56th North Carolina Infantry
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- July 31, 1862 - Organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- May 22, 1863 - Gum Swamp
- July 4, 1863 - Bottom's Bridge
- January 28-February 10, 1864 - New Bern Expedition
- March 1864 - New Bern
- April 17-20, 1864 - Plymouth
- May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
- May 17-June 14, 1864 - Bermuda Hundred
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- June 30, 1864 - The Crater
- August 18-21, 1864 - Globe Tavern
- March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
- March 31, 1865 - Dinwiddie Court House
- April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
- April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Walker's/Ransom's Division / Ransom's Brigade (January 1863)
- Department of North Carolina / District of the Cape Fear / Ransom's Brigade (January-February 1863)
- Department of North Carolina / French's Command / Ransom's Brigade (February 1863)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / District of the Cape Fear / Ransom's Brigade (March-April 1863)
- Department of North Carolina / Ransom's Brigade (April-July 1863)
- Department of Richmond / Ransom's Division / Ransom's Brigade (July-September 1863)
- Department of North Carolina / Ransom's Brigade (September 1863-May 1864)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Colquitt's Division / Ransom's Brigade (May 1864)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Johnson's Division / Ransom's Brigade (May-October 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 4th Corps / Johnson's Division / Ransom's Brigade (October 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Paul F. Faison (Colonel)
- John W. Graham (Major)
- G. Gratiott Luke (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Henry F. Schenck (Major)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 156-157)