Kentucky 26th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
3/1/62
Organized - Kentucky 26th Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky
4/6/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
4/29/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Stephen G. Burbridge
ColonelStephen G. Burbridge
4/29/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Horatio P. Van Cleve
Brigadier GeneralHoratio P. Van Cleve
4/29/62
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
7/29/62
Battle - Russellville, Kentucky
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Cicero Maxwell
ColonelCicero Maxwell
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Pierce Butler Hawkins
ColonelPierce Butler Hawkins
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 18 guns k-0 w-0 m-0 = 0, and Brigadier General Horatio Phillips Van Cleve
Brigadier GeneralHoratio Phillips Van Cleve
10/8/62
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
10/2/64
Battle - Saltville - Saltville, Virginia
Salt was a crucial resource during the Civil War. It not only preserved food in the days before refrigeration, but was also vital in the curing of leather. Control or destruction of the South's most important salt production facilities was critical to the Union war effort. In early October 1864, coincident with Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan's burning of the Shenandoah Valley, Union cavalry and infantry raiders led by Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge attempted to destroy the Confederate saltworks near Saltville in…READ MORE
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Joseph A. Cooper
Brigadier GeneralJoseph A. Cooper
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Darius N. Couch
Major GeneralDarius N. Couch
12/15/64
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
2/22/65
Battle - Wilmington - Wilmington, North Carolina
7/10/65
Mustered Out - Kentucky 26th Volunteer Infantry - Kentucky
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