26th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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

Service

The 26th Iowa Infantry was organized at Clinton, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on September 30, 1862. The regiment was a part of the 3rd brigade, 1st division, XV Corps (Union Army).

The regiment was mustered out on June 6, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

A total of 965 men served in the 26th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.
It suffered 6 officers and 70 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 213 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 293 fatalities.

Commanders

* Colonel Milo SmithIowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1

See also

* List of Iowa Civil War Units
* Iowa in the American Civil War

Notes

References

The Civil War Archive

Units and formations of the Union Army from Iowa
Military units and formations established in 1862
1862 establishments in Iowa
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865

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