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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".
New York: 14 (7th) Seventh Regiment / Third Avenue / Tompkins Market Armory: 1857–60: Manhattan; Third Avenue (between East 6th and East 7th streets), East Village: New York: 15 (1st) First Division / State Arsenal: 1858: Manhattan; Seventh Avenue (at West 35th Street), Garment District: New York: 16 (22nd) Twenty-Second Regiment / 14th ...
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.
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
The 56th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Morrow in Portsmouth, Ohio and mustered in for three years service On December 12, 1861, under the command of Colonel Peter Kinney. [ 1 ] The regiment was attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee , to July 1862. [ 2 ]
During the American Revolution, New York City was occupied by the British 1775-1783; many of the Military companies existing prior to the war were broken up and enlisting in the Continental service. In 1786 the Militia was reestablished; the regiments in New York City were: [1] Isaac Stoundenberg's 1st Regiment. Morris Lewis's 2nd Regiment.
Like many early Tallahassee street names, the name was applied at the time of the city's founding in 1824 to honor a national leader, either George Clinton, a U.S. vice-president under two ...
The 56th Infantry Brigade was formed in September 1917 as part of the 28th Division. The brigade, commanded in late 1918 by Arthur L. Conger, initially included the 111th and 112th Infantry Regiments. [2] During World War I it was involved in the Meuse-Argonne, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, and Ypres-Lys (field artillery only ...