The 26th New York Infantry Regiment, the "2nd Oneida Regiment", was an
infantry regiment that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War.
Service
The 26th New York was organized in
Elmira, New York
Elmira () is a city and the county seat of Chemung County, New York, United States. It is the principal city of the Elmira, New York, metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses Chemung County. The population was 26,523 at the 2020 cens ...
, under command of Colonel
William H. Christian
William "Bill" Henry Christian was an American Brevet Brigadier General who served the American Civil War who commanded the 26th New York Infantry Regiment that took part in the Battle of Antietam. He was known for being unnerved during the batt ...
and was mustered in for a two-year enlistment on May 21, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out of service on May 28, 1863, and those men who had signed three year enlistments or who re-enlisted were transferred to the
97th New York.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 5 officers and 101 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 42 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 148 fatalities.
[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf3.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
See also
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List of New York Civil War regiments
Notes
References
Taylor, Paul. ''Glory Was Not Their Companion: The Twenty-Sixth New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War.'' Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland Publishers, 2005.
Taylor, Paul, editor. ''"Give My Love to All Our Folks:" Civil War and Post-War Letters of Clinton DeWitt Staring and Charles E. Staring.'' Mancelona, Mi.: Deep Wood Press, 2007. C. DeWitt Staring served in the 26th NYSV.
External links
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center: History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, and historical sketch for the 26th New York Infantry Regiment
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1861 establishments in New York (state)
Military units and formations established in 1861
Military units and formations disestablished in 1863
1863 disestablishments in New York (state)
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