56th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army

56th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	North Carolina
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Five Forks

Military unit

The 56th North Carolina Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Overview

The North Carolina 56th Infantry Regiment was instituted in July, 1862, at Camp Magnum, North Carolina. The infantry recruitment included counties like, Camden, Cumberland, Pasquotank, Northampton, Orange, Cleveland, Alexander, Rutherford, and Mecklenburg. The regiment was assigned to carry out reconnaissance between Goldsboro, Wilmington, and Tarboro. Later, the unit was stationed at Blackwater. The unit in collaboration with M.W. Ransom's Brigade was involved in battle at several places like Gum Swamp Creek, Plymouth, Drewry's Bluff, Petersburg and Appomattox.

The regiment lost 149 recruits who were taken as prisoners at the battle of Gum Swamp, suffered 4 fatalities and 84 wounded at Plymouth. Loss of lives at Ware Bottom Church numbered 90. The skirmish at Sailor's Creek resulted in many crippled men. Nine officers and 62 infantry reportedly surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia. The field commander for the unit was Colonel Paul F. Faison. Lieutenant Colonel G. Gratiott Luke and Majors John W. Graham were supporting officers.

Commanders

Colonel Paul F. Faison

References

Elliott, James Carson (1907). The southern soldier boy: a thousand shots for the Confederacy. Raleigh, North Carolina: Edwards & Broughton.
^ "Confederate North Carolina Troops: 56th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry". National Park Service. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

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