56th Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• September 23, 1861 - Organized per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #285
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service for one year
• February 12-16, 1862 - Fort Donelson
• May 3, 1862 - Reorganized
• ? - Company I assigned by reassignment of the 16th North Carolina Infantry / Company N
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
• June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• September 27, 1864 - Chaffin's Farm
• April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Wise's Brigade (September-October 1861)
• Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Floyd's Division / Wharton's Brigade (January-February 1862)
• Department #2 / Fort Donelson / Floyd's Division / Wharton's Brigade (February 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / Pickett's Brigade (June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Pickett's Brigade (June-August 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Kemper's Division / Pickett's Brigade (August-September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / D.R. Jones' Division / Pickett's Brigade (September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Pickett's/Garnett's Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
• Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Garnett's Brigade (February-April 1863)
• Department of Southern Virginia / Pickett's Division / Garnett's Brigade (April-May 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Garnett's/Hunton's Brigade (May-September 1863)
• Department of Richmond / Hunton's Brigade (September 1863-May 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Hunton's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: William D. Stuart (Colonel)
• William E. Green (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• John B. McPhail (Jr.) (Major)
• Philip E. Slaughter (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Timoleon Smith (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 106)
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 201, 242-244)