Second Fort Fisher Union order of battle

The following Union Army and Navy units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher (January 13–15, 1865) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army and navy organization during the expedition.^[1]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant
• Bvt = Brevet
• Cdre=Commodore
• Lcdr=Lieutenant Commande
• Cmdr=Commander

Union Forces

Army

Terry's Provisional Corps

MG Alfred H. Terry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division (XXIV Corps)	2nd Brigade[2]    Col Joseph C. Abbott	6th Connecticut:Col. Alfred P. Rockwell 7th Connecticut: Cpt. John Thompson (w), Cpt William S. Marble 3rd New Hampshire: Cpt. William H. Trickey 7th New Hampshire: Ltc. Augustus W. Rollins 16th New York Heavy Artillery (detachment): Maj. Frederick W. Prince
Second Division (XXIV Corps)      BG Adelbert Ames	1st Brigade    Brevet BG N. Martin Curtis (w) 15 Jan    Maj Ezra L. Walrath	3rd New York: Cpt. James H. Reeves (w), Lt Edwin A. Behan (w) 112th New York: Col. John F. Smith (k) 15 Jan 117th New York: Ltc. Francis X. Meyer (w) 142nd New York: Ltc. Albert M. Barney
	2nd Brigade    Col Galusha Pennypacker (w) 15 Jan    Maj Oliver P. Harding	47th New York: Cpt. Joseph M. McDonald 48th New York: Ltc. William B. Coan (w), Maj. Nere A. Elfwing 76th Pennsylvania: Col. John S. Littell (w), Maj Charles Knerr 97th Pennsylvania: Lt. John Wainwright 203rd Pennsylvania: Col. John W. Moore (k), Ltc. Jonas W. Lyman (k), Maj Oliver P. Harding, Cpt Heber B. Essington
	3rd Brigade    Col Louis Bell (mk) 15 Jan    Col Alonzo Alden briefly 15 Jan    Ltc Nathan J. Johnson	13th Indiana: Ltc. Samuel M. Zent 4th New Hampshire: Cpt. John H. Roberts 115th New York: Ltc. Nathan J. Johnson (w) 169th New York: Col. Alonzo Alden, Ltc. James A. Colvin
Third Division (XXV Corps)      BG Charles J. Paine	2nd Brigade    Col John W. Ames	4th USCT: Ltc. George Rogers 6th USCT: Maj. Augutus S. Boernstein 30th USCT: Ltc. Hiram A. Oakman 39th USCT: Col. Ozora P. Stearns
	3rd Brigade    Col Elias Wright	1st USCT: Ltc. Giles H. Rich 5th USCT: Maj. William R. Brazie 10th USCT: Ltc. Edward H. Powell 27th USCT: Bvt. BG Albert M. Blackman 37th USCT: Col. Nathan Goff, Jr.
	Artillery	1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery (3 companies): Cpt. William G. Pride 16th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt. Richard H. Lee Battery E, 3rd U.S. Artillery: Lt. John Myrick
	Engineers	15th New York Engineers (2 companies): Lt. K. Samuel O'Keefe

Navy

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron – Rear Admiral David D. Porter

• Line Number 1
  • USS Brooklyn: Cpt. James Alden
  • USS Canonicus: Lcdr. George Belknap
  • USS Huron: Lcdr. Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr.
  • USS Kansas: Lcdr. Pendleton G. Watmough
  • USS Mahopac: Lcdr. Edward Potter
  • USS Maumee: Lcdr. Ralph Chandler
  • USS Mohican: Cmdr. Daniel Ammen
  • USS Monadnock: Cmdr. Enoch G. Parrott
  • USS New Ironsides: Cmdr. William Radford
  • USS Pawtuxet: Cmdr. James H. Spotts
  • USS Pequot: Lcdr. Daniel L. Braine
  • USS Pontoosuc: Lcdr. William G. Temple
  • USS Saugus: Cmdr. Edmund R. Colhoun
  • USS Seneca: Lcdr. Montgomery Sicard
  • USS Tacony: Lcdr. William T. Truxton
  • USS Unadilla: Lcdr. Frank M. Ramsay
  • USS Yantic: Lcdr. Thomas C. Harris

• Line Number 2
  • USS Colorado: Cdre. Henry K. Thatcher
  • USS Juniata: Cpt. William Rogers Taylor
  • USS Mackinaw: Cmdr. John C. Beaumont
  • USS Minnesota: Cdre. Joseph Lanman
  • USS Powhatan: Cdre. James F. Schenck
  • USS Shenandoah: Cpt. Daniel B. Ridgley
  • USS Susquehanna: Cdre. Sylvanus William Godon
  • USS Ticonderoga: Cpt. Charles Steedman
  • USS Tuscarora: Cmdr. James M. Frailey
  • USS Vanderbilt: Cpt. Charles W. Pickering
  • USS Wabash: Cpt. Melancton Smith

• Line Number 3
  • USS Chippewa: Lcdr. Aaron Weaver
  • USS Fort Jackson: Cpt. Benjamin F. Sands
  • USS Iosco: Cmdr. John Guest
  • USS Maratanza: Lcdr. George Young
  • USS Montgomery: Lt. Thomas C. Dunn
  • USS Monticello: Lcdr. William B. Cushing
  • USS Osceola: Cmdr. John M.B. Clitz
  • USS Quaker City: Cmdr. William F. Spicer
  • USS R. R. Cuyler: Cmdr. Charles Henry Bromedge Caldwell
  • USS Rhode Island: Cmdr. Stephen D. Trenchard
  • USS Santiago de Cuba: Cpt. Oliver S. Glisson
  • USS Sassacus: Lcdr. John L. Davis
• Reserve Line
  • USS Advance: Lcdr. John H. Upshur
  • USS Alabama: Lt. Amos R. Langthorne
  • USS Aries: Lt. Francis S. Wells
  • USS Britannia: Lt. William B. Sheldon
  • USS Cherokee: Lt. William E. Dennison
  • USS Emma: Lt. James M. Williams
  • USS Eolus
  • USS Fort Donelson
  • USS Gettysburg: Lt. Roswell Lamson
  • USS Governor Buckingham: Lt. John MacDiarmid
  • USS Lilian : Lt. T.A. Harris
  • USS Little Ada
  • USS Malvern: Lcdr. Benjamin H. Porter
  • USS Nansemond
  • USS Tristram Shandy: Lt. Edward F. Devens
  • USS Wilderness
• Naval Landing Party: Fleet Cpt. Kidder Breese:
  • 1st Division: Lcdr. Charles H. Cushman
  • 2nd Division: Lcdr. James Parker, Jr.
  • 3rd Division: Lcdr. Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr.
  • 4th Division (USMC): Cpt. Lucien L. Dawson

Notes

1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, pages 403-405; Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, page 265; Frederick H. Dyer, A compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1, pages 358-359.
2. Temporarily attached to Second Division.

See also

• North Carolina in the American Civil War

References

• Fonvielle, Chris E. Jr. (1997). Last Rays of Departing Hope:The Wilmington Campaign., pages 473-476. Campbell, CA.: Savas Publishing Company. ISBN 1-882810-09-0.
• Moore, Mark A. The Wilmington Campaign and the Battles for Fort Fisher. Da Capo Press, 1999.
• Dyer, Frederick H., A compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1, 1908, Des Moines IA.
• U.S. Naval War Records Office, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1894–1922.
• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.

External links

• North Carolina Historical Sites: Fort Fisher - ORGANIZATION OF UNION FORCES