Elmira Prison Camp OnLine Library

56th NY National Guard
Mustered in for 30 days United States service June 18, 1863. Left State for Harrisburg, Pa., June 20. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Susquehanna. Mustered out July 24, 1863. Mustered in for 100 days' service August 2, 1864. Duty at Elmira, N.Y., until November. Mustered out November 6, 1864.