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26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Flag of Wisconsin
ActiveSeptember 17, 1862 – June 17, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
  • Fredericksburg Campaign
    • Battle of Fredericksburg
    • Mud March
  • Chancellorsville Campaign
  • Gettysburg Campaign
    • Battle of Gettysburg
  • Chattanooga Campaign
    • Battle of Wauhatchie
    • Battle of Missionary Ridge
  • Atlanta Campaign
    • Battle of Rocky Face Ridge
    • Battle of Resaca
    • Battle of New Hope Church
    • Battle of Marietta
    • Battle of Kolb's Farm
    • Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
    • Battle of Peachtree Creek
  • Savannah Campaign
  • Carolinas Campaign
    • Battle of Averasborough
    • Battle of Bentonville
Commanders
ColonelWilliam H. Jacobs
Lt. Col.Hans Boebal
MajorHenry Baetz
CaptainJohn W. Fuchs
Lt. Col.Frederick C. Winkler

The 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment had a total enrollment of 1,089 men during its service, of which 191, (17.5%) were killed in action or mortally wounded, the fourth-highest percentage of any Union regiment.[1] Almost 90% of its members were of German heritage.[2]

  1. ^ Pula, James S. (1998). The Sigel Regiment: A History Of The 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865. p. Appendix E, Fatalities.
  2. ^ Otto, John Henry. Memories of a Dutch Mudsill. p. 379.

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