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26th Pennsylvania Regiment

Three Years' Service - Recruited from the city of Philadelphia, and Delaware county, PA


26th PA Regiment Books




26th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Philadelphia April 20, 1861.
  • Mustered in May 27, 1861 (a detachment attacked in streets of Baltimore April 19, 1861).
  • Moved to Washington, D.C., June 15, 1861.
  • Attached to Defences of Washington to August. 1861.
  • Hooker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861.
  • Grover's Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac; to March, 1862.
  • 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac; to March, 1864.
  • 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1864.
    Service & Battles - 1862
  • Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till October, 1861, and at Budd's Ferry, Md., October 20, 1861, to April 1, 1862.
  • Moved to the Virginia Peninsula, Siege of Yorktown, April 5-May 4.
  • Battle of Williamsburg May 5.
  • Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1.
  • Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
  • Oak Grove June 25.
  • Savage Station June 29.
  • White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30.
  • Malvern Hill July 1.
  • Duty at Harrison's Landing till August 16.
  • Action at Malvern Hill August 5.
  • Movement to Centreville August 16-26.
  • Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 26-September 2.
  • Bristoe Station, Kettle Run, August 27.
  • Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30;
  • Chantilly September 1.
  • Duty in the Defences of Washington, D.C., till November.
  • Operations on Orange & Alexandria Railroad October 10-12.
  • Movement to Falmouth, Va., November 18-28.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg. Va., December 12-15.
    Service & Battles - 1863
  • "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863.
  • Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7.
  • At Falmouth till April.
  • Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
  • Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.
  • Battle of Gettysburg (Pa.) July 1-3.
  • Wapping Heights, Va., July 23.
  • Duty on line of the Rapidan till October.
  • Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
  • Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
  • Kelly's Ford November 7.
  • Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
  • Payne's Farm November 27.
    Service & Battles - 1864
  • Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864.
  • Near Brandy Station till May.
  • Rapidan Campaign May 4-28.
  • Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
  • Spottsylvania May 8-12;
  • Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21.
  • Assault on the Salient May 12.
  • Harris Farm, on Fredericksburg Road, May 19.
  • North Anna River May 23-26.
  • Ox Ford May 24.
  • Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
  • Left front May 28.
  • Mustered out June 18, 1864.
  • Veterans and Recruits transferred to 99th PA Regiment.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 143 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 71 Enlisted men by disease. Total 222.



26th PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipient

  • ROOSEVELT, GEORGE W.: Chester, First Sergeant, Company K. 26th Pennsylvania Infantry. Bull Run, Va., 30 August 1862. Gettysburg, Pa. 2 July, 1863. Citation given: 2 July 1887. At Bull Run, Va., recaptured the colors, which had been seized by the enemy. At Gettysburg captured a Confederate color bearer and color, in which effort he was severely wounded.