Second Battle of Fort Fisher order of battle: Union

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The following

Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army and navy organization during the expedition.[1]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Union Forces

Army

Terry's Provisional Corps

Bvt MG

Alfred H. Terry

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division (XXIV Corps)

2nd Brigade[3]


   Col

Joseph C. Abbott
  • 6th Connecticut:Col. Alfred P. Rockwell
  • 7th Connecticut
    : Cpt. John Thompson (w), Cpt William S. Marble
  • 3rd New Hampshire
    : Cpt. William H. Trickey
  • 7th New Hampshire
    : Ltc. Augustus W. Rollins
  • 16th New York Heavy Artillery (detachment): Maj. Frederick W. Prince

Second Division (XXIV Corps)
     BG Adelbert Ames

1st Brigade


   Brevet BG N. Martin Curtis (w) 15 Jan
   Maj Ezra L. Walrath

  • 3rd New York
    : Cpt James H. Reeves (w), Lt Edwin A. Behan (w)
  • 112th New York
    : Col John F. Smith (k) 15 Jan
  • 117th New York
    : Ltc Francis X. Meyer (w)
  • 142nd New York
    : Ltc Albert M. Barney
2nd Brigade


   Col Galusha Pennypacker (w) 15 Jan
   Maj Oliver P. Harding

  • 47th New York
    : Cpt. Joseph M. McDonald
  • 48th New York
    : Ltc. William B. Coan (w), Maj. Nere A. Elfwing
  • 76th Pennsylvania
    : Col. John S. Littell (w), Maj Charles Knerr
  • John Wainwright
  • 203rd Pennsylvania: Col. John W. Moore (k), Ltc. Jonas W. Lyman (k), Maj Oliver P. Harding, Cpt Heber B. Essington
3rd Brigade


   Col Louis Bell (mw) 15 Jan
   Col Alonzo Alden (w)[4]
   Ltc Nathan J. Johnson

  • 13th Indiana
    : Ltc. Samuel M. Zent
  • 4th New Hampshire
    : Cpt. John H. Roberts
  • 115th New York
    : Ltc. Nathan J. Johnson (w)
  • 169th New York
    : Col. Alonzo Alden, Ltc. James A. Colvin

Third Division (XXV Corps)
     BG Charles J. Paine

2nd Brigade


   Col John W. Ames

3rd Brigade


   Col Elias Wright

  • 1st USCT
    : Ltc Giles H. Rich
  • 5th USCT: Maj William R. Brazie
  • 10th USCT: Ltc Edward H. Powell
  • 27th USCT
    : Bvt BG Albert M. Blackman
  • 37th USCT: Col Nathan Goff Jr.
Artillery
  • 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery
    (3 companies): Cpt. William G. Pride
  • 16th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt. Richard H. Lee
  • Battery E,
    3rd U.S. Artillery
    : Lt. John Myrick
Engineers
  • 15th New York Engineers (2 companies): Lt. K. Samuel O'Keefe

Navy

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron – Rear Admiral David D. Porter

Notes

  1. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, pages 403-405; Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, page 265; Frederick H. Dyer, A compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1, pages 358-359.
  2. ^ Aide de camp to Ulysses S. Grant. On loan from Grant's staff.
  3. ^ Temporarily attached to Second Division.
  4. ^ Wounded in the explosion of Fort Fisher's magazine early on January 16.

See also

References

  • Fonvielle, Chris E. Jr. (1997). Last Rays of Departing Hope:The Wilmington Campaign., pages 473-476. Campbell, CA.: Savas Publishing Company.
    ISBN 1-882810-09-0
    .
  • Moore, Mark A. The Wilmington Campaign and the Battles for Fort Fisher. Da Capo Press, 1999.
  • Dyer, Frederick H., A compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1, 1908, Des Moines IA.
  • U.S. Naval War Records Office, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1894–1922.
  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the
    Official Records
    of the Union and Confederate Armies    . Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.

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