26th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

The regiment was attached to Sherman's Division, Department of the Gulf, to January 1863.

And then to the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XIX Corps, Department of the Gulf, to August 1863.

Located in Norwich's Little Plain Park (between Broadway and Union Street), sits the 26th Regiment Volunteer Infantry Monument, dedicated in 1902 to honor those who served in the Civil War in late 1862 and mid-1863.

[1] The regiment left Connecticut for eastern New York November 12, then sailed for Ship Island and New Orleans, Louisiana, November 29, arriving there December 16.

Subsequently: duty at Camp Parapet until May 1863, moved to Springfield Landing May 20, siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9, and assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14.