26th Regiment Indiana Infantry

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26th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Indiana flag
Active	August 31, 1861 to January 15, 1866
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Prairie Grove Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Sterling's Farm Battle of Bentonville

The 26th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Colonels 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Service

• The 26th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana on August 31, 1861.
• Battle of Prairie Grove
• Siege of Vicksburg
• Battle of Sterling's Farm
• Battle of Bentonville
• The regiment mustered out of service on January 15, 1866.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment lost 96 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 3 officers and 265 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 364 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Colonels

• Colonel

[edit] See also

• List of Indiana Civil War regiments

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unininf2.htm#26th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive - Indiana Units
• Civil War - Indiana