Unit

Federal Regiment

56th Pennsylvania Infantry

Organized: Harrisburg, PA; mustered in October 1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Philadelphia, PA 7/1/1865

Commanding Officers:
LCol J William Hofmann
Capt Frederick Williams

Statistics for Maryland Campaign
  Initial Strength: 247
  Killed in Action (KIA): 1
  Wounded (WIA): 11
  Missing in Action (MIA): 6
  Losses, % of Initial Strength: 7.3%

Map Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #1: Hookers I Corps' Sweeps Down the Pike

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #1: First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 6 PM
   Tablet #13: Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 8 PM
   Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #4: Hofmann's Brigade, Doubleday's Division - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
   Tablet #2: Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
   Tablet #3: Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - First (I) Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, I Corps
  Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps

History of the Unit:
This regiment was organized at Camp Curtin [Harrisburg, PA], in the fall of 1861. The men composing it were from various sections of the State, but principally from Philadelphia, and the counties of Indiana, Centre, Luzerne, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, and Wayne.

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Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
D	Capt	Williams, Frederick
F&S	LCol	Hofmann, John William

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