CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
26th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
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26th Infantry Regiment was organized at Charleston, South Carolina, in September, 1862,
by consolidating the 6th and 9th Battalions South Carolina Infantry. After serving in South
Carolina it moved to Mississippi, was placed in N.G. Evans' Brigade, and confronted the Federals
at Jackson. Later the regiment returned to Charleston, then in the spring of 1864 was sent to
Virginia. Here it was assigned to Elliott's and Wallace's Brigade. It participated in the long Petersburg siege south and north of
the James River and ended the war at Appomattox. In October, 1863, there were
343 men present for duty. It sustained 72 casualties at the Petersburg mine explosion, lost many
at Sayler's Creek, and
surrendered with 8 officers and 113 men. The field officers were Colonel Alexander D. Smith,
Lieutenant Colonels Stephen D.M. Byrd and Joshua H. Hudson, and Majors Ceth S. Land and
Cornelius D. Rowell.
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