Served in Company A, 26th Inf., Mississippi as Pvt
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Unit Details:
26th Infantry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1861 at Iuka, Mississippi.
Many of the men were from Prentiss, Itawamba, Tishomingo, Perry, and De Soto counties. The
regiment moved to Tennessee and was one of the units captured at Fort Donelson. In this fight it lost 12 killed
and 69 wounded of the 39 officers and 404 men engaged. After being exchanged, it was assigned
to General Tilghman's and J. Adams' Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
The unit reported 7 casualties at Coffeeville, totalled 420 effectives in April, 1863, and lost 2
killed, 5 wounded, and 10 missing at Champion's Hill. In February, 1864, it was
ordered to Virginia and placed in J.R. Davis' Brigade. It fought at Cold Harbor, endured the battles and
hardships of the Petersburg
trenches, and ended the war at Appomattox. Only 4 officers and 8 men surrendered with the Army
of Northern Virginia. The field officers were Colonel Arthur E. Reynolds, Lieutenant Colonel
F.M. Boone, and Major Tully F. Parker.
