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Pennsylvania 56th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:7/03/1862
  • Muster Out Date:1/07/1865
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Bvt BG Richard Coulter
    • Bvt MG Samuel W. Crawford
    • Brigadier General Abner Doubleday
    • Brigadier General David A. Russell
    • Brigadier General James S. Wadsworth
    • Brigadier General Lysander Cutler
    • Captain Frederick Williams
    • Colonel J. William Hofmann
    • Colonel John William Hofmann
    • Lieutenant Colonel J. William Hofmann
    • Major Henry A. Laycock
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Jerusalem Plank Road21/06/186424/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Brandy Station9/06/18639/06/1863< 1 dayCulpeper County, Virginia
Gettysburg1/07/18633/07/18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17/09/186217/09/1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Second Petersburg15/06/186418/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Five Forks1/04/18651/04/1865< 1 dayFive Forks, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8/05/186421/05/186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9/04/18659/04/1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Wilderness5/05/18647/05/18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Third Petersburg2/04/18652/04/1865< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
Chancellorsville30/04/18636/05/18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
South Mountain14/09/186214/09/1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland

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