Second Fort Fisher Confederate order of battle

The following Confederae units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher (January 13–15, 1865) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army 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

Confederate Forces

Department of North Carolina – Gen. Braxton Bragg (not present):

• District of Cape Fear – MG. William H.C. Whiting (w)
  • Fort Fisher Garrison – Col. William Lamb (w)
    • 10th North Carolina – Maj. James Reilly
    • 36th North Carolina – Col. William Lamb
    • 40th North Carolina
    • 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 – Cpt. Robert T. Chapman
    • Confederate Marine Corps Detachment – Cpt. A.C. Van Benthuysen
• Hoke's Division (Army of Northern Virginia) – MG. Robert F. Hoke
  • Clingman's Brigade – Col. Hector McKethan
    • 8th North Carolina – Ltc. Rufus A. Barrier
    • 31st North Carolina – Ltc. Charles Knight
    • 51st North Carolina – Cpt. James W. Lippitt
    • 61st North Carolina – Col. William S. Devane
  • Colquitt's Brigade – BG. Alfred H. Colquitt
    • 6th Georgia – Col. John T. Lofton
    • 19th Georgia – Col. James H. Neal
    • 23rd Georgia – Col. Marcus R. Ballenger
    • 27th Georgia – Cpt. Elisha D. Graham
    • 28th Georgia – Cpt. John A. Johnson
  • Hagood's Brigade – Col. Robert F. Graham
    • 7th South Carolina Battalion – Ltc. James H. Rion
    • 11th South Carolina – Col. F. Hay Gantt
    • 21st South Carolina – Cpt. D.G. DuBose
    • 25th South Carolina – Cpt. James Carson
    • 27th South Carolina
  • Kirkland's Brigade – BG. William Kirkland^[2]
    • 17th North Carolina – Ltc. Thomas H. Sharp
    • 42nd North Carolina – Col. John E. Brown
    • 66th North Carolina – Col. John H. Nethercutt
  • Cavalry
    • 2nd South Carolina – Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb
  • Artillery
    • 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. A – Cpt. Andrew J. Ellis
    • Southerland's Battery – Cpt. Thomas J. Southerland
    • Paris's Battery, Staunton Hill Artillery – Cpt. Andrew B. Paris

Notes

See also

• North Carolina in the American Civil War

References

• Fonvielle, Chris E. Jr. (1997). Last Rays of Departing Hope:The Wilmington Campaign., pages 471-473. 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.
• 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 CONFEDERATE FORCES