55th Pennsylvania Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
Organized at Harrisburg November, 1861. Left Camp Curtin for Fortress Monroe, Va., November 22. Attached to Sherman's South Carolina Expedition to February, 1862. Edisto Island, S.C., Dept. of the South, to July, 1862. District of Beaufort, S.C., Dept. South, to September. 1862. District Beaufort, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. South, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division. 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to May, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--At Fortress Monroe, Va., until December 8, 1861. Moved to Port Royal, S. C, December 8, and duty near Hilton Head, S.C., until February 25, 1862. Duty at Edisto Island, S.C., until October. Companies "E," "F" and "G" attacked on Little Edisto March 29. Edisto Island April 18 (Detachment). Expedition up Broad River to Pocotaligo October 21-23. Caston's and Frampton's Plantations, Pocotaligo, October 22. Duty at Port Royal Ferry near Beaufort, S.C., until January, 1864. Regiment reenlisted January 1, and on furlough January 22-March 23. Embarked for Virginia April 12. Butler's operations on south side of the James and against Petersburg and Richmond May 5-28. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. Operations on the Bermuda Hundred front May 17-28. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1. 
* June 1-12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
** June 1-12, 1864 - Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Support). Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, north of James River September 28-30. Duty in trenches before Richmond until March, 1865. Signal Hill December 10, 1864. Appomattox Campaign March 26-April 9. Hatcher's and Gravelly Runs March 29-30. Capture of Forts Gregg and Baldwin and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Rice's Station April 6. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Appomattox C. H. until April 17, and at Richmond until July. Duty in Virginia until August. Mustered out at Petersburg. Va., August 30, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
Source 	Casualties	Remarks
Dyer 	
* 7 Officers and 201 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded 
* 3 Officers and 268 enlisted men killed by disease
* Total 479	None
Fox 	
* 7 Officers and 201 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
* Total 208 (Combat Losses)
* Fox lists this unit as:
** 34th on the list of units "sustaining greatest loss in action" (Infantry units with over 200 casualties)
** 135th on the list of units with losses based on duration of the entire term of service of the unit (26th of the Pennsylvania troops)	
WotRWiki Statistics	
* troops killed
** Includes troops mortally wounded
** Includes troops killed by disease
** All others are troops killed in action or under special circumstances	
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 932, 941, 1593)
* (Pages 3, 13)
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