26th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry

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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If you have access to the Supplement to the Official Records, available at many libraries, you will find in the regiments Records of Events the following:

Co. C, 26th South Carolina Infantry, formerly Co. A, 6th Battalion South Carolina Infantry, originally 2nd Co. D, Manigault's Battalion South Carolina Volunteers to May 62', Sep/Oct 1862, stationed a McLellansville, S. C., Nov/Dec 1862, ditto, Jan/Feb 1863, stationed at Camp List, Apr 30, 1863 at Church Flats, Jul/Aug 1863 at Mt. Plesant, Sep/Oct 1863, at Verising [?] Landing, Nov/Dec 1863, ditto, Jan/Feb 1864, ditto, Nov/Dec 1864, Petersburg, Va, Jan/Feb, 1865, ditto

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Pvt. Elihu Keefe, Conscript, enlisted in Co. C, 26th South Carolina Infantry November 5,1862 at Marion

Pvt. Wilson Keefe, enlisted in Co. C, 26th South Carolina Infantry October 10, 1864 at Marion,