| More Photos- Commanding Officers |
| Major General George H Thomas " Rock of Chickamauga " Began command of the Army of the Cumberland during Seige at Chattanooga (10/63) and continued on through the Battle Of Nashville, 12/64. Commanding General at the battles of: Missionary Ridge, Atlanta Campaign, Spring Hill TN, Franklin, and Nashville. |
| Photos: Courtesy of the US Library of Congress and the US Army Military History Institute |
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| Major General William Starke Rosecrans- Commanding General of the Army of the Cumberland from November, 1862 to October, 1863- Commanding General during battles of Stones River, Chickamauga, and first half of seige at Chattanooga. |
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| Major General William Tecumseh Sherman Supreme Commander of the Western theater forces during the Atlanta Campaign, Summer , 1864 |
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| Brigadier General Thomas L Crittenden- Corps Commander for the 26th OVI from Battle at Perryville, October, 1862 through Battle of Chickamauga and initial period of the seige at Chattanooga, October, 1863. |
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| PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN- 16TH US PRESIDENT/COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF |
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| Major General John Schofield- Commander at the Battle of Spring Hill and Franklin, TN November, 1864 |
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| Major General Henry Halleck- Commanded Western forces at Battle of Cornith, 1862 |
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| Major General Ulysses S Grant- Commander of all Union forces in last half of the War |
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| Brigadier General Thomas J Wood- Division Commander over the 26th OVI from the Battle of Shiloh through the Atlanta Campaign. At the Battle of Chickamauga- He obeyed Rosecran's infamous order directing him to pull his division out that created the " Fatal Gap" that led to the Confederate victory. He also commanded the 4th Corps at the Battle of Nashville |
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| Brigadier General George D Wagner- commanded the 2nd Division of the 4th Corps at Missionary Ridge, Atlanta Campaign, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville. The 26th was part of the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Division during these battles. |
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| Major General Don Carlos Buell- Commander of the Army of the Ohio from January, 1862 to November, 1862 |
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| General Phillip Sheridan- 2nd Division Commander during the seige at Chattanooga and the victorious Missionary Ridge Advance, November, 1863 Photo courtesy of the National Archives |
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| General Milo Hascall- 15th Brigade Commander from January, 1862, through January, 1863. Commander at Battles of Lawrenceburg, Shiloh, Perryville, and Stones River |
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| General William "Bull" Nelson- Corps Commander with Army of the Ohio- Led the 26th OVI into Nashville, Feb 1862- Killed Sept, 1862 by fellow Union General Jefferson C Davis at Louisville, Ky |
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| General John Newton- 2nd Division Commander of the 4th Corps during the Atlanta Campaign starting April, 1864 |
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| General David S Stanley- 4th Corps Commander during the last half of the Atlanta Campaign and the Battles at Spring Hill and Franklin. He was wounded at the Battle of Franklin |
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| General Oliver O. Howard- Commanded the Army of the Cumberland's 4th Corps during the first half of the Atlanta Campaign, starting in April, 1864 |
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| General Gordon Granger- Commanded the 4th Corps of the Army of the Cumberland at the Battle of Missionary Ridge and during the initial months of 1864 |
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| Colonel Edward P Fyffe- 1st Commander of the 26th OVI- led the regiment in rout of Forrest's Calvary at McMinnville, Tenn |
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| Colonel William H Young- Commanded the Regiment at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge |
| Lt Col Ephraim R Eckley- Promoted to Colonel of the 80th OVI. Led the 26th OVI during the western Virginia campaigns, 1861 |
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| Major Christopher M Degenfeld |
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| General Jacob D Cox- Commander of the Kanawha Brigade, western Virginia- 1861 . In 1864, he was the Division Commander at the Battles of Spring Hill and Franklin. |
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| Colonel William H Young- top photo taking in 1894- lower photo taken in 1864 Photo courtesy of Jan Rader |
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| Col George P Buell- commanded the First Brigade, 1st Division, 21st Corps at Chickamauga |
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