55th Pa. Infantry

Recruited in 1861 in Cambria, Berks, Bedford, Schuylkill, Indiana, Dauphin, Bedford, Blair Counties. Involved in 8 combat operations including Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Chaffin's Farm. Lost 479 enlisted men and officers to injury and illness. 61 of its men died at Andersonville, 1 at Florence. Regiment mustered out Aug. 30, 1865 in Petersburg. 1 of its men transited Camp Discharge.