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The 56th New York Infantry was organized at Newburgh, New York October 15, 1861 and mustered in October 28, 1861 under the command of Colonel Charles Henry Van Wyck.The regiment initially consisted of eleven companies of infantry, two light batteries, and two troops of cavalry, the whole being known as the "10th Legion".
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320th Evacuation Hospital New York, New York (US Army Reserve) 343rd Evacuation Hospital Fort Hamilton, New York; 361st Evacuation Hospital, End of World War II [10] 399th Evacuation Hospital, Tauton, Massachusetts, reorganized and redesignated as the 399th Combat Support Hospital, 1 October 1974 [103]
Doughboys of the 56th Infantry during bayonet practice at Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas, July 17, 1918.. The 56th Armored Infantry Regiment traced its origin back to the 17th Infantry Regiment of Maj. Gen. George Sykes' 2nd Division of the 5th Army Corps, of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.
The 69th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army.It is from New York City, part of the New York Army National Guard.It is known as the "Fighting Sixty-Ninth", [1] a name said to have been given by Robert E. Lee during the Civil War.
56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA, a unit of the Canadian Army; 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment, a unit of the Russian Airborne Troops; American Civil War Union (Northern) Army. 56th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; 56th New York Volunteer Infantry; 56th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 56th Ohio Infantry; 56th Regiment Indiana Infantry
By World War II, the Irish influence in the regiment had diminished somewhat, but the regiment served with distinction in the Pacific Theater as part of the 27th "New York" Infantry Division. Since 1907, the Fighting 69th has been a unit of the New York National Guard. In 1963 President Kennedy presented Ireland with a flag of the Irish Brigade ...
166th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Failed to complete organization. Recruits were transferred to the 176th New York Volunteer Infantry on November 13, 1862. 167th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Failed to complete organization. Recruits were transferred to the 159th New York Volunteer Infantry on October 12, 1862.