Confederate Regiment

56th Virginia Infantry

Commanding Officers on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Col. William D. Stuart
Capt. John B. McPhail, Jr.

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - Jones' Division
  Brigade - Pickett's (Garnett's) Brigade

Statistics

Initial Strength: 40; Wounded (WIA): 8;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 20%

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #11: Sykes' Regulars Advance from the Middle Bridge (noon-4 pm)
Detail Map #14: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg (4-5 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #303: Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 15 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #322: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #364: Garnett's Brigade, Jones' Division - 15 Sep, 11 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM
Tablet #368: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #369, cont: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 3 PM to 18 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #321: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #304: Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #369: Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM

We have 8 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Brumel, Adoniram	KIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Collier, John	KIA 09/14
A	Capt	McPhail, Jr., John Blair	WIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Bishop, Elijah	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Davis, Lilbourne Lucien	MWIA 09/14
H	Corp	Michie, Orin G.	WIA/POW 09/14
I	Sgt	Lawson, Peyton R.	KIA 09/14
F&S	Col	Stuart, William Dabney

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