Battle of Wyse Fork order of battle: Union explained
The following is the organization of the Union forces engaged at the Battle of Wyse Fork, during the American Civil War in 1865. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military Rank
Other
Department of North Carolina
Major General John M. Schofield[1]
District of Beaufort/Cox's Provisional Corps
Major General Jacob D. Cox
| width=25% | Division | width=25% | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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| 1st Brigade
Col John M. Orr |
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2nd Brigade
Col John C. McQuiston |
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3rd Brigade
Bvt BG Minor T. Thomas |
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| Artillery | - Co. F, 1st Michigan Light Artillery
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1st Division (Dist. of Beaufort)
BG Innis N. Palmer | 1st Brigade
BG Edward Harland |
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2nd Brigade
Col Peter J. Claassen |
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3rd Brigade
Col Horace Boughton | - 18th Wisconsin
- Battalion of provisional troops
- Battalion of provisional troops
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| Artillery | - Batteries C & D, 3rd New York Light Artillery
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2nd Division (Dist. of Beaufort)
BG Samuel P. Carter | 1st Brigade
Col Adam Gale Malloy | - 85th New York
- Battalion of provisional troops
- Battalion of provisional troops
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2nd Brigade
Col Charles L. Upham |
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3rd Brigade
Ltc Henry Splaine |
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| Artillery | - Batteries A, I & G, 3rd New York Light Artillery
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| Cavalry | - 12th New York Cavalry
- Independent Troop, North Carolina Cavalry
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Notes and References
- Schofield was not directly involved in the battle
- Greene and Stiles had been ordered to report to General Cox. Neither had been assigned to a command by the time the battle began and therefore served as staff officers to Cox Cox's Official Report
