Roanoke Island order of battle

The following lists the organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of Roanoke Island, during the American Civil War in 1862.^[1]

Union

Union Army

Coast Division (Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside)

First Brigade (Brig. Gen. John G. Foster) K-19 W-113 M-0 =132

10th Connecticut - Col Charles L. Russell

23rd Massachusetts - Col John Krutz

24th Massachusetts - Col Thomas G. Stevenson

25th Massachusetts - Col Edwin M. Upton

27th Massachusetts - Col Horace C. Lee

Second Brigade (Brig. Gen. Jesse L. Reno) K-15 W-79 M-13 =107

21st Massachusetts - Ltc Alberto R. Maggi

9th New Jersey - Ltc Charles A. Heckman

51st New York - Col Edward Ferrero

51st Pennsylvania - Col John F. Hartranft

Third Brigade (Brig. Gen. John G. Parke) K-0 W-17 M-0 =17

8th Connecticut - Col Edward Harland

11th Connecticut - Col Henry W. Kingsbury (regiment not engaged)

9th New York - Col Rush C. Hawkins

4th Rhode Island - Col Isaac P. Rodman

5th Rhode Island, detachment - Maj John Wright

Unassigned units:

1st New York Marine Artillery (detachment) - Col William A. Howard

99th New York (Union Coast Guard) - Lt Charles W. Tillotson

Army gunboats:

Picket

Vidette

Hussar

Lancer

Ranger

Chasseur

Pioneer

Sentinel

Union Navy

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (Flag Officer Louis M. Goldsborough)

Image	Ship Name	Commanding Officer	Notes
	USS Philadelphia		Squadron Flagship, "being unfit for the purpose took no part in the engagement"[2]
	USS Southfield	Acting Volunteer Lieutenant C. F. W. Behm[2]	Flag Officer Goldsborough embarked[2]
	USS Delaware	Lieutenant S. P. Quackenbush[2]	Commander S. C. Rowan, division commander[2]
—	USS Stars and Stripes	Lieutenant Reed Werden[3]
	USS Louisiana	Lieutenant A. Murray[3]
	USS Hetzel	Lieutenant H. K. Davenport[3]
—	USS Underwriter	Lieutenant W. N. Jeffers[3]
	USS Commodore Perry	Lieutenant C. W. Flusser[3]
—	USS Valley City	Lieutenant J. C. Chaplin[3]
	USS Commodore Barney	Acting Volunteer Lieutenant R. T. Renshaw[3]
	USS Hunchback	Acting Volunteer Lieutenant E. R. Colhoun[3]
—	USS Morse	Acting Master Peter Hayes[2]
—	USS Whitehead	Acting Master Charles French[2]
—	USS John L. Lockwood	Acting Master G. W. Graves[2]
—	USS Henry Brinker	Acting Master John E. Giddings[2]
—	USS Isaac N. Seymour	Acting Master F. S. Wells[2]
	USS Ceres	Acting Master John McDiarmid[2]
	USS General Putnam	Acting Master W. J. Hotchkiss[2]
—	USS Shawsheen	Acting Master T. G. Woodward[2]
—	USS Granite	Acting Master's Mate E. Boomer[2]

Confederate

Confederate Army

Dist. of Roanoke — Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise (not present in battle; ill)

Col. Henry M. Shaw, second in command

2nd North Carolina

8th North Carolina

17th North Carolina (3 companies)

31st North Carolina

46th Virginia

59th Virginia

(The Virginia regiments were part of the Wise Legion)

Confederate Navy

"Mosquito Fleet" (Flag Officer William F. Lynch)

Sea-Bird (flagship)

Curlew (sunk)

Ellis

Beaufort

Raleigh

Fanny

Forrest

Appomattox (not at Battle of Roanoke Island)

Black Warrior (schooner)

Notes

1. Battles and leaders, v.1, p. 670.
2. Porter, Naval History, p. 109
3. Porter, Naval History, p. 108

References

• Porter, David D. The Naval History of the Civil War Castle, Secaucus, NJ, 1984, ISBN 0-89009-575-2.