The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilmington (February 11-22, 1865) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used Military Rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Bvt = Brevet
Department of North Carolina/Wilmington Expeditionary Force
MG John M. Schofield Chief Engineer: Bvt BG Cyrus B. Comstock Chief Quartermaster: Col George Sullivan Dodge
XXIII Corps
MG John M. Schofield
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division 2nd Brigade
Col Orlando H. Moore 107th Illinois 80th Indiana 26th Kentucky 23rd Michigan 111th Ohio 118th OhioThird Division
MG Jacob D. Cox 1st Brigade
Col Oscar W. Sterl 12th Kentucky 16th Kentucky 100th Ohio 104th Ohio 8th Tennessee 2nd Brigade
Bvt BG John S. Casement 65th Illinois 65th Indiana 103rd Ohio 177th Ohio 5th Tennessee 3rd Brigade
Bvt BG Thomas J. Henderson 112th Illinois 63rd Indiana 140th Indiana Artillery Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
Terry's Provisional Corps MG Alfred H. Terry Chief of Staff - BG Joseph R. Hawley
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division (XXIV Corps) 2nd Brigade
Bvt BG Joseph C. Abbott 6th Connecticut 7th Connecticut 3rd New Hampshire 7th New Hampshire 16th New York Heavy ArtillerySecond Division (XXIV Corps)
BG Adelbert Ames 1st Brigade
Col Rufus Daggett 3rd New York 112th New York 117th New York 142nd New York 2nd Brigade
Maj Oliver P. Harding until 14 Feb Ltc James A. Colvin 47th New York 48th New York 76th Pennsylvania 97th Pennsylvania 203rd Pennsylvania 3rd Brigade
Ltc Nathan J. Johnson until 14 Feb Col George F. Granger 13th Indiana 9th Maine 4th New Hampshire 115th New York 169th New York Artillery 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Cos. B, G, L 16th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Co. A Engineers 15th New York Engineers Cos. A, IThird Division (XXV Corps)
BG Charles J. Paine 1st Brigade
Col Delevan BatesBates was in command of the 1st Brigade (Eicher, p.121), but the 30th U.S.C.T. and 1st U.S.C.T. of Bates' brigade were attached to the 2nd and 3rd brigades respectively and were the only regiments from the 1st Brigade to take an active part at Fort Fisher or Wilmington. 107th U.S. Colored Troops Other regiments dispersed throughout division 2nd Brigade
Col John W. Ames 4th U.S. Colored Troops 6th U.S. Colored Troops 30th U.S. Colored Troops 39th U.S. Colored Troops 3rd Brigade
Col Elias Wright until 20 Feb Col John Henry Holman 1st U.S. Colored Troops 5th U.S. Colored Troops 10th U.S. Colored Troops 27th U.S. Colored Troops 37th U.S. Colored Troops Artillery Battery E, 3rd U.S. Artillery
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Rear Admiral David D. Porter
Cape Fear River USS Bat USS Berberry USS Chippewa USS Emma USS Eolus USS Huron USS Kansas USS Launch No. 1 USS Launch No. 6 USS Lenapee USS Little Ada USS Mackinaw USS Malvern USS Maratanza USS Maumee USS Moccasin USS Montauk USS Nansemond USS Nyack USS Osceola USS Pawtuxet USS Pequot USS Pontoosuc USS Republic USS Sassacus USS Seneca USS Shawmut USS Unadilla USS Wilderness USS Yantic Fort Fisher USS Aries USS Howquah USS Keystone State USS Montgomery USS Monticello USS R. R. Cuyler USS Vicksburg
See also
North Carolina in the American Civil War
Notes
References NC Historic Sites - Fort Fisher Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, .