Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

26th Regiment

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, July 4, 2025

1. 26th Regiment Marker

Inscription. Dedicated to the 26 soldiers of the 26th Regiment United States Colored Infantry who enlisted between Dec. 3, 1863 and Feb. 18, 1864 at St. James A.M.E. Zion Church, Ithaca. NY.
TO FIGHT FOR GOD AND LIBERTY
Henry W. Adams • Henry Allen • Morgan E. Dennis • Isaac Desmond • Sylvester T. Dorsey • Henry L. Green • Jacob Guess • George W. Guinn • Daniel Johnson • Jacob Johnson • George E. Jones • Thomas McChesney • George A. Richardson • John R. Ross • Henry Selby • Charles S. Shaw • Alonzo Smith • Henry Smith • James E. L. Smith • John Smith • John F. Smith • Joseph B. Smith • Edward Sorrell • John Sorrell • John Tyler • Zacharial Tyler

Organized at Riker’s Island, New York Harbor, Feb. 27, 1864

Ordered to Dept. of the South, April, 1864. Served at Beaufort, SC. The Unit was discharged at Brownsville, Texas on Aug. 28, 1865.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is December 3, 1863.

Location. 42° 26.263′ N, 76° 30.269′ W. Memorial is in Ithaca, New York, in Tompkins County. It is on Cleveland

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Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 114-16 Cleveland Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York

and in the Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: St. James African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (here, next to this marker); St. James AME Zion Church (a few steps from this marker); St. James AME Zion (a few steps from this marker); 310 West State Street (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jupiter (approx. 0.3 miles away); Saturn (approx. 0.4 miles away); First White Settlers (approx. 0.4 miles away); Tompkins County World War II Honor Roll (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, July 4, 2025

2. 26th Regiment Marker

of all markers in Ithaca.

St. James AME Zion Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, July 4, 2025

3. St. James AME Zion Church

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, July 4, 2025

4. St. James AME Zion Church

St. James AME Zion marker in front of the church (marker entered separately) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, July 4, 2025

5. St. James AME Zion marker in front of the church (marker entered separately)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 6, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 137 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 6, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.