Battle of Wilmington order of battle: Union
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
[edit]Military Rank
[edit]- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Bvt = Brevet
Department of North Carolina/Wilmington Expeditionary Force
[edit]- Chief Engineer: Bvt BG Cyrus B. Comstock
- Chief Quartermaster: Col George Sullivan Dodge
XXIII Corps
[edit]MG John M. Schofield
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Second Division |
2nd Brigade
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Third Division
|
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery |
Terry's Provisional Corps
[edit]- Chief of Staff - BG Joseph R. Hawley
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division (XXIV Corps) |
2nd Brigade
|
|
Second Division (XXIV Corps)
|
1st Brigade
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|
2nd Brigade
|
| |
3rd Brigade
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||
Artillery |
| |
Engineers |
| |
Third Division (XXV Corps)
|
1st Brigade
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|
2nd Brigade
|
| |
3rd Brigade
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| |
Artillery |
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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
[edit]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
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Bates 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.
References
[edit]- NC Historic Sites - Fort Fisher Archived 2018-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.