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North Carolina 56th Infantry (Confederate)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:31/07/1862
  • Muster Out Date:9/04/1865
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Bushrod Johnson
    • Brigadier General Matt W. Ransom
    • Captain Lawson Harrill
    • Colonel Henry M. Rutledge
    • Colonel Leroy M. McAfee
    • Lieutenant Colonel John L. Harris
    • Major John W. Graham
    • Major General Bushrod Johnson
    • Major General Henry Heth
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Jerusalem Plank Road21/06/186424/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Fort Stedman25/03/186525/03/1865< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
New Bern (1864)1/02/18643/02/18642 day(s)New Bern, North Carolina
Crater30/07/186430/07/1864< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
Sailor's Creek6/04/18656/04/1865< 1 dayAmelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Second Petersburg15/06/186418/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Dinwiddie Court House31/03/186531/03/1865< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31/05/186412/06/186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Drewry's Bluff15/05/186215/05/1862< 1 dayChesterfield County, Virginia
Ware Bottom Church20/05/186420/05/1864< 1 dayChesterfield County, Virginia
Five Forks1/04/18651/04/1865< 1 dayFive Forks, Virginia
Plymouth17/04/186417/04/1864< 1 dayWashington, North Carolina
Appomattox Court House9/04/18659/04/1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Globe Tavern18/08/186421/08/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Third Petersburg2/04/18652/04/1865< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
Gum Swamp, North Carolina22/05/186322/05/1863< 1 dayGum Swamp, North Carolina
Bottoms Bridge, Virginia2/07/18632/07/1863< 1 dayBottoms Bridge, Virginia
Jackson, North Carolina28/07/186328/07/1863< 1 dayJackson, North Carolina
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia2/06/18642/06/1864< 1 dayBermuda Hundred, Virginia
Ware Bottom Church, Virginia20/05/186420/05/1864< 1 dayWare Bottom Church, Virginia

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