Second Battle of Charleston Harbor order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Charleston Harbor of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

The following lists contain the commanders and units^[1] involved in the operations against Charleston Harbor from July to September 1863 which included the major engagements of First Fort Wagner, Grimball's Landing, Second Fort Wagner and the Siege of Charleston Harbor.

Abbreviations used

Military ranks

• MG = Major general
• BG = Brigadier general
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed

Initial Operations (July 6–18, 1863)

X Corps (Department of the South)

BG Quincy A. Gillmore

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division   BG Alfred H. Terry^[2] (Engaged at James Island)	1st Brigade  BG Thomas G. Stevenson	4th New Hampshire 10th Connecticut 24th Massachusetts 97th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade  Col William Watts Hart Davis	52nd Pennsylvania 104th Pennsylvania 56th New York 100th New York
	3rd Brigade  Col James Montgomery	2nd South Carolina 54th Massachusetts
2nd Division   BG Truman Seymour^[3] (Engaged at First Fort Wagner)	1st Brigade  BG Israel Vogdes	39th Illinois 62nd Ohio 67th Ohio 7th New Hampshire 85th Pennsylvania Independent New York Battalion
	2nd Brigade  BG George C. Strong	3rd New Hampshire 7th Connecticut 9th Maine 76th Pennsylvania

Fort Wagner (July 18, 1863)

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Attacking Column^[4]   BG Truman Seymour (w)	Strong's Brigade  BG George C. Strong (mw)	3rd New Hampshire 6th Connecticut: Col John Lyman Chatfield (mw) 9th Maine 48th New York: Col William B. Barton (w) 54th Massachusetts: Col Robert G. Shaw (k) 76th Pennsylvania
	Putnam's Brigade  Col Haldimand S. Putnam (k)	7th New Hampshire 62nd Ohio 67th Ohio 100th New York
	Stevenson's Brigade^[5]   BG Thomas G. Stevenson	2nd South Carolina 10th Connecticut 24th Massachusetts 97th Pennsylvania

Siege Operations (July 18-September 7, 1863)

X Corps, Department of the South (July–August)

BG Quincy A. Gillmore^[6]

• Chief of Staff and Artillery: Col John Wesley Turner^[7]
• Engineers: Col Edward W. Serrell
• Medical Director: Ltc Augustus C. Hamlin

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Morris Island   BG Alfred H. Terry	1st Brigade  BG Israel Vogdes until 1 Aug^[8]   Col Henry R. Guss	3rd New Hampshire Cpt James F. Randlett 4th New Hampshire Col Louis Bell 7th Connecticut (detachment): Cpt Sylvester Gray 9th Maine: Ltc Zina H. Robinson 76th Pennsylvania: Cpt John S. Littell
	2nd Brigade  Col Joshua B. Howell	2nd South Carolina: Col James Montgomery 39th Illinois: Col Thomas O. Osborn 62nd Ohio: Col Francis Bates Pond 67th Ohio: Maj Lewis Butler 85th Pennsylvania Ltc Henry A. Purviance
	3rd Brigade  BG Thomas G. Stevenson	7th New Hampshire: Ltc Joseph C. Abbott 10th Connecticut: Maj Edwin S. Greeley 24th Massachusetts: Col Francis A. Osborn 54th Massachusetts: Col Milton S. Littlefield 97th Pennsylvania: Col Henry R. Guss 100th New York: Col George B. Dandy
	Artillery  Maj James E. Bailey	3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery A 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery B 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery C 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery D 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery H 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery I 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery M 3rd New York Artillery, Battery B: Lt Edward A. Wildt 3rd New York Artillery, Battery F: Lt Paul Birchmeyer 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery B: Lt Guy V. Henry 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery C: Lt James E. Wilson 3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery E: Lt John R. Myrick 48th New York Infantry (detachment serving as artillery): Maj Dudley Strickland 11th Maine Infantry (detachment serving as artillery): Lt Charles Sellmer
	Cavalry	1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Company I Lt Charles V. Holt
	Engineers	1st New York Engineers Col Edward W. Serrell, Maj Thomas B. Brooks
	Marines	Marine Battalion: Maj Jacob Zeilin^[9]
Folly Island   Col William W.H. Davis	Davis' Brigade  Col William W.H. Davis	52nd Pennsylvania Col John C. Dodge 56th New York Col Charles Van Wyck 104th Pennsylvania: Ltc Thompson D. Hart
	Not brigaded	47th New York Ltc Albert B. Nicholson Independent New York Battalion Ltc Simon Levy
	Artillery	1st Connecticut Battery: Cpt Alfred P. Rockwell 3rd New York Artillery, Battery B: Cpt James Ashcroft

X Corps, Department of the South (August–September)

MG Quincy A. Gillmore^[10]

• Chief of Staff and Artillery: Col John Wesley Turner
• Engineers: Col Edward W. Serrell
• Medical Director: Ltc Augustus C. Hamlin

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Morris Island^[11]   BG Alfred H. Terry	1st Brigade  Col Henry R. Guss	3rd New Hampshire: Cpt James F. Randlett 4th New Hampshire: Col Louis Bell 9th Maine: Ltc Zina H. Robinson 97th Pennsylvania: Maj Galusha Pennypacker
	2nd Brigade  Col Joshua B. Howell	39th Illinois: Col Thomas O. Osborn 62nd Ohio: Col Francis Bates Pond 67th Ohio: Maj Lewis Butler 85th Pennsylvania: Maj Edward Campbell
	3rd Brigade  BG Thomas G. Stevenson	7th New Hampshire: Ltc Joseph C. Abbott 7th Connecticut: Col Joseph R. Hawley 10th Connecticut: Maj Edwin S. Greeley 24th Massachusetts: Col Francis A. Osborn 100th New York: Col George B. Dandy
	4th Brigade  Col James Montgomery	2nd South Carolina 3rd U.S.C.T.: Col Benjamin C. Tilghman 54th Massachusetts: Col Milton S. Littlefield
	5th Brigade^[12]   Col William W.H. Davis	47th New York: Maj Christopher R. MacDonald 52nd Pennsylvania: Ltc Henry M. Hoyt 104th Pennsylvania: Maj Edward L. Rodgers Independent New York Battalion: Cpt Michael Schmitt
	Artillery	3rd New York Artillery, Battery B: Cpt James E. Ashcroft 3rd New York Artillery, Battery F: Lt Paul Birchmeyer 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery B: Cpt Albert E. Greene 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery C: Cpt Charles R. Brayton 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery D: Cpt Richard G. Shaw 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery H: Cpt Augustus Colwell 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery I: Cpt Charles G. Strahan 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery M: Cpt Joseph J. Comstock 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery B: Lt Guy V. Henry 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery C (detachment): Lt James W. Wilson 3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery E: Lt John R. Myrick 11th Maine Infantry (detachment serving as artillery): Lt Charles Sellmer
	Unassigned	Marine Battalion: Cpt Edward M. Reynolds 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Company I Lt Charles V. Holt
	Engineers^[13]	1st New York Engineers Col Edward W. Serrell
North End of Folly Island^[14]   BG Israel Vogdes	1st Brigade  BG Robert S. Foster	13th Indiana: Col Cyrus J. Dobbs 112th New York: Col Jeremiah C. Drake 169th New York: Col Clarence Buell
	2nd Brigade  Col Samuel M. Alford	3rd New York: Ltc Eldridge G. Floyd 89th New York: Col Harrison S. Fairchild 103rd New York: Col Wilhelm Heine 117th New York: Col Alvin White
	3rd "African" Brigade  BG Edward A. Wild	1st North Carolina: Col James C. Beecher 2nd North Carolina (detachment): Col Alonzo G. Draper 3rd North Carolina (one company): Cpt John Wilder 55th Massachusetts: Col Norwood P. Hallowell
	Artillery	1st Connecticut Battery: Cpt Alfred P. Rockwell
South End of Folly Island^[15]   BG George H. Gordon	1st Brigade  BG Alexander Schimmelfennig	41st New York: Ltc Detlev von Einsiedel 54th New York: Cpt Clemens Knipschild 127th New York: Col Stewart L. Woodford 142nd New York: Col Newton M. Curtis 74th Pennsylvania: Cpt Henry Krauseneck 107th Ohio: Cpt William Smith
	2nd Brigade  BG Adelbert Ames	17th Connecticut: Col William H. Noble 25th Ohio: Cpt Nathaniel Haughton 75th Ohio: Col Andrew L. Harris 40th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph A. Dalton 144th New York: Col David E. Gregory 157th New York: Maj James C. Carmichael

Naval Blockade

See main article: Union blockade.

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren

width=40%	Class	width=60%	Vessel
Ironclads	U.S.S. Montauk
	U.S.S. Nahant
	U.S.S. Catskill
	U.S.S. Passaic
	U.S.S. Patapsco
	U.S.S. New Ironsides Cdre Thomas Turner,^[16] Capt Stephen C. Rowan^[17]
Gunboats	U.S.S. Canandaigua
	U.S.S. Mahaska
	U.S.S. Ottawa
	U.S.S. Wissahickon
	U.S.S. Dai Ching
	U.S.S. Lodona
	U.S.S. Seneca
U.S. Marines	Marine Battalion: Maj Jacob Zeilen^[18]

See also

• South Carolina in the American Civil War
• United States Colored Troops

References

• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880 - 1901.
• Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, .
• Wise, Stephen R., Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863, University of South Carolina Press, 1994

Notes and References

1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
2. http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar;cc=moawar;q1=Truman%20Seymour;q2=Battery%20Wagner;q3=Putnam;op2=and;op3=and;rgn=works;idno=waro0047;didno=waro0047;view=image;seq=17;page=root;size=100;frm=frameset; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 2, page 15: Special Orders No. 399, Hdqrs. Dept. Of The South, Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., July 6, 1863
3. http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar;cc=moawar;q1=Truman%20Seymour;q2=Battery%20Wagner;q3=Putnam;op2=and;op3=and;rgn=works;idno=waro0047;didno=waro0047;view=image;seq=18;page=root;size=100;frm=frameset; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 2, page 16: Special Orders No. 399, Hdqrs. Dept. Of The South, Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., July 6, 1863
4. Wise p. 232-233
5. In reserve but did not enter action, (See: Second Fort Wagner and Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 1, page 210: Return of Casualties in the Union forces)
6. http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar&cc=moawar&idno=waro0047&node=waro0047%3A2&view=image&seq=35&size=100 Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 2, page 33: Troops in the Department of the South, July 31, 1863
7. http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar;cc=moawar;idno=waro0046;q1=Battery%20Wagner;q2=Truman%20Seymour;q3=Putnam;view=image;seq=295;size=100;page=root Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 1, page 277:
8. Eicher p. 546
9. Attached to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in August 1863 (Eicher p.586)
10. http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar&cc=moawar&idno=waro0047&node=waro0047%3A2&view=image&seq=76&size=100 Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 2, page 74:: Troops in the Department of the South, August 31, 1863
11. Wise p. 238
12. Davis' Brigade served as an independent brigade from 1–30 August. Attached to Terry's Division as the 5th Brigade on 30 August (Eicher p.203)
13. Gen Gillmore also served as Chief of Engineers
14. Regiments were transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina between 29 July-9 August 1863 (Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 2, page 75). Vogdes assumed command of the division on 16 August (Eicher p.546)
15. Formerly 1st Division, XII Corps, Army of the Potomac. Assigned to the Department of the South 16 August (Eicher p.259)
16. Relieved, July 14
17. Assigned, July 20
18. Eicher p.586