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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".
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
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 ...
14th Brooklyn Militia, Company G, in Virginia in 1862 Colors of the 14th Brooklyn Reproduction Guidon Flag of the 14th Brooklyn. The 14th Regiment New York State Militia (also called the 14th Brooklyn Chasseurs and officially known during the American Civil War as 84th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment) was a volunteer militia regiment from the City of Brooklyn, New York.
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 ]
The 48th New York Infantry was organized at Brooklyn, New York and mustered in for three years service on September 10, 1861, under the command of Colonel James H. Perry. The regiment was attached to Viele's 1st Brigade, Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps, to April 1862. Fort Pulaski, Georgia, X Corps, Department of the South, to May ...
The 59th New York included recruits mainly from the streets of New York City and its environs, from upstate New York, and also a prominent group from north central Ohio. The regiment was mustered in from August 2, 1861, to October 30, 1861, and first commanded by Colonel William L. Tidball.