United States Regiments & Batteries > New Jersey > 26th New Jersey Infantry Regiment
The 26th New Jersey Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 14 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 21 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| The regiment was organized at Camp Frelinghuysen, Newark, N.J. | |
| September 18 | Mustered in for nine months Federal service |
| September 26 | Left State for Washington, D.C. and Camp on Capital Hill |
| October 1 | Moved to Frederick, Md. |
| October 11 | To Hagerstown, Md. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| October 31-November 19 | Movement to Falmouth, Vairginia. |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| January-April | At Falmouth, Va. |
| April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
| April 29-May 2 | Operations at Franklin’s Crossing |
| May 3 |
Battle of Maryes Heights (Second Fredericksburg) |
| May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
| May 4 |
Banks’ Ford |
| June 5-13 |
Franklin’s Crossing |
| June 17 | Reached Washington, D.C. |
| June 27 | The 26th New Jersey Infantry Regiment mustered out at Newark, N.J. |