26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
ActiveSeptember 17, 1862 – June 17, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
ColonelWilliam H. Jacobs
Lt. Col.Hans Boebal
MajorHenry Baetz
CaptainJohn W. Fuchs
Lt. Col.Frederick C. Winkler

The 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment had a total enrollment of 1,089 men during its service, of which 191, (17.5%) were killed in action or mortally wounded, the fourth-highest percentage of any Union regiment.[1] Almost 90% of its members were of German heritage.[2]

  1. ^ Pula, James S. (1998). The Sigel Regiment: A History Of The 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865. p. Appendix E, Fatalities.
  2. ^ Otto, John Henry. Memories of a Dutch Mudsill. p. 379.