Second Battle of Fort Fisher order of battle: Union explained

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

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division (XXIV Corps)	2nd Brigade^[3]   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. Prince
Second 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)^[4]   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. Colvin
Third 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

See also

• North Carolina in the American Civil War

References

• Book: Fonvielle, Chris E. Jr.. Last Rays of Departing Hope:The Wilmington Campaign., pages 473-476. 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.
• 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

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Aide de camp to Ulysses S. Grant. On loan from Grant's staff.
3. Temporarily attached to Second Division.
4. Wounded in the explosion of Fort Fisher's magazine early on January 16.