Second Battle of Fort Fisher order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher (January 13–15, 1865) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army 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

Confederate Forces

District of North Carolina

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
District of Cape Fear     MG William H. C. Whiting (mw)	Fort Fisher   Col William Lamb (w)   Maj James Reilly	10th North Carolina – Maj. James Reilly 36th North Carolina – Col. William Lamb 40th North Carolina 1st Battalion North Carolina Heavy Artillery, Co. D – Cpt. James L. McCormic (mw) 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. C – Cpt. John M. Sutton 13th Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. D – Cpt. Zachariah T. Adams Confederate Navy Detachment – Cpt. Robert T. Chapman Confederate Marine Corps Detachment – Cpt. A.C. Van Benthuysen
Hoke's Division     MG Robert F. Hoke	Clignman's Brigade   Col Hector McKethan	8th North Carolina – Ltc. Rufus A. Barrier 31st North Carolina – Ltc. Charles Knight 51st North Carolina – Cpt. James W. Lippitt 61st North Carolina – Col. William S. Devane
	Colquitt's Brigade   BG Alfred H. Colquitt	6th Georgia – Col. John T. Lofton (k) 19th Georgia – Col. James H. Neal 23rd Georgia – Col. Marcus R. Ballenger 27th Georgia – Cpt. Elisha D. Graham 28th Georgia – Cpt. John A. Johnson
	Hagood's Brigade   Col Robert F. Graham	7th South Carolina Battalion – Ltc. James H. Rion 11th South Carolina – Col. F. Hay Gantt 21st South Carolina – Cpt. D.G. DuBose 25th South Carolina – Cpt. James Carson 27th South Carolina
	Kirkland's Brigade   BG William Kirkland^[2]	17th North Carolina – Ltc. Thomas H. Sharp 42nd North Carolina – Col. John E. Brown 66th North Carolina – Col. John H. Nethercutt
	Cavalry	2nd South Carolina – Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb
	Artillery	3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. A – Cpt. Andrew J. Ellis Southerland's North Carolina Battery – Cpt. Thomas J. Southerland Paris's (Virginia) Battery, Staunton Hill Artillery – Cpt. Andrew B. Paris

See also

• North Carolina in the American Civil War

References

• Book: Fonvielle, Chris E. Jr. . Last Rays of Departing Hope:The Wilmington Campaign., pages 471-473. Campbell, CA.. Savas Publishing Company . 1997 . 1-882810-09-0.
• Moore, Mark A. The Wilmington Campaign and the Battles for Fort Fisher. Da Capo Press, 1999.
• 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 CONFEDERATE FORCES

Notes and References

1. Fonvielle, Chris E. Jr., Last Rays of Departing Hope:The Wilmington Campaign, pages 471-473
2. Fonvielle, pp. 471–473.