The 26th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 61 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 officers and 182 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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August 28 |
Organized at Camp Cameron, Cambridge |
September 23 |
Moved to Camp Chase, Lowell |
November 19 |
To Boston |
November 21 |
Sailed on Steamer "Constitution" to Ship Island, Miss. |
December 3 |
Arriving Ship Island, and occupation duty there |
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March |
2nd Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf |
March 8 |
Skirmish at Mississippi City |
April 15-18 |
Movement to the passes of the Mississippi River |
April 18-28 |
Operations against Forts St. Phillip and Jackson |
April 28 |
Occupation of Forts St. Phillip and Jackson |
July |
Moved to New Orleans, La., and duty there |
September 13-15 |
Expedition to Pass Manchac and Ponchatoula (1 Co.) |
September 14-15 |
Ponchatoula (1 Co.) |
October |
Defenses of New Orleans, Dept. of the Gulf |
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January |
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
June 20 |
Moved to LaFourche Crossing |
June 20-21 |
Action at LaFourche Crossing, Thibodeaux |
June 26 |
Moved to Bontee Station |
June 30 |
To Jefferson Station |
July 15 |
Moved to New Orleans and Provost duty there. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
August 28-29 |
Moved to Baton Rouge |
September 4-11 |
Sabine Pass Texas Expedition |
September 12 -16 |
At Algiers |
September 16 |
Moved to Brashear City and Berwick City |
September 23 |
To Camp Bisland |
October 3-
November 30 |
Western Louisiana "Teche" Campaign |
December |
At New Iberia |
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January 7-9 |
Moved to Franklin and duty there |
February 24 |
Moved to New Orleans and duty there. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
March 22
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Camp at Carrollton. Veterans on leave. |
May 20 |
Veterans return from leave |
June 8 |
Moved to Morganza and duty there. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
July 3-4 |
Moved to New Orleans |
July 11-21 |
To Fortress Monroe and Bermuda Hundred, Va. |
July 22-28 |
On the Bermuda Hundred front |
July 28-30 |
Demonstration on north side of the James |
July 28-29 |
Deep Bottom |
July 30-August 1 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
August 1 |
To Tennallytown |
August |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Atached to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan, Winchester |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek. Non-Veterans left front. |
November 7 |
Non-Veterans mustered out. Provost duty at Headquarters of Middle Military Division and Army of the Shenandoah at Winchester |
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January |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Army of the Shenandoah |
April |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah, then 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of Washington, 22nd Army Corps |
May 1 -2 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. and camp there |
June 3 - 7 |
Moved to Savannah, Ga. and Provost duty there. Attached to Dept. of the South. |
August 26 |
Mustered out |
September 12-18 |
Moved to Boston, Mass. and discharged from service |
