26th Missouri Volunteer Infantry The 26th Missouri Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 26th Missouri Infantry was organized from recruits across the state of Missouri , September through December 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel George Boardman Boomer . The regiment was attached to the Department of the Missouri to February 1862 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of the Mississippi , to April 1862 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Mississippi , to November 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 7th Division , Left Wing , XIII Corps , Department of the Tennessee , to December 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 7th Division , XVI Corps , to January 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 7th Division , XVII Corps , to September 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , XVII Corps , to December 1863 . 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , XV Corps , to August 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , XV Corps , to April 1865 . 3rd Brigade , 2nd Division , XV Corps , to August 1865 . The regiment included two Independent Sharpshooters ( ISS ) companies : Company A formerly " Company A , Holman ' s Independent Battalion of Sharpshooters " and Company B ( Captain John Welker ) formerly " Company A , Birge ' s Western Sharpshooters " . Company A was armed with Sharps carbines and Company B was armed ( at least initially ) with Dimick long rifles . These independent sharpshooters companies were used as dedicated skirmishing units and as snipers in static combat situations . Companies A , B , C , D , E , F , and G mustered out of service November 4 , 1864 , to January 9 , 1865 . The remainder of the regiment mustered out August 13 , 1865 . Detailed service . Duty in Missouri until February 1862 . Operations against New Madrid , Mo . , February 28 - March 15 , and against Island No . 10 , Mississippi River , March 15 - April 8 . Pursuit and capture at Tiptonville April 8 . Expedition to Fort Pillow , Tenn . , April 13 – 17 . Moved to Hamburg Landing , Tenn . , April 18 – 22 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 12 . At Clear Creek until August . Moved to Jacinto August 5 . March to Iuka , Miss . , September 18 – 19 . Battle of Iuka September 19 . Battle of Corinth October 3 – 4 . Pursuit to Ripley October 5 – 12 . Grant ' s Central Mississippi Campaign November 1862 to January 1863 . At Memphis , Tenn . , until March 1863 . Expedition to Yazoo Pass and operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13 - April 5 . Moved to Milliken ' s Bend , La . , April 13 . Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25 – 30 . Battle of Port Gibson , Miss . , May 1 ( reserve ) . Raymond May 12 . Near Raymond May 13 . Jackson May 14 . Champion Hill May 16 . Big Black Crossing May 17 . Siege of Vicksburg , Miss . , May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Surrender of Vicksburg July 4 . Moved to Jackson July 13 – 15 . Siege of Jackson July 15 – 17 . At Vicksburg until September 12 . Moved to Helena , Ark . , September 12 ; to Memphis , Tenn . , September 30 , and marched to Chattanooga , Tenn . , October 3 - November 19 . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20 – 29 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Tunnel Hill November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pursuit to Graysville November 26 – 27 . Moved to Bridgeport , Ala . , December 3 ; to Larkinsville , Ala . , December 22 , and to Huntsville , Ala . , January 17 , 1864 . Duty there until June 1864 . Demonstration on Dalton February 22 – 27 . Tunnel Hill , Buzzard ' s Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23 – 25 . Railroad guard duty between Chattanooga and Allatoona , Ga . , until November . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Ogeechee River December 7 – 9 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Salkehatchie Swamps , S . C . , February 2 – 5 . South Edisto River February 9 . North Edisto River February 11 – 12 . Columbia February 15 – 17 . Cox ' s Bridge , Neuse River , N . C . , March 19 – 20 . Battle of Bentonville March 20 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 20 . Grand Review of the Armies May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June . Duty there and at Little Rock , Ark . , until August . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 303 men during service ; 6 officers and 112 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 183 enlisted men died of disease .