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26th Infantry Division – "Yankee"; This is today's 26th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. 27th Infantry Division – "Empire," a legacy of the 27th Armored Division. "O'Ryan's Roughnecks," a reference to the first division commander, John F. O'Ryan. "New York Division." – Many members were part of the New York National Guard.
The 3d and 43rd brigades, 26th Infantry Division were inactivated, and the 86th Infantry Brigade was put under the command of the 42nd Infantry Division. [28] On 1 October 1995, the division was formally designated the 26th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division. [31] In 2004, the 26th Brigade transitioned into the 26th (Yankee) Brigade Combat Team.
The 26th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army.Its nickname is "Blue Spaders", taken from German soldiers in World War I who saw the spade-like device on the regiment's distinctive unit insignia and called the soldiers “Blauerspadern”.
The 26th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade ("Yankee" [1]) is a combat support brigade of the United States Army. Its headquarters is maintained by the Massachusetts Army National Guard. It draws its lineage from the Headquarters Company 26th Infantry Division. However, most of the history of the current 26th MEB stems from the 26th Infantry Division ...
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26th Brigade or 26th Infantry Brigade may refer to: Australia. 26th Brigade (Australia) Germany. 26th Airborne Brigade (Bundeswehr) India. 26th Indian Infantry ...
Gragg, Rod Covered With Glory - The 26th North Carolina Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg, New York: HarperCollins 2000. Hadden, Robert Lee. 1991. "The Deadly Embrace: The Meeting of the Twenty-Fourth Regiment, Michigan Infantry and the Twenty-Sixth Regiment of North Carolina Troops at McPherson's Woods, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1863".
Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War, Burbridge organized the 26th Kentucky Infantry Regiment and joined the Union Army as the regiment's colonel.. After serving as brigade commander in several campaigns, and winning the Battle of Cynthiana against John Hunt Morgan, in June 1864 Burbridge was given command of the District of Kentucky to deal with the growing problem of Confederate ...