Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-21
ITINERARY or THE
TWENTY-sLxTH REGIMENT.
Taken from War Records at Washing
ton-Those At Reunion.

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/ The following itinerary Of the
I Twenty-sixth Connecticut was taken
| from war records in Washington BY a
| comrade and sent to President Morse
and was read by him:
| Sailed from Brooklyn, LII to Car
rollton, La. Dec. 4, 1862, on the Steam
er Empire City.
| Reported to T. w Cahill command
| ing the defenses of New Orleans, Dec.
lis Duty in New Orleans from Dec.
| Is, 1862, until May 20. 1863 Moved to
Baton Rouge, La, May .20-22- In sup
port of Augur's division skirmishing
near the Bayou Sava road May "a and
| rs. In position on the, left Of the line
near the schoolhouse May rs. ~
Siege of Port Hudson May 26 until
July s. General assault on Port Hud-
son. cooperating with Rear Admiral
Farragut's fleet, May ~. Formed in
| the third line at Slaughter's planta-
ton and advance to Gibbons house,
encountering three high parallel fences.
| Crossed these under heavy fire of shell,
grape and canister.
The casualties in. the regiment were
| 107. Colonel Kingsley was severely
wounded in the charge and was sue
| ceeded in the command by Lieutenant
Colonel Selden.
Gen. Neal Dow was wounded and
captured. Col. d. S. Cowles succeeded
to the command of the brigade, was
MORALLY wounded and died on the bat
|. tlefield.
Col. T. S. Clarke took the command
and held it until the capture of Port
Hudson. Gen. w. T. Sherman was Sc
verely wounded. He was succeeded in
command May 2S by Gen. 7. S. Nick
erson, who was relieved May 80 by
Gen. William Dwight. Removed dead
and wounded from the battlefield after
noon of May 2s, 1868.
Held the brigade picket line that
night. Skirmished in front of the
Devils Elbow June 1913. Second as
sault on Port Hudson June IL Ad-
vanced in column of companies by the
Mount Pleasant road to the Ravine
rendered almost impossible by felled
trees and dense growth of chapparal.
fire, establishing a line $50 yards from
the enemy's parapet. In the trenches,
where the heat was almost insufferable,
until July z. Surrender sof Port Hud-
son July s. Lost at Port Hudson Is
killed, $50 wounded and one missing,
out of 235 officers and men engaged, or
a little less than half the loss of the
whole brigade Duty at, Port Hudson
July 9-25. Returned to Connecticut by
the way of the Mississippi river and
railroads July 26-Aug. Z.
Those Who Were Present.
The following comrades registered
their names as. present at the reunion
of the regiment at the Golden Spur on
Wednesday: ]. Howard Morgan, Co. H:
George E. Brayton, Co. H; Shubael
Holmes. Co. H; Samuel K Tillinghast,
Co. H; James Tarsee,' Co. H; David S.
Merritt, Co. H; Charles Bennett. Co H;
Daniel Champlin. Co. H; Thomas
Brown, Co. H; Nathan D. SEWN, staff
Joseph Peabody, Co. A; Alvah Morgan,
Co. A; Charles Patterson, Co. A; John
w. Bogue, Co. A: John p. Case, Co. B;
Henry F. Royce, Co. 3; Csssius M.
Armstrong, Co. B; John H. Scott, Co.
B: Albert 0. Reed, Co. B; Vine s.
Stetson, Co. B; Dexter A. Johnson, Co.
B: Henry R. Harding, Co. C; Fred
erick A. Banta, Co. c.; John A. ,Conk-
lin, Co. c.; Robert B. Gorton, Co. C;
James J. Smiley. Co @; Edward G.
Wiley, Co. C; Stephen A. Congdon,
Co. F; Henry Johnson, Co. F. Henry
Tyler, co. F; Andrew II. Mech, Co
F; George A. Haskell, Co. F; Chaun-
cey Morse, Co. F; William H Bogue,
Co. F; William F. Gates, Co. G.: Seth
L. Peck, Co. G.; William Ingalls,. Co.
G; George A. Hammond, Co. G.:
Charles o. Harris, Co. 1: Thomas
Sizer, Co. /; Charles Smitton, Co. L;
Henry Crowell Co. I; Benjamin F.
Gates, Co. /; John G. Packer, Co. K;
William York, Co. K; Nathan H New
bury, Co. K; Latham Rathbone, Co.
K; Charles H. Niles, Co. K; George
Beebe. Co. K; Horace Gift. Co. K,