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26th Maine
Regiment Infantry
in the Civil War
| Regimental History |
| Twenty-sixth Infantry. — Col., Nathaniel H. Hubbard ; Lieut.-Col.,
Philo Hersey; Maj., James N. Fowler. This regiment was raised in the counties of Knox,
Hancock and Waldo, and was rendezvoused at Camp John Pope, Bangor, where it was mustered
into the U. S. service Oct. 11, 1862, to serve for three years. It left the state Oct. 23,
and arrived in Washington on the 27th. On Nov. 9 it embarked for Fortress Monroe, and on
Dec. 1 reembarked at Newport News on the steamers Pocahontas and Matanzas for Ship island,
where it arrived on the 12th, and at New Orleans on the 16th. It proceeded at once to
Baton Rouge, where it was assigned to the 3d brigade, Grover's division, remaining here
until March 12, 1863, when it joined in the reconnaissance to Port Hudson, returning on
the 16th, and on the 28th embarked on the river steamer St. Maurice for Donaldsonville, 60
miles below. Thence, with the other forces from Baton Rouge, it proceeded to Thibodeaux,
thence by rail to Brashear City, and on April 11, together with Grover's division, it
proceeded to Irish bend, near Franklin, La., where on the 14th it engaged the enemy and
met with a loss of 68 men out of 300 engaged. On May 30 it arrived at Port Hudson and
engaged in supporting a battery until June 14, when it participated in the assault of that
day, afterward returning to its former position. On the surrender of Port Hudson, it
remained on duty inside the fortifications until July 26, when it embarked for Maine, and
was mustered out of the U. S. service at Bangor on Aug. 9. The mortality of the regiment
from all causes was about 200. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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