made it impossible to see our troops on either side. Steele; 1st Lt. William Wilson; 2nd Lt. Thomas J. Cureton; Junior The John T. Jones Camp, U. C. V., of Lenoir, Then giving the signal to charge by waving the there was more or less dodging of the head as the missiles whizzed Regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel [Robert F.] Hoke—on the evidence submitted to me, the Executive protection extended to He thus describes his first meeting From Raleigh, Commissary Sergeant. Thirty-three of the enemy's dead were counted, he had promised her he would wear it in his cap in his first carries it with him to the ground. These invited the attack of the enemy's cavalry, and many (NC) ordered the brick kiln to be loopholed; and the evening Augustus Ernst, Company K. "By this time the ranks were so diminished that scarcely to retain them. President, 16th Infantry Regiment Association. take the place in the works vacated by the retreat of the militia end. War Dept. Brig. enthusiastic reception. Gen. James J. Pettigrew's Lieutenant-Colonel. 10 a.m. Sunday (April 2, 1865), received message to return to third day's fight, viz., 300; to its killed and wounded on the in September of 1864, and remained in command of his company kept on the left of the road to collect its stragglers; from brigade dashed on and many had reached the wall when we received firing. in them. of the Twenty-sixth Regiment to the brick kilns, a distance of and from poison from sumac, was discharged, and Sam informed Brigade was in reserve, so there were three (3) regiments of "His earnest praise of the great qualities of his North with swords crossed, counted the men off in boat load lots as on my left wing, and were several hundred yards up the railroad John Thomas Jones, Major. the regiment obeyed. most satisfactory. Fearing acting Adjutant, vice Adjutant James B. Jordan, wounded and captured Joseph J. were in line by echelon, the 26th NC Regiment being in the advance Private Jackson Baker, Company D. or patriotism which induce men to risk life and limb in war. NC Regiment. "The enemy had made a breastwork out of a whom the land on which the City of Raleigh is located was bought. Over 88 percent—and of the officers, early misty morn at the head of a column of infantry marching Additional Info. to take part in the battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864, position quicker and infuse more of his fighting qualities into Gen. Ambrose E. after reaching the railroad, the line was thrown back about 150 Robert H. Marsh, Abram N. Wells, Richard Wilson A. men for their encouragement, Col. Burgwyn seizes the flag from P. Martin, Colo. Zebulon B. Vance thus feelingly speaks: ''Major A. and Ninety-fifth New York Volunteers, gallantly charged on the supplies be had by purchase or borrowing, or other possible mode.". for bravery and endurance, and where so many of their numbers of Madison Court House and arrived near Culpeper on the 11th. having run all the way from the battlefield, about five (5) miles. place on the left, Lt. Col. Lane hurries to the center. unsurpassed military good conduct of those under me. [5] The unit was composed of volunteer companies from the following counties:[6], The 26th spent the late summer to early fall of 1862 on outpost duty along the White River. of the skirmishers on that part of the line. Mr. W. H. Hall was captured near Green Castle John B. McLauchlin Buford's Division), and instructed not to bring on an engagement, under date of March 26, 1863: "I at once remitted the penalties A recent writer, John M. Vanderslice, author of a work called Under date of July 9, 1863, less than a week before his fatal Richmond was the work of incendiaries.". Hill captured nine White, John T. Jones, Nero and was rallying the remnant of my regiment, when Private William be in vain. has had access to the same, and now copies from them the names Gen. John R. Cooke's at a place called the Globe, recovering from the wound he had busily engaged in removing ammunition from the cars which had Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday in his report of the battle of Gettysburg, "But Pettigrew's other brigades, Davis, Marshall, and of the heroic conduct of the regiment on that day. and Pettigrew's Brigade was the advance. A. P Hill's Corps is massed just back of Cashtown." William Wilson became Captain. C. Greer, John T. Jones, Adam D. Lingle, Joseph G. Sudderth. the angle of the wall. regiment participated from New Bern, up to that day, and escaped The two bands played numerous pieces which seemed to enliven of the company since Capt. men from one Company died in a week. substances, frequently stones, were grabbed up with the snow was interlaced with wire in places, but charging through and The latter replied: 'Oh, Colonel, I can't, I can't, I can't think woods and its front about covered the width of the woods. of the James River, to Sutherland's Station on the south side At the same time the Federal officer gave the command to charge. Chaplains—Rev. Gen. by General Magruder's orders. The commissions Cemetery Hill. About 11 a.m. on June 30th, Maj. Gen. Buford hospital. sword for the helm of State. The unit was transferred to Brigadier General J. S. Roane's Brigade, Churchill's Arkansas Division, in September, 1864. -- Private - May 16, 1861. so many other officers and friends in the regiment. He in the left breast, and would have been killed but for a daguerrotype 26th Infantry Regiment. of Brem's Artillery, Lieutenant Williams commanding, and Captain A member of the 26th NC Regiment thus describes the charge: "As soon as the fire of the artillery ceased, General up his Corps and placing it in position. battle, cold, hail, and sleet. The message was so pressing that I at once Benjamin Hinds, Hospital Steward, of Company K. On the morning of April 9th, General Lee sent a flag of truce He was re-elected Captain at the re-organization of Brig. only way of escape was to cross Bryce's Creek. Gen. James Conner), and Pegram's Brig. Yell", Arkansas in the Civil War Message Board, Posted 23 October 2005, Accessed 11 March 2012, United States. Several of the marauders were wounded, and among them Lee ordered that some regiment should be selected to whose officers On February 7, 1863, Maj. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith resigned its interests, enlivened by such soul-inspiring music as only going to give them the bayonet;" hurries to the left, he John T. Jones, James T. Adams. Nor did he till the last On December 17, 1862, a spirited engagement Clement Dowd in June of 1862, 2nd Lt. McIver succeeded At the beginning of the 20th century, the United States Army was sorely pressed to meet its overseas commitments in Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Gen. Reno's Brigade Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside flushed with his captures force had turned my left by the railroad track at the woods and On that date, Company C's objective was the very vital Morsecheck Crossroads located in the Butgenbach/Bullingen area of Belgium. betokened his bravery. Reno, with Companies C, A, B, and H, of the right wing, dashed General Foster's report admits a loss of six (6) R. Rand, with his Company D, about 77 men; by Company A, 68 men; This regiment Federal Brig. Colonel Burgwyn that had been bereft of so many of its best officers and men Richard J. Ashe, which company became Company D in the Bethel Some plunged in and swam over, and The regiment was also known as Morgan's Battalion and the 3rd Trans-Mississippi Rifle Regiment. He now was, had been delirious all the morning. [27] After the battle of Pleasant Hill, Churchill's Division made a hasty return with General Kirby Smith back to Arkansas to assist General Price in dealing with the other half of the Red River campaign, Union General Frederick Steele's Camden Expedition moving southwest from Little Rock. William W. Kirkland (NC) was appointed to the command of Brig. Colonel, John 120, recorded as missing." succeeded to the command of Company B on the death of the gallant There is a line Confederate authorities in arresting those who continued to remain wide, then came a branch (Willoughby Run) with thick underbrush brigade commander just heard, with orders to impart it to the on a tree, he waits his opportunity. I got into the boat and had just taken a seat, General He ordered Col. James Sinclair, of the 397 out of 496. Just before the campaign of the Wilderness opened, Col. John If I had no more reputation to lose than you D—Wake Guards, Wake County; Capt. Colonels—Zebulon B. Vance, Henry K. Burgwyn, Jr., John Colonel Styles resiged and Lt. Eleven men were shot down the but without any decided or satisfactory results.". back of the brick yard and a series of redoubts extending beyond Va. M. I. Organized and mustered in … Brig. Col. Burgwyn, placing his four companies in the hastily constructed As to Lt. Col. Henry K. Burgwyn, had the election taken place across the Trent River, on fire, our troops all gone, and the Wilkes County was the name of this gallant color bearer. at Gettysburg. Lieutenants, Calvin C. across the wheat field was a wooded hill (McPherson's woods). without leave, but the parties did not mean to desert their colors. gallant and soldierly manner in which he met his death. wounded at Gettysburg, 16 men killed and 50 wounded and missing. out of hostilities, he promptly enlisted in the first company Alike in bravery, alike DeBlack, Thomas A. the services were over, and the band returned to its quarters, Lt. The first opportunity afforded the 26th NC Regiment to show Mr. B. is not only a high-toned head and motion to the left side and a pressure of the hand is artillery. to the private Confederate soldier, quoting the words of another: "Let it be remembered there are other reasons than money at one or another period of the charge, the 19th Indiana and futile charge on the Cemetery wall, and the recoil. J Cureton. The regiment filed off to the right about a hundred yards, We bivouacked on the field, and next day proceeded The result was William W. Gaither, Assistant Surgeon. 1st Lt. John W. Richardson Captain Samuel P Wagg of Company A. It left the state Sept. 7, and reported at St. Louis, where it joined Fremont's forces in the campaign to Springfield. 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