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56th Pennsylvania Infantry

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

 

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
  LCol J William Hofmann
  Capt Frederick Williams

 

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


Unit history

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.

Statistics

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

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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

We have 4 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
ASgtTransue, John S.WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
DCaptWilliams, Frederick         We have some details for this person
ILtHealy, Samuel         We have some details for this person
F&SLColHofmann, John William        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person

 

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