Opposing forces First Battle of Fort Fisher

1 opposing forces

1.1 union

1.1.1 army
1.1.2 navy


1.2 confederate

opposing forces
union
army

expeditionary corps (army of james) - mg. benjamin f. butler, mg godfrey weitzel (second-in-command)

2nd division (xxiv corps) - bg. adelbert ames

1st brigade - brevet bg. newton m. curtis

3rd new york - cpt. george w. warren
112th new york - ltc. john w. smith
117th new york - col. rufus daggett
142nd new york - ltc. albert m. barney


2nd brigade - col. galusha pennypacker

47th new york - cpt. joseph p. mcdonald
48th new york - ltc. william b. coan
76th pennsylvania - col. john s. littell
97th pennsylvania - lt. john wainwright
203rd pennsylvania - col. john w. moore


3rd brigade - col. louis bell

13th indiana - cpt. samuel m. zent
4th new hampshire - cpt. john h. roberts
115th new york - maj ezra l. walrath
169th new york - col. alonzo alden


artillery

16th independent battery new york light artillery - cpt. richard h. lee


naval brigade - bg charles k. graham


3rd division (xxv corps) - bg. charles j. paine

2nd brigade - col. john w. ames

4th usct - ltc. george rogers
6th usct - ltc. clark royce
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 - col. giles w. shurtleff
10th usct - ltc. edward h. powell
37th usct - col. nathan goff, jr.
107th usct - ltc. david m. sells


artillery

battery e, 3rd u.s. artillery - lt. john myrick





navy

north atlantic blockading squadron - rear admiral david d. porter:

line number 1.0

uss canonicus - lcdr. george belknap
uss huron - lcdr. thomas o. selfridge, jr.
uss kansas - lcdr. pendleton g. watmough
uss mahopac - lcdr. edward potter
uss monadnock - cmdr. enoch g. parrott
uss new ironsides - cmdr. william radford
uss nyack - lcdr. l. howard newman
uss pequot - lcdr. daniel l. braine
uss pontoosuc - lcdr. william g. temple
uss saugus - cmdr. edmund r. colhoun
uss unadilla - lcdr. frank m. ramsay


line number 2

uss bignonia - lt. warrington d. roath
uss brooklyn - cpt. james alden
uss colorado - cdre. henry k. thatcher
uss juniata - cpt. william rogers taylor
uss mackinaw - cmdr. john c. beaumont
uss maumee - lcdr. ralph chandler
uss minnesota - cdre. joseph lanman
uss mohican - cmdr. daniel ammen
uss pawtuxet - cmdr. james h. spotts
uss powhatan - cdre. james f. schenck
uss seneca - lcdr. montgomery sicard
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
uss yantic - lcdr. thomas c. harris


line number 3

uss chippewa - lcdr. aaron weaver
uss fort jackson - cpt. benjamin f. sands
uss iosco - cmdr. john guest
uss monticello - lt. daniel a. campbell
uss osceola - cmdr. john m.b. clitz
uss quaker city - cmdr. william f. spicer
uss rhode island - cmdr. stephen d. trenchard
uss santiago de cuba - cpt. oliver s. glisson
uss sassacus - lcdr. john l. davis
uss tacony - lcdr. william t. truxton


reserve line

uss advance - lcdr. john h. upshur
uss alabama - lt. frank smith
uss aries - lt. francis s. wells
uss anemone - ens. william c. borden
uss banshee - lt. walter h. garfield
uss britannia - lt. samuel huse
uss cherokee - lt. william e. dennison
uss emma - lt. thomas c. dunn
uss eolus
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 maratanza - lcdr. george young
uss moccasin - ens. james brown
uss montgomery - lt. edward h. faucon
uss nansemond
uss r. r. cuyler - cmdr. charles henry bromedge caldwell
uss tristram shandy - lt. edward f. devens
uss wilderness



confederate

district of cape fear - mg. william h.c. whiting

fort fisher garrison - col. william lamb

10th north carolina - ltc. john p.w. read (w), maj. james reilly
36th north carolina - col. william lamb
40th north carolina
1st battalion north carolina junior reserves - maj. d.t. millard
1st battalion north carolina heavy artillery, co. d - cpt. james l. mccormic
3rd battalion north carolina light artillery, co. c - cpt. john m. sutton
13th battalion north carolina light artillery, co. d - cpt. zachariah t. adams
confederate navy detachment - lt. robert t. chapman
confederate marine corps detachment - cpt. a.c. van benthuysen




hoke s division (army of northern virginia) - mg. robert f. hoke

hagood s brigade - bg. johnson hagood

7th south carolina battalion - ltc. james h. rion
11th south carolina - col. f. hay gantt
21st south carolina - col. robert f. graham
25th south carolina - cpt. james carson
27th south carolina


kirkland s brigade - bg. william kirkland

17th north carolina - ltc. thomas h. sharp
42nd north carolina - col. john e. brown
66th north carolina - col. john h. nethercutt


connally s brigade, north carolina reserves - col. john k. connally

4th battalion north carolina junior reserves - maj. john m. reece
7th battalion north carolina junior reserves - maj. william f. french
8th battalion north carolina junior reserves - maj. james ellington
8th battalion north carolina senior reserves - col. allmond mckoy


artillery

southerland s battery - cpt. thomas j. southerland
paris s battery, staunton hill artillery - cpt. andrew b. paris








^ 4th, 7th , 8th battalions junior reserves @ fort fisher 25 december