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 CHAPMAN, William R, 3rd Corporal CLINE, Henry, 2nd Lieutenant CLINE, John, 1st Sergeant GROSS, Ephraim, Sergeant HOYLE, Joel Joseph , 1st Lieutenant HULL, William H, 1st Lieutenant IVESTER, Albert P, Sergeant KENNEDY, Julius A, 1st Corporal MULL, Peter M, Captain MULL, Peter P, 2nd Lieutenant NEWTON, Eli 3rd Lieutenant STELL, Isaac R, 4th Corporal TAFT, Godfrey Eddee, Captain WARLICK, Andrew, Sergeant WHITE, Peter, Corporal WHITE, Stephen J, Corporal WILLIAMS, Archibald Hunter Arrington, 1st Lieutenant WILLIAMS, Westly A, Sergeant WILLIS, James R, 1st Sergeant PRIVATES BIGHAM, William P BIVENS, Jacob A BIVENS, Peter M BOYLES, Daniel W BOYLES, William Murkson BRACKETT, Zacharian BRACKETT, Williamson F BRADSHAW, Sidney BRENDLE, M Wesley BRITTAIN, First Name Unknown BUFF, Aaron BUFF, Christopher BUFF, David Jr BUFF, Davis Sr BUFF, James BUFF, Peter BUMGARDNER, Amos BUMGARDNER, David BUMGARDNER, William BURTON, Massenburg BURTON, William CANIPE, Adam CANIPE, Albert CANIPE, Daniel E CANIPE, David CANIPE, John Anderson CANIPE, Joseph CANIPE, Maxwell CANIPE, Noah J CARPENTER, John CHAPMAN, William Riley COOK, Aaron Jr COOK, Aaron Sr COOK, Harrison COOK, Jesse COOK, Noah W COOK, William CRAIG, William CROW, John S DICKSON, John R DOWNS, William ELMORE, John F ELMORE, William FREEMAN, William M GALES, Jacob A GANTT, Joseph C GOODSON, James Calloway GOODSON, Miles HICKS, Robert J HICKS, William H HOYLE, Eli HOYLE, Henry HOYLE, Joel HOYLE, Joseph HOYLE, Levi HOYLE, Robert D HOYLE, Solomon HUDSON, Hiram HUDSON, John D HUFFMAN, Thomas HULL, Benjamin JOHNSON, Allen Richard JOHNSON, Andrew J KEEVER, James M LAIL, Peter LEDFORD, John LEDFORD, William LOGAN, David LOMAN, H MCCALL, Robert H MCCLURD, Andrew MCCLURD, Wade MCNEELY, Jonathan MCNEILLY, Zachariah D MCNEILY, Samuel MARTIN, Leander M MULL, Ezra MULL, John M NEWTON, Alexander NEWTON, Alfred NEWTON, George Alexander NORMAN, Henry NORMAN, Robert H PEELER, Alfred G POPE, Lafayette PREWIT, Joseph PREWITT, Peter PRICE, James T RANDALL, Caleb SEAGLE, William S SELF, Anderson SELF, Isaac Rooker SELF, Jacob Rucker SELF, Robert SELF, Rufus Lee SELF, William J SHUFORD, Daniel Franklin SHUFORD, Henry P SHUFORD, Peter M SMITH, John STAMEY, James P SWINK, John SWINK, N William SWOFFORD, Robert TALLENT, Aaron TALLENT, Jesse E TURNER, David W TURNER, James WALKER, James P WARLICK, David P. WARLICK, Noah B WHITE, George WILLIAMS, Andrew P WILLIAMS, William Thomas WILLIS, Henry J WILLIS, Jacob B WILLIS, James WILLIS, John Y WILLIS, Robert H WILLIS, Samuel O WILLIS, Soloman WILLIS, Thomas WISE, Levi WORTMAN, Major WORTMAN, William Samuel WRIGHT, Silas M YOUNG, Samuel WORTMAN, Major
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