Present at these engagements:
Skirmish, Willow Springs, May 3, 1863
Baker's Creek, MS, May 16, 1863
Jackson, Miss., July 9-16, 1863
Wilderness, May 5, 1864 wounded
Jarratt's Station, Dec. 10, 1864
Hatcher's Run, Feb. 6, 1865
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Perhaps a brother:
H. Dunahoo, cards filed with:
Henderson Donoho
Enlisted as a Captain
"D" Co. MS 26th Infantry
killed June 2, 1864
Company D - June 2. [1864]— Was engaged in the battle of Turkey Ridge near Cold Harbor. All the records and papers of Company D, Twenty-sixth Mississippi were lost in the engagement
Henderson Donoho, married 32 year old Farmer, born in Tennessee, resident of Burnsville,, enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant August 20, 1861 at Iuka, Miss., captured at Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862, sent to Johnson's Island April 24, thence to Camp Chase, Ohio arriving March 1, 1862, promoted 1st Lieutenant February 18, 1862, sent to Vicksburg for exchange September 1, 1862, advanced to Captain, June 20, 1863, killed in battle of Turkey Ridge (Battle of Cold Harbor) June 2, 1864
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Record of Events
Field and Staff
Stationed at Bowling Green, Kentucky, October 31, 1861.
Stationed at Coldwater near Holly Springs, Mississippi, July 31-
October 31, 1862.
Stationed at Camp Lovell near Grenada, Mississippi, November-
December 1862.
November 6.— The regiment was encamped at Coldwater during
the latter part of October and until, being on the extreme right of
the Army, the regiment was placed in position at Chewalla.
November 8.— It remained at that place until the Army moved to
Tallahatchie River. Marched all night.
November 9-10.— Marched all day.
November 11.— Arrived at Tallahatchie.
November 28.— Remained at mouth of Tippah until we marched
ten miles to [Puskus] Creek, one mile from Rocky Ford.
December 1.— Marched from [Puskus] Creek to Oxford, Missis-
sippi (twenty-one miles). From this time the regiment with the
other regiments of [William Edwin] Baldwin's (First) Brigade,
continued in the rear to guard the wagon train, which could move
but slowly, the roads being very bad.
December 4.— At night arrived within a mile of Coffeeville
(thirty-five miles from Oxford).
December 5.— Remained until the afternoon, when the enemy
advanced and the regiment became engaged. The enemy was
soon compelled to retreat. The regiment pursued them four
miles, when it returned and bivouacked for the night. The regi-
ment lost three killed and three wounded.
December 6.— Continued march.
December 7.— Arrived at Grenada (sixteen miles from
Coffeeville), near which place the regiment is now encamped.
Stationed at Macon, Mississippi, June 30-December 31, 1863.
Stationed at Demopolis, Alabama, January-February 1864.
When last mustered the Twenty-sixth Mississippi Regiment
was on detached service in Volunteer and Conscript Bureau. The
field, staff, and band was mustered at Macon, Mississippi.
February 13-29.— The field, staff, and band left Macon in com-
pany with the regiment and rejoined Brigadier-General John
Adams' Brigade at Old Marion, Mississippi. We joined in the
retreat to Demopolis, Alabama, where the regiment is now sta-
tioned.
Stationed at Orange Court-House, Virginia, March-April 1864.
Stationed at Petersburg, Virginia, May-August 1864.
Stationed in the field near Petersburg, September-October 1864.
Stationed near Petersburg, Virginia, November 1864-February
1865.
Stationed at Petersburg, Virginia, March 13, 1865.
January 1, 1862.— It arrived and was assigned to duty in the
brigade commanded by Brigade-General [Simon Bolivar] Buck-
ner, though at that time commanded by colonel (afterwards
Brigadier-General —, Fourteenth Mississippi Regiment).
February 1.— This brigade was ordered to Russellville,
Kentucky.
February 11.— Remained until it was ordered to reinforce the
garrison at Fort Donelson.
February 13.— Arrived there in the morning and after three days
of unsuccessful fighting, the Twenty-sixth Mississippi Regiment
with the entire garrison was surrendered as prisoners of war to
the commander of the United States forces. The noncommis-
sioned officers and privates of the regiment were then sent to the
prison at Camp Morton near Indianapolis, Indiana and the com-
missioned officers to Fort Lafayette and Johnson's Island.
September 16.— After languishing in prison for seven long,
weary months, were exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi and
ordered to Jackson to again prepare for the field. After which it
constituted a part of the brigade commanded by Brigade-General
Baldwin and in the autumn of 1862, was ordered with the brigade
to which it belonged to Holly Springs, Mississippi as reinforce-
ments to the Army of General [Sterling] Price, who was then
falling back upon Holly Springs after his fight at Corinth, Missis-
sippi.
December 5.— The regiment was afterward engaged with the
enemy at Coffeeville, Mississippi while on the memorable retreat
from Abbeville, Mississippi.
In January 1863 Brigadier-General Baldwin was assigned to
duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi and Brigadier-General Lloyd
Tilghman succeeded him. The regiment in the spring of 1863,
while detached from the brigade, formed a part of the garrison at
Fort Pemberton on the Yalobusha, Tallahatchie, and Yazoo
Rivers but soon afterwards rejoined the brigade at Jackson, Mis-
sissippi and was ordered then with the brigade to the railroad
bridge across the Big Black River.
May 1, 1863.— It remained until it, with the Fifteenth Missis-
sippi Regiment of the same brigade, was ordered to reinforce our
Army at Grand Gulf, Mississippi. These two regiments com-
manded by Colonel A. E. Reynolds of the Twenty-sixth Missis-
sippi Regiment arrived in time (after marching a distance of
nearly 100 miles in one day and two nights) to select a strong
position and hold at bay a force estimated at 10,000 men until our
Army with its wagon train safe had taken an advantageous posi-
tion to give battle. Our Army at Grand Gulf was found to be
retreating, when the regiment, commanded by Colonel Reynolds,
encountered the force of the enemy, who was endeavoring to get
possession of a range of hills which commanded the only road of
egress for our Army, which was retreating before greatly superior
numbers. Colonel Reynolds, with characteristic promptness,
arrived in time to completely thwart the design of the enemy and
with a force of infantry not more than 1,500 strong, one battery
of three guns, he held them in check until he was ordered to
retire. He and his brave little band were afterwards highly com-
plimented by both the division and brigade commanders for their
conduct on that day.
May 16.— The next engagement in which the regiment partici-
pated was at Baker's Creek, where the gallant Brigadier-General
Tilghman fell mortally wounded and the command of the brigade
then devolved upon Colonel Reynolds.
After a series of marches and retreats the regiment with the
brigade, now commanded by Brigadier-General John Adams, was
next engaged in the defense of Jackson, Mississippi, after the fall
of Vicksburg, during which time it endured hardships and priva-
tion innumerable.
In August 1863 after the evacuation of Jackson, Mississippi
the regiment was detached from the brigade and assigned to duty
in the Volunteer and Conscript Bureau in the state of Mississippi
with Colonel A. E. Reynolds as Chief of the Bureau in the state.
In this capacity it served for six months until the advance of
[William Tecumseh] Sherman from Vicksburg to Meridian.
In February 1864 the regiment was again ordered to the
field.
February 13, 1864.— It reformed its brigade and was in the
retreat of the Army commanded by Colonel A. E. Reynolds from
Meridian, Mississippi to Demopolis, Alabama.
In March 1864 Colonel Reynolds received an order from the
Secretary of War to report with his regiment to the Headquarters,
Army of Northern Virginia, for assignment to duty in Brigadier-
General [Joseph Robert] Davis' Brigade.
March 28.— The regiment left Demopolis, Alabama for Orange
Court-House, Virginia.
April 12.— It arrived and was assigned to duty with Davis'
Brigade.
May 5-6.— It was engaged in the battle of the Wilderness.
It was afterwards engaged in all subsequent battles of the
campaign of 1864 in which the brigade to which it belonged took
a part.