55th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

May 1862 - Organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
April 19, 1863 - Battery Huger
July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
October 14, 1863 - Bristoe Station
November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
August 18-19, 1864 - Weldon Railroad
February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
April 2, 1865 - Petersburg Final Assault
April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

Department of North Carolina / (May-September 1862)
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia (September-November 1862)
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Unattached (November-December 1862)
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Davis' Brigade (January-February 1863)
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Division / Davis' Brigade (February-March 1863)
Department of Southern Virginia / Davis' Brigade (April-May 1863)
Department of North Carolina / Davis' Brigade (April-May 1863)
Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Heth's Division / Davis' Brigade (June 1863-December 1864)
Army of Northern Virginia / 3rd Corps / Heth's Division / Cooke's Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)

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Belo, Alfred Horatio. Memoirs of Alfred Horation Belo
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 155-156)