56th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
US CIVIL WAR-ERA INFANTRY REGIMENT
3rd Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry (African Descent); 56th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops; 56th United States Colored Infantry; 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Colored); 56th Regiment United States Colored Infantry
The 56th United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.