• ORGANIZATION:
  

  The 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 Mec hlenburg. 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 arou nd 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.

• OFFICERS:
  

  Colonel Paul F. Faison, Lieutenant Colonel G. Gratiott Luke, and Majors John W. Graham and Henry F. Schenck.

• ASSIGNMENTS:
  

  The unit was on reconnaissance between Goldsboro, Wilmington, and Tarboro, then served on the Blackwater attached to M.W. Ransom's Brigade

• BATTLES:

  Gum Swamp
  Drewey's Bluff
  Plymouth
  Ware Bottom Church
  Sayler's Creek
  Appomattox
  

• ROSTERS:

  The composite rosters of this regiment contain 2,112 men.
  

  Company K - Mecklenburg County
  

• BIBLIOGRAPHY:
  

   

• REFERENCES:

  REF: Crute - Units of the Confederate States Army
  Moore - Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States
  

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