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Pennsylvania 56th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:7 Mar 1862
  • Muster Out Date:1 Jul 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 Jun 186424 Jun 18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Brandy Station9 Jun 18639 Jun 1863< 1 dayCulpeper County, Virginia
Gettysburg1 Jul 18633 Jul 18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17 Sept 186217 Sept 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Second Petersburg15 Jun 186418 Jun 18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Five Forks1 Apr 18651 Apr 1865< 1 dayFive Forks, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8 May 186421 May 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9 Apr 18659 Apr 1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Wilderness5 May 18647 May 18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Third Petersburg2 Apr 18652 Apr 1865< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
Chancellorsville30 Apr 18636 May 18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
South Mountain14 Sept 186214 Sept 1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland

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