56th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry 

56th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in July, 1862, at Camp 
Magnum, near Raleigh, North Carolina. Its members were recruited in the 
counties of Camden, Cumberland, Pasquotank, Northampton, Orange, 
Cleveland, Alexander, Rutherford, and Mecklenburg. The unit was on 
reconnaissance between Goldsboro, Wilmington, and Tarboro, then served 
on the Blackwater. Attached to M.W. Ransom's Brigade, it fought at Gum 
Swamp, Plymouth, and Drewry's Bluff, endured the hardships of the 
Petersburg trenches south of the James River, and saw action around 
Appomattox. The regiment had 149 men captured at Gum Swamp, lost 4 
killed and 84 wounded at Plymouth, and reported 90 casualties at Ware 
Bottom Church. Many were disabled at Sayler's Creek, and only 9 officers 
and 62 men surrenderd with the Army of Northern Virginia. The field 
officers were Colonel Paul F. Faison, Lieutenant Colonel G. Gratiott Luke, 
and Majors John W. Graham and Henry F. Schenck. 


OFFICERS 

KILPATRICK, J W , Captain

HARRELL, Lawson, 1st Lieutenant

SWEEZY, H A L, 1st Lieutenant

WALKER, Joseph M, 1st Lieutenant

GROSS, J H, 2nd Lieutenant

GROSS, Phillip H, 2nd Lieutenant

LYNCH, Lewis M, 2nd Lieutenant

SWEEZY, James H, 2nd Lieutenant

CALTON, John W, 2nd Sergeant

WALL, Willis C, 3rd Sergeant

MOONEY, Jonathan, 4th Sergeant

TANNER, C P C, 5th Sergeant

BEAM, William C L, 1st Corporal

ROBBINS, John B, 2nd Corporal

LYNCH, William L, 3rd Corporal

PRICE, Adam, 4th Corporal

PRICE, J G , Musician

PRICE, Oliver D
 

PRIVATES 

BIGGERSTAFF, George W

BIGGERSTAFF, J N

BIRD, William

BOLTON, J H

BOLTON, S B

BRIDGES, A W

BROOKS, W M

BUFF, Abram M

BUFF, D M

CAMPBELL, J P

CAMPBELL, Thomas

CANIPE, J W

CASH, Haswell

COVINGTON, J N

DAMERON, T G

DAMERON, William

DAVES, W J

DAVES, William

DAVIS, Rufus

DECK, G W

DEPRIEST, J G B

FLOYD, J M

FRANKLIN, J P

GOFORTH, John Hamilton 


GREEN, James

GREEN, L M

GREEN, Samuel

GREEN, Whitten

GREEN, William

GROSS, J C

HAMILTON, J W

HAMILTON, W P

HANKS, E F

HARRILL, Amos

HARRILL, Drury

HARRILL, Housen

HARRILL, J B

HENSON, J C

HOLLIFIELD, H C

HOLLIFIELD, N J

HORTON, Alexander

HORTON, D M

HORTON, G J

HORTON, John

HORTON, Patton

HORTON, W T

HUNTSINGER, John

HUNTSINGER, William

HUTCHINS, Isaac

HUTCHINS, Reuben

JONES, J D

KING, Spencer

KING, William

LOVELACE, J L C

LYNCH, A K,

MCFARLAND, D C

MELTON, J T

MELTON, J W

MICHAEL, J M

MOONEY, David

MOONEY, E D

MOONEY, Jacob Jr

MOONEY, Jacob Sr

MOONEY, M O

MOONEY, Peter

MOONEY, P M

MURRAY, J W

NELSON, James Robert

OWENS, A W

OWENS, Thomas

PADGETT, Grayson

PADGETT, J B

PADGETT, L

PHILBECK, A B

PHILBECK, J P

PHILBECK, W H

POPE, L J

PORTER, W D

PRICE, F J

PRICE, G W

PRICE, H W

PRICE, J M M

PRICE, J R

PRICE, M G

PRICE, R F

PRICE, T F

ROBBINS, P L

ROBBINS, Thomas

SMART, D P

SMITH, C C 

SORRELL, H R

SPAKE, George

SPARKS, W H

SPURLING, G W Sr

SWEEZY, J W Jr

SWEEZY, J W Sr

SWEEZY, T S

TESSENEAR, Jackson

TESSENEAR, Joseph

TONEY, L M

TOWERY, J P

WALKER, Davidson

WALKER, Frederick

WALKER, John

WALKER, L A

WALL, E H

WALL, J N

WALL, R H

WALL, T J

WALL, W G

WEAST, M G

WEBB, Romulus A 

WELLS, John

WHITAKER, R D

WHITAKER, Z B

WOMACK, Jonas





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