56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

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Brief History
This regiment was also called 55th Regiment and was organized during the late spring of 1862. Some of the men were from Carroll, Chattahoochee, and Dooly counties. National Park Service,

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,856 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster - on page 731-733
 * Company A - ("Randolph Guards") Randolph County - see - Roster - on page 733-743
 * Company B - ("Stocks Volunteers") Greene County - see - Roster- on page 743-755
 * Company C - Dooly County - see - Roster - on page 755-766
 * Company D - ("Hall Volunteers") Hall County - see - Roster - on page 766-775
 * Company E - ("Millier Wildcats") Miller County - see - Roster - on page 775-786
 * Company F - Meriwether County - see - Roster - on page 787-793
 * Company G - ("Jackson Avengers") Randolph County - see - Roster - on page 793-804
 * Company H - Randolph and Spalding Counties - see - Roster - on page 804-814
 * Company I - Gwinnett County - see - Roster - on page 814-823
 * Company K - ("Ector Rifles") Coweta and Meriwether Counties- see - Roster - on page 823-836

Georgia, and Lillian Henderson. 1959. Roster of the Confederate soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865. Hapeville, Ga: Longina &amp; Porter. WorldCat   HATHI TRUST Digital Library  HATHI TRUST

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Georgia in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Georgia in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Georgia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.