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55th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in May 1862.
Its companies were recruited in the counties of Pitt, Wilson, Wilkes, Cleveland, Burke, Catawba, Johnston, Alexander, Onslow,
Franklin, and Granville. The unit served in the Department of North Carolina and then relocated to Virginia where it
was assigned to General J. R. Davis' and Cooke's Brigade. It served in the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor, served in the Petersburg trenches south of the James River, and was active in the Appomattox operations. The regiment lost thirty-one percent of the 640 engaged at Gettysburg, and fifty-nine percent
of the 340 at the Wilderness. It surrendered with 4 officers and 77 men on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonel John K.
Connally; Lieutenant Colonels Alfred H. Belo, Abner S. Calloway, and Maurice T. Smith; and Major James S. Whitehead.
Advance to:
Recommended Reading: 55th
North Carolina in the Civil War: A History And Roster. Description: Drawing on letters, memoirs, diaries and recollections, it
depicts the Civil War through the eyes of the soldiers, enhancing modern-day understanding of what it was like to fight for
the Confederate States of America. While
providing information on the battles in which the 55th North Carolina took part (including
the little known Suffolk campaign), the main focus of the
work is the everyday life of the men—the ever-present influence of politics and religion as well as the effects of disease
and combat. Continued below...
Appendices
provide a breakdown of the companies in the regiment; the regimental roster; a list of men who died of disease; and a record
of the men from the 55th who were killed in battle. Contemporary photographs are also included.
Recommended
Reading: The Civil War in North Carolina. Description:
Numerous battles and skirmishes were fought in North Carolina
during the Civil War, and the campaigns and battles themselves were crucial in the grand strategy of the conflict and involved
some of the most famous generals of the war. John Barrett presents the complete story of military engagements across the state,
including the classical pitched battle of Bentonville--involving Generals Joe Johnston and William Sherman--the siege of Fort Fisher, the amphibious
campaigns on the coast, and cavalry sweeps such as General George Stoneman's Raid.
Also available in hardcover: The Civil War in North Carolina .
Sources: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies; Walter Clark,
Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861-1865; National Park Service: American
Civil War; National Park Service: Soldiers and Sailors System; Weymouth T. Jordan and Louis H. Manarin, North Carolina Troops,
1861-1865; and D. H. Hill, Confederate Military History Of North Carolina: North Carolina In The Civil War, 1861-1865.
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