55th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry 

55th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, 
North Carolina, in May, 1862. Its companies were recruited in the counties 
of Pitt, Wilson, Wilkes, Cleveland, Burke, Catawba, Johnston, Alexander, 
Onslow, Franklin, and Granville. The unit served in the Department of North 
Carolina, then moved to Virginia where it was assigned to General J.R. 
Davis' and Cooke's Brigade. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia 
from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor, served in the Petersburg trenches south 
of the James River, and took part in the Appomattox operations. The 
regiment lost thirty-one percent of the 640 engaged at Gettysburg and
fifty-nine percent of the 340 at The Wilderness. It surrendered with 4 
officers and 77 men on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonel John 
K. Connally; Lieutenant Colonels Alfred H. Belo, Abner S. Calloway, and 
Maurice T. Smith, and Major James S. Whitehead. 

OFFICERS:

FALLS, Dixon, Captain 

DIXON, Edward D, Captain

BETHEL, George J, 1st Lieutenant

ELAM, Phillip R, 2nd Lieutenant

QUINN, William, 2nd Lieutenant

FALLS, Thomas D, 2nd Lieutenant 

 

NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS:

BEAM, Aaron R, 1st Sergeant

BROWN, William L, 3rd Sergeant

OATES, Samuel W, 4th Sergeant

WOMACK, John P, 1st Corporal

BOGGS, John D, 2nd Corporal

WILLIAMS, A, 3rd Corporal

SPARROW, G W, 4th Corporal

 

PRIVATES:

BARRETT, George

BEAM, Joshua C

BEAM, Martin Rufus 

BIGGERSTAFF, J N

BLYTHE, Jesse

BRANTON, Yanton Thomas

BRIDGES, F H

BROWN, James

BRYANT, W P

CAMP, O H

CARPENTER, David G

CARPENTER, Peter

CARPENTER, P Z 

CARROLL, J B

COBB, C Sylvester

COSTNER, J D

COSTNER, John M

CROWDER, George F

CROWDER, John P

CROTTS, John

DAVIS, A Crowell

DAVIS, George P

EAKER, J R

EAKER, James R

EASTRIDGE, J W

ELLIOTT, David W

ELMORE, Jonas

ESKRIDGE, R C

FALLS, A N

FALLS, G L

FARREMA, Samuel W

FERGUSON, E

FRONEBERGER, Aaron L

GANTT, A G 

GARNER, A B

GLADDEN, J T

GLASCOE, W H H

GOLD, Simon C

GOODSON, Drury W

GRIFFIN, D T

GRIFFIN, Turrington

HARDIN, George

HARMON, Doctor F

HASTIN, Peter A

HEAVENER, Jeremiah

HENDRICK, E S

HUFFSTETLER, Levi C

JONES, J M

KISTLER, Joseph J

LACKEY, J C

LACKEY, T O

LATTIMER, J L

LAWRENCE, Marcus D

LAWRENCE, J Z

LEWIS, E F

LINDSEY, William

LINSEY, Alfred H, 

LONG, Thomas

MARTIN, James P

MARTIN, R H

MARTIN, Thomas W

MCDONALD, Louis

MITCHUM, Thomas

MOONEY, A Jr

MOONEY, A Sr

MOONEY, J C

MOONEY, P C

MORRISON, A

MORRISON, J

MORRISON, J

MOSS, James

NEAL, J M

NOWLIN, J F

OATES, Isaac R

OATES, J H

PATTERSON, William W

RAMSOUR, John T

RANDALL, Thomas

ROACH, James P

ROACH, Newton

SARROW, Thomas A

SELLERS, Daniel

SHITLE, Henry

SIMMONS, Monroe M

SMITH, James 

SMITH, M C

SPANGLER, James M

SPARROW, A E

SPURLIN, Crawford  

VANDYKE, William R

WARLICK, F T

WEAVER, Abram

WEAVER, Brison

WHISNANT, Joseph

WILSON, Moses A

WILSON, Phillip D

WILSON, S

WHITE, Burrel M

WHITE, Henry

WHITE, Hugh

WHITE, James L

WOMACK, Addison

WOMACK, William





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