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.[1]
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. Comstock[2]
- Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt Adrian Terry
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division (XXIV Corps) |
2nd Brigade[3]
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Second Division (XXIV Corps)
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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Third Division (XXV Corps)
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2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery |
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| Engineers |
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Aide de camp to Ulysses S. Grant. On loan from Grant's staff.
- ^ Temporarily attached to Second Division.
- ^ 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.