COLES IN THE CIVIL WAR Company K 19th regiment 2nd regiment N.C. calvary Company D 65th regiment 6th regiment N.C. calvary 2nd Company G 3rd regiment 40th regiment N.C. artillery Company D 56th regiment N.C. infantry Company G 28th regiment N.C. infantry Company D 1st regiment N.C. infantry Company C 35th regiment N.C. infantry Company E 31st regiment N.C. infantry Company A 13th battalion N.C. infantry 2nd Company D 15th regiment N.C. state troops/N.C. infantry Company D 1st regiment N.C. state troops/N.C. infantry

ORGANIZATION: The 56th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in July, 1862, at Camp Magnum, near Raleigh, North Carolina. Its members were recruited in the counties of Camden, Cumberland, Pasquotank, Northampton, Orange, Cleveland, Alexander, Rutherford, and Mechlenburg. It fought at Gum Swamp, Plymouth , and Drewry's Bluff , endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches south of the James River, and saw action around Appomattox . The regiment had 149 men captured at Gum Swamp, lost 4 killed and 84 wounded at Plymouth , and reported 90 casualties at Ware Bottom Church . Many were disabled at Sayler's Creek , and only 9 officers and 62 men surrenderd with the Army of Northern Virginia. OFFICERS: Colonel Paul F. Faison, Lieutenant Colonel G. Gratiott Luke, and Majors John W. Graham and Henry F. Schenck. ASSIGNMENTS: The unit was on reconnaissance between Goldsboro, Wilmington, and Tarboro, then served on the Blackwater attached to M.W. Ransom's Brigade BATTLES: Gum Swamp Drewey's Bluff Plymouth Ware Bottom Church Sayler's Creek Appomattox ROSTERS: The composite rosters of this regiment contain 2,112 men.