Battle of Wilmington order of battle: Union explained

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

Military Rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Bvt = Brevet

Department of North Carolina/Wilmington Expeditionary Force

MG John M. Schofield

• Chief Engineer: Bvt BG Cyrus B. Comstock
• Chief Quartermaster: Col George Sullivan Dodge

XXIII Corps

See main article: XXIII Corps (Union Army). MG John M. Schofield

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division	2nd Brigade Col Orlando H. Moore	107th Illinois 80th Indiana 26th Kentucky 23rd Michigan 111th Ohio 118th Ohio
Third Division MG Jacob D. Cox	1st Brigade Col Oscar W. Sterl	12th Kentucky 16th Kentucky 100th Ohio 104th Ohio 8th Tennessee
	2nd Brigade Bvt BG John S. Casement	65th Illinois 65th Indiana 103rd Ohio 177th Ohio 5th Tennessee
	3rd Brigade Bvt BG Thomas J. Henderson	112th Illinois 63rd Indiana 140th Indiana
	Artillery	Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery

Terry's Provisional Corps

MG Alfred H. Terry

• Chief of Staff - BG Joseph R. Hawley

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division (XXIV Corps)	2nd Brigade Bvt BG Joseph C. Abbott	6th Connecticut 7th Connecticut 3rd New Hampshire 7th New Hampshire 16th New York Heavy Artillery
Second Division (XXIV Corps) BG Adelbert Ames	1st Brigade Col Rufus Daggett	3rd New York 112th New York 117th New York 142nd New York
	2nd Brigade Maj Oliver P. Harding until 14 Feb Ltc James A. Colvin	47th New York 48th New York 76th Pennsylvania 97th Pennsylvania 203rd Pennsylvania
	3rd Brigade Ltc Nathan J. Johnson until 14 Feb Col George F. Granger	13th Indiana 9th Maine 4th New Hampshire 115th New York 169th New York
	Artillery	1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Cos. B, G, L 16th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Co. A
	Engineers	15th New York Engineers Cos. A, I
Third Division (XXV Corps) BG Charles J. Paine	1st Brigade Col Delevan Bates^[1]	107th U.S. Colored Troops Other regiments dispersed throughout division
	2nd Brigade Col John W. Ames	4th U.S. Colored Troops 6th U.S. Colored Troops 30th U.S. Colored Troops 39th U.S. Colored Troops
	3rd Brigade Col Elias Wright until 20 Feb Col John Henry Holman	1st U.S. Colored Troops 5th U.S. Colored Troops 10th U.S. Colored Troops 27th U.S. Colored Troops 37th U.S. Colored Troops
	Artillery	Battery E, 3rd U.S. Artillery

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

See main article: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. 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
  • USS Aries
  • USS Howquah
  • USS Keystone State
  • USS Montgomery
  • USS Monticello
  • USS R. R. Cuyler
  • USS Vicksburg

See also

• North Carolina in the American Civil War

References

• NC Historic Sites - Fort Fisher
• Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, .

Notes and References

1. 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.