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Second Battle of Charleston Harbor order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Charleston Harbor of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

The following lists contain the commanders and units[1] involved in the operations against Charleston Harbor from July to September 1863 which included the major engagements of First Fort Wagner, Grimball's Landing, Second Fort Wagner and the Siege of Charleston Harbor.

Abbreviations used edit

Military ranks edit

Other edit

Initial Operations (July 6–18, 1863) edit

X Corps (Department of the South) edit

BG Quincy A. Gillmore

Fort Wagner (July 18, 1863) edit

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Attacking Column[4]
   BG Truman Seymour (w)

Strong's Brigade

   BG George C. Strong (mw)

Putnam's Brigade

   Col Haldimand S. Putnam (k)

Stevenson's Brigade[5]

   BG Thomas G. Stevenson

Siege Operations (July 18-September 7, 1863) edit

X Corps, Department of the South (July–August) edit

BG Quincy A. Gillmore[6]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Morris Island
   BG Alfred H. Terry

1st Brigade

   BG Israel Vogdes until 1 Aug[8]
   Col Henry R. Guss

  • 3rd New Hampshire: Cpt James F. Randlett
  • 4th New Hampshire: Col Louis Bell
  • 7th Connecticut (detachment): Cpt Sylvester Gray
  • 9th Maine: Ltc Zina H. Robinson
  • 76th Pennsylvania: Cpt John S. Littell
2nd Brigade

   Col Joshua B. Howell

3rd Brigade

   BG Thomas G. Stevenson

Artillery

   Maj James E. Bailey

Cavalry

  

Engineers
Marines

Folly Island
   Col William W.H. Davis

Davis' Brigade

   Col William W.H. Davis

Not brigaded
Artillery
  • 1st Connecticut Battery: Cpt Alfred P. Rockwell
  • 3rd New York Artillery, Battery B: Cpt James Ashcroft

X Corps, Department of the South (August–September) edit

MG Quincy A. Gillmore[10]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Morris Island[11]
   BG Alfred H. Terry

1st Brigade

   Col Henry R. Guss

  • 3rd New Hampshire: Cpt James F. Randlett
  • 4th New Hampshire: Col Louis Bell
  • 9th Maine: Ltc Zina H. Robinson
  • 97th Pennsylvania: Maj Galusha Pennypacker
2nd Brigade

   Col Joshua B. Howell

3rd Brigade

   BG Thomas G. Stevenson

4th Brigade

   Col James Montgomery

5th Brigade[12]

   Col William W.H. Davis

Artillery
  • 3rd New York Artillery, Battery B: Cpt James E. Ashcroft
  • 3rd New York Artillery, Battery F: Lt Paul Birchmeyer
  • 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery B: Cpt Albert E. Greene
  • 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery C: Cpt Charles R. Brayton
  • 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery D: Cpt Richard G. Shaw
  • 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery H: Cpt Augustus Colwell
  • 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery I: Cpt Charles G. Strahan
  • 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery M: Cpt Joseph J. Comstock
  • 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery B: Lt Guy V. Henry
  • 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery C (detachment): Lt James W. Wilson
  • 3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery E: Lt John R. Myrick
  • 11th Maine Infantry (detachment serving as artillery): Lt Charles Sellmer
Unassigned
Engineers[13]

North End of Folly Island[14]
   BG Israel Vogdes

1st Brigade

   BG Robert S. Foster

2nd Brigade

   Col Samuel M. Alford

3rd "African" Brigade

   BG Edward A. Wild

Artillery
  • 1st Connecticut Battery: Cpt Alfred P. Rockwell

South End of Folly Island[15]
   BG George H. Gordon

1st Brigade

   BG Alexander Schimmelfennig

2nd Brigade

   BG Adelbert Ames

Naval Blockade edit

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron edit

Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 2, page 15: Special Orders No. 399, Hdqrs. Dept. Of The South, Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., July 6, 1863
  3. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 2, page 16: Special Orders No. 399, Hdqrs. Dept. Of The South, Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., July 6, 1863
  4. ^ Wise p. 232-233
  5. ^ In reserve but did not enter action, (See: Second Fort Wagner and Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 1, page 210: Return of Casualties in the Union forces)
  6. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 2, page 33: Troops in the Department of the South, July 31, 1863
  7. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 1, page 277:: In addition to being chief of staff, Turner was named chief of artillery on July 26, 1863
  8. ^ Eicher p. 546
  9. ^ Attached to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in August 1863 (Eicher p.586)
  10. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 2, page 74:: Troops in the Department of the South, August 31, 1863
  11. ^ Wise p. 238
  12. ^ Davis' Brigade served as an independent brigade from 1–30 August. Attached to Terry's Division as the 5th Brigade on 30 August (Eicher p.203)
  13. ^ Gen Gillmore also served as Chief of Engineers
  14. ^ Regiments were transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina between 29 July-9 August 1863 (Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 2, page 75). Vogdes assumed command of the division on 16 August (Eicher p.546)
  15. ^ Formerly 1st Division, XII Corps, Army of the Potomac. Assigned to the Department of the South 16 August (Eicher p.259)
  16. ^ Relieved, July 14
  17. ^ Assigned, July 20
  18. ^ Eicher p.586

References edit

  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
  • Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • Wise, Stephen R., Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863, University of South Carolina Press, 1994

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Charleston Harbor of the American Civil War The Confederate order of battle is listed separately The following lists contain the commanders and units 1 involved in the operations against Charleston Harbor from July to September 1863 which included the major engagements of First Fort Wagner Grimball s Landing Second Fort Wagner and the Siege of Charleston Harbor Contents 1 Abbreviations used 1 1 Military ranks 1 2 Other 2 Initial Operations July 6 18 1863 2 1 X Corps Department of the South 2 2 Fort Wagner July 18 1863 3 Siege Operations July 18 September 7 1863 3 1 X Corps Department of the South July August 3 2 X Corps Department of the South August September 4 Naval Blockade 4 1 South Atlantic Blockading Squadron 5 See also 6 Notes 7 ReferencesAbbreviations used editMilitary ranks edit MG Major general BG Brigadier general Col Colonel Ltc Lieutenant colonel Maj Major Cpt Captain Lt 1st lieutenant Other edit w wounded mw mortally wounded k killedInitial Operations July 6 18 1863 editX Corps Department of the South edit BG Quincy A Gillmore Division Brigade Regiments and Others First Division BG Alfred H Terry 2 Engaged at James Island 1st Brigade BG Thomas G Stevenson 4th New Hampshire 10th Connecticut 24th Massachusetts 97th Pennsylvania 2nd Brigade Col William Watts Hart Davis 52nd Pennsylvania 104th Pennsylvania 56th New York 100th New York 3rd Brigade Col James Montgomery 2nd South Carolina 54th Massachusetts 2nd Division BG Truman Seymour 3 Engaged at First Fort Wagner 1st Brigade BG Israel Vogdes 39th Illinois 62nd Ohio 67th Ohio 7th New Hampshire 85th Pennsylvania Independent New York Battalion 2nd Brigade BG George C Strong 3rd New Hampshire 7th Connecticut 9th Maine 76th Pennsylvania Fort Wagner July 18 1863 edit Division Brigade Regiments and Others Attacking Column 4 BG Truman Seymour w Strong s Brigade BG George C Strong mw 3rd New Hampshire 6th Connecticut Col John Lyman Chatfield mw 9th Maine 48th New York Col William B Barton w 54th Massachusetts Col Robert G Shaw k 76th Pennsylvania Putnam s Brigade Col Haldimand S Putnam k 7th New Hampshire 62nd Ohio 67th Ohio 100th New York Stevenson s Brigade 5 BG Thomas G Stevenson 2nd South Carolina 10th Connecticut 24th Massachusetts 97th PennsylvaniaSiege Operations July 18 September 7 1863 editX Corps Department of the South July August edit BG Quincy A Gillmore 6 Chief of Staff and Artillery Col John Wesley Turner 7 Engineers Col Edward W Serrell Medical Director Ltc Augustus C Hamlin Division Brigade Regiments and Others Morris Island BG Alfred H Terry 1st Brigade BG Israel Vogdes until 1 Aug 8 Col Henry R Guss 3rd New Hampshire Cpt James F Randlett 4th New Hampshire Col Louis Bell 7th Connecticut detachment Cpt Sylvester Gray 9th Maine Ltc Zina H Robinson 76th Pennsylvania Cpt John S Littell 2nd Brigade Col Joshua B Howell 2nd South Carolina Col James Montgomery 39th Illinois Col Thomas O Osborn 62nd Ohio Col Francis Bates Pond 67th Ohio Maj Lewis Butler 85th Pennsylvania Ltc Henry A Purviance 3rd Brigade BG Thomas G Stevenson 7th New Hampshire Ltc Joseph C Abbott 10th Connecticut Maj Edwin S Greeley 24th Massachusetts Col Francis A Osborn 54th Massachusetts Col Milton S Littlefield 97th Pennsylvania Col Henry R Guss 100th New York Col George B Dandy Artillery Maj James E Bailey 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery A 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery B 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery C 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery D 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery H 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery I 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery M 3rd New York Artillery Battery B Lt Edward A Wildt 3rd New York Artillery Battery F Lt Paul Birchmeyer 1st U S Artillery Battery B Lt Guy V Henry 1st U S Artillery Battery C Lt James E Wilson 3rd U S Artillery Battery E Lt John R Myrick 48th New York Infantry detachment serving as artillery Maj Dudley Strickland 11th Maine Infantry detachment serving as artillery Lt Charles Sellmer Cavalry 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Company I Lt Charles V Holt Engineers 1st New York Engineers Col Edward W Serrell Maj Thomas B Brooks Marines Marine Battalion Maj Jacob Zeilin 9 Folly Island Col William W H Davis Davis Brigade Col William W H Davis 52nd Pennsylvania Col John C Dodge 56th New York Col Charles Van Wyck 104th Pennsylvania Ltc Thompson D Hart Not brigaded 47th New York Ltc Albert B Nicholson Independent New York Battalion Ltc Simon Levy Artillery 1st Connecticut Battery Cpt Alfred P Rockwell 3rd New York Artillery Battery B Cpt James Ashcroft X Corps Department of the South August September edit MG Quincy A Gillmore 10 Chief of Staff and Artillery Col John Wesley Turner Engineers Col Edward W Serrell Medical Director Ltc Augustus C Hamlin Division Brigade Regiments and Others Morris Island 11 BG Alfred H Terry 1st Brigade Col Henry R Guss 3rd New Hampshire Cpt James F Randlett 4th New Hampshire Col Louis Bell 9th Maine Ltc Zina H Robinson 97th Pennsylvania Maj Galusha Pennypacker 2nd Brigade Col Joshua B Howell 39th Illinois Col Thomas O Osborn 62nd Ohio Col Francis Bates Pond 67th Ohio Maj Lewis Butler 85th Pennsylvania Maj Edward Campbell 3rd Brigade BG Thomas G Stevenson 7th New Hampshire Ltc Joseph C Abbott 7th Connecticut Col Joseph R Hawley 10th Connecticut Maj Edwin S Greeley 24th Massachusetts Col Francis A Osborn 100th New York Col George B Dandy 4th Brigade Col James Montgomery 2nd South Carolina 3rd U S C T Col Benjamin C Tilghman 54th Massachusetts Col Milton S Littlefield 5th Brigade 12 Col William W H Davis 47th New York Maj Christopher R MacDonald 52nd Pennsylvania Ltc Henry M Hoyt 104th Pennsylvania Maj Edward L Rodgers Independent New York Battalion Cpt Michael Schmitt Artillery 3rd New York Artillery Battery B Cpt James E Ashcroft 3rd New York Artillery Battery F Lt Paul Birchmeyer 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery B Cpt Albert E Greene 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery C Cpt Charles R Brayton 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery D Cpt Richard G Shaw 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery H Cpt Augustus Colwell 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery I Cpt Charles G Strahan 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Battery M Cpt Joseph J Comstock 1st U S Artillery Battery B Lt Guy V Henry 1st U S Artillery Battery C detachment Lt James W Wilson 3rd U S Artillery Battery E Lt John R Myrick 11th Maine Infantry detachment serving as artillery Lt Charles Sellmer Unassigned Marine Battalion Cpt Edward M Reynolds 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Company I Lt Charles V Holt Engineers 13 1st New York Engineers Col Edward W Serrell North End of Folly Island 14 BG Israel Vogdes 1st Brigade BG Robert S Foster 13th Indiana Col Cyrus J Dobbs 112th New York Col Jeremiah C Drake 169th New York Col Clarence Buell 2nd Brigade Col Samuel M Alford 3rd New York Ltc Eldridge G Floyd 89th New York Col Harrison S Fairchild 103rd New York Col Wilhelm Heine 117th New York Col Alvin White 3rd African Brigade BG Edward A Wild 1st North Carolina Col James C Beecher 2nd North Carolina detachment Col Alonzo G Draper 3rd North Carolina one company Cpt John Wilder 55th Massachusetts Col Norwood P Hallowell Artillery 1st Connecticut Battery Cpt Alfred P Rockwell South End of Folly Island 15 BG George H Gordon 1st Brigade BG Alexander Schimmelfennig 41st New York Ltc Detlev von Einsiedel 54th New York Cpt Clemens Knipschild 127th New York Col Stewart L Woodford 142nd New York Col Newton M Curtis 74th Pennsylvania Cpt Henry Krauseneck 107th Ohio Cpt William Smith 2nd Brigade BG Adelbert Ames 17th Connecticut Col William H Noble 25th Ohio Cpt Nathaniel Haughton 75th Ohio Col Andrew L Harris 40th Massachusetts Ltc Joseph A Dalton 144th New York Col David E Gregory 157th New York Maj James C CarmichaelNaval Blockade editMain article Union blockade South Atlantic Blockading Squadron edit Main article Union blockade South Atlantic Blockading Squadron Rear Admiral John A Dahlgren Class Vessel Ironclads U S S Montauk U S S Nahant U S S Catskill U S S Passaic U S S Patapsco U S S New Ironsides Cdre Thomas Turner 16 Capt Stephen C Rowan 17 Gunboats U S S Canandaigua U S S Mahaska U S S Ottawa U S S Wissahickon U S S Dai Ching U S S Lodona U S S Seneca U S Marines Marine Battalion Maj Jacob Zeilen 18 See also edit nbsp American Civil War portal nbsp United States portal South Carolina in the American Civil War United States Colored TroopsNotes edit Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign Official Records Series I Volume XXVIII Part 2 page 15 Special Orders No 399 Hdqrs Dept Of The South Hilton Head Port Royal S C July 6 1863 Official Records Series I Volume XXVIII Part 2 page 16 Special Orders No 399 Hdqrs Dept Of The South Hilton Head Port Royal S C July 6 1863 Wise p 232 233 In reserve but did not enter action See Second Fort Wagner and Official Records Series I Volume XXVIII Part 1 page 210 Return of Casualties in the Union forces Official Records Series I Volume XXVIII Part 2 page 33 Troops in the Department of the South July 31 1863 Official Records Series I Volume XXVIII Part 1 page 277 In addition to being chief of staff Turner was named chief of artillery on July 26 1863 Eicher p 546 Attached to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in August 1863 Eicher p 586 Official Records Series I Volume XXVIII Part 2 page 74 Troops in the Department of the South August 31 1863 Wise p 238 Davis Brigade served as an independent brigade from 1 30 August Attached to Terry s Division as the 5th Brigade on 30 August Eicher p 203 Gen Gillmore also served as Chief of Engineers Regiments were transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina between 29 July 9 August 1863 Official Records Series I Volume XXVIII Part 2 page 75 Vogdes assumed command of the division on 16 August Eicher p 546 Formerly 1st Division XII Corps Army of the Potomac Assigned to the Department of the South 16 August Eicher p 259 Relieved July 14 Assigned July 20 Eicher p 586References editU S War Department The War of the Rebellion a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies U S Government Printing Office 1880 1901 Eicher John H amp Eicher David J Civil War High Commands Stanford University Press 2001 ISBN 0 8047 3641 3 Wise Stephen R Gate of Hell Campaign for Charleston Harbor 1863 University of South Carolina Press 1994 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Second Battle of Charleston Harbor order of battle Union amp oldid 1213272384, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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