The following Union Army and Navy units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher (January 13–15, 1865) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army and navy organization during the expedition.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.
Abbreviations used
Military rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = 1st Lieutenant Bvt = Brevet Cdre=Commodore Lcdr=Lieutenant Commander Cmdr=Commander
Union Forces
Army
Terry's Provisional Corps Bvt MG Alfred H. Terry Engineering Advisor: Ltc Cyrus B. ComstockAide de camp to Ulysses S. Grant. On loan from Grant's staff. Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt Adrian Terry
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division (XXIV Corps) 2nd BrigadeTemporarily attached to Second Division.
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. PrinceSecond 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 97th Pennsylvania: Lt. 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)Wounded in the explosion of Fort Fisher's magazine early on January 16. 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. ColvinThird Division (XXV Corps)
BG Charles J. Paine 2nd Brigade
Col John W. Ames 4th USCT: Ltc George Rogers 6th USCT: Maj Augutus S. Boernstein 30th USCT: Ltc Hiram A. Oakman 39th USCT: Col Ozora P. Stearns 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
Line Number 1 USS Brooklyn: Cpt. James Alden USS Canonicus: Lcdr. George Belknap USS Huron: Lcdr. Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. USS Kansas: Lcdr. Pendleton G. Watmough USS Mahopac: Lcdr. Edward Potter USS Maumee: Lcdr. Ralph Chandler USS Mohican: Cmdr. Daniel Ammen USS Monadnock: Cmdr. Enoch G. Parrott USS New Ironsides: Cmdr. William Radford USS Pawtuxet: Cmdr. James H. Spotts USS Pequot: Lcdr. Daniel L. Braine USS Pontoosuc: Lcdr. William G. Temple USS Saugus: Cmdr. Edmund R. Colhoun USS Seneca: Lcdr. Montgomery Sicard USS Tacony: Lcdr. William T. Truxton USS Unadilla: Lcdr. Frank M. Ramsay USS Yantic: Lcdr. Thomas C. Harris Line Number 2 USS Colorado: Cdre. Henry K. Thatcher USS Juniata: Cpt. William Rogers Taylor USS Mackinaw: Cmdr. John C. Beaumont USS Minnesota: Cdre. Joseph Lanman USS Powhatan: Cdre. James F. Schenck USS Shenandoah: Cpt. Daniel B. Ridgley USS Susquehanna: Cdre. Sylvanus William Godon USS Ticonderoga: Cpt. Charles Steedman USS Tuscarora: Cmdr. James M. Frailey USS Vanderbilt: Cpt. Charles W. Pickering USS Wabash: Cpt. Melancton Smith Line Number 3 USS Chippewa: Lcdr. Aaron Weaver USS Fort Jackson: Cpt. Benjamin F. Sands USS Iosco: Cmdr. John Guest USS Maratanza: Lcdr. George Young USS Montgomery: Lt. Thomas C. Dunn USS Monticello: Lcdr. William B. Cushing USS Osceola: Cmdr. John M.B. Clitz USS Quaker City: Cmdr. William F. Spicer USS R. R. Cuyler: Cmdr. Charles Henry Bromedge Caldwell USS Rhode Island: Cmdr. Stephen D. Trenchard USS Santiago de Cuba: Cpt. Oliver S. Glisson USS Sassacus: Lcdr. John L. Davis Reserve Line USS Advance: Lcdr. John H. Upshur USS Alabama: Lt. Amos R. Langthorne USS Aries: Lt. Francis S. Wells USS Britannia: Lt. William B. Sheldon USS Cherokee: Lt. William E. Dennison USS Emma: Lt. James M. Williams USS Eolus USS Fort Donelson USS Gettysburg: Lt. Roswell Lamson USS Governor Buckingham: Lt. John MacDiarmid USS Lilian : Lt. T.A. Harris USS Little Ada USS Malvern: Lt. Benjamin H. Porter USS Nansemond USS Tristram Shandy: Lt. Edward F. Devens USS Wilderness Naval Landing Party (1,600 Sailors and 400 Marines): Fleet Cpt. Kidder Breese: 1st Division: Lcdr. Charles H. Cushman 2nd Division: Lcdr. James Parker Jr. 3rd Division: Lcdr. Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. 4th Division (USMC): Cpt. Lucien L. Dawson
Notes
See also
North Carolina in the American Civil War
References
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.
External links North Carolina Historical Sites: Fort Fisher - ORGANIZATION OF UNION FORCES