Virginia: 56th Infantry Regiment
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Unit History
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Organized for one year on September 23, 1861, per S.O. #285, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office.
Reorganized on May 3, 1862.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
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Field and Staff
- Commander: William D. Stuart (Colonel)
- Colonel: Philip E. Slaughter (Lt. Col., Col.)
- Lieutenant Colonel: William E. Green (Major, Lt. Col.) and Timoleon Smith (Major, Lt. Col.)
- Major: John B. McPhail, Jr.
Assignments
- September-October 1861: Wise's Brigade
- January-February 1862: Wharton's Brigade, Floyd's Division, Central Army of Kentucky, Department #2
- February 1862: Wharton's Brigade, Floyd's Division, Fort Donelson, Department #2
- June 1862: Pickett's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
- June-August 1862: Pickett's Brigade, Longstreet's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- August-September 1862: Pickett's Brigade, Kemper's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- September 1862: Pickett's Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- September 1862-February 1863: Pickett's-Garnett's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- February-April 1863: Garnett's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
- April-May 1863: Garnett's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Southern Virginia
- May-September 1863: Garnett's-Hunton's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
- September 1863-May 1864: Hunton's Brigade, Department of Richmond
- May 1864-April 1865: Hunton's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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