Battle of Wilmington order of battle: Confederate explained

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilmington (February 11 to 22, 1865) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Gen = General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Confederate Department of North Carolina

District of Cape Fear
Gen Braxton Bragg

Post of Sugar Loaf

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Hoke's Division MG Robert F. Hoke	Clingman's Brigade Col William S. Devane	8th North Carolina: Ltc Rufus A. Barrier 31st North Carolina: Ltc Charles W. Knight 51st North Carolina: Cpt James W. Lippit 61st North Carolina
	Colquitt's Brigade Col Charles T. Zachary	6th Georgia Ltc Sampson W. Harris 19th Georgia: Col James H. Neal 23rd Georgia: Col Marcus R. Ballenger 27th Georgia: Cpt Elisha D. Graham 28th Georgia: Cpt John A. Johnson
	Kirkland's Brigade BG William W. Kirkland	17th North Carolina: Ltc Thomas H. Sharp 42nd North Carolina: Col John E. Brown 66th North Carolina: Col John E. Nethercutt
	Artillery	3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery Company A (Northhampton Artillery): Cpt Andrew J. Ellis Company C (detachment): Lt Alfred M. Darden 1st North Carolina Light Artillery 2nd Company I (Southerland's Battery): Cpt Thomas J. Southerland Staunton Hill Battery (Paris' Battery): Cpt Andrew B. Paris
	Cavalry	2nd South Carolina Cavalry (detachment): Col Thomas J. Lipscomb

Fort Anderson

See main article: Fort Anderson (North Carolina).

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Garrison	Hagood's Brigade BG Johnson Hagood	11th South Carolina: Col F. Hay Gantt 21st South Carolina (remnants): Col Robert F. Graham 25th South Carolina (remnants): Col Charles H. Simonton 27th South Carolina: Cpt Allston 7th South Carolina Battalion: Ltc James H. Rion
	Artillery	3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery Company B: Cpt William Badham, Jr. Sampson Artillery: Cpt Abner A. Mosely
	Hedrick's Brigade Col John J. Hedrick	2nd North Carolina Artillery (remnants): Ltc John Douglas Taylor 3rd North Carolina Artillery: Maj William Holland Company A (Lenoir Braves): Cpt Ancram W. Ezzell Company B (McMillan Artillery): Lt Macon Bonner, Lt Selby Harden Company C (Bridger's Artillery): Cpt John E. Leggett Company F: Cpt John Robertson 2nd Company H (Barnes' Battery): Cpt Calvin Barnes Company I: Cpt Charles C. Whitehurst 1st Battalion North Carolina Heavy Artillery Company A (Clark Artillery): Cpt Robert G. Rankin Company B (River Guards): Cpt John W. Taylor Company C (Brown's Battalion): Cpt William H. Brown Company D (remnants): Lt John T. Rankin 2nd North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company B McDougald's Unattached Company North Carolina Troops: Cpt W. J. McDougald Coast Guard Company (unattached)

Post of Wilmington

Col George Jackson

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Post garrison	Armory Guards, Company B: Cpt Armand L deRosset 7th North Carolina Home Guards, Companies A and B: Col James G. Burr 8th North Carolina Senior Reserves: Col Allmand M. McKoy
	Engineers	2nd Engineers, Company A: Cpt John C. Winder Signal Corps: Lt George C. Bain
	Cape Fear River batteries^[1] Col Peter C. Gaillard	13th Battalion North Carolina Light/Heavy Artillery Company D (Adams' Battery): Lt Samuel H. Forbes 68th North Carolina Troops, Company C (detachment) McDougald's Company (detachment)

Sources

Fonvielle, Jr., Chris E. The Wilmington Campaign: Last Rays of Departing Hope. Campbell, California: Savas Publishing Company, 1997.

Notes and References

Comprising Forts Davis, Lee, Campbell, and Meares.