Second Battle of Fort Fisher - Order of Battle

Order of Battle

The Union Army returned in January, this time under Major General Alfred Terry. Terry was chosen by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant to lead a Provisional Corps of 9,000 troops from the Army of the James. Rear Admiral David D. Porter returned with almost 60 vessels of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron to the North Carolina coast after the failed December attempt.

Provisional Corps - Brevet MG. Alfred H. Terry:

  • 1st Division (XXIV Corps)
    • 2nd Brigade - Col Joseph C. Abbott
      • 6th Connecticut - Col. Alfred P. Rockwell
      • 7th Connecticut - Capt. John Thompson
      • 3rd New Hampshire - Capt. William H. Trickey
      • 7th New Hampshire - Ltc. Augustus W. Rollins
      • 16th New York Heavy Artillery - Maj. Frederick W. Prince
  • 2nd Division (XXIV Corps) - BG. Adelbert Ames
    • 1st Brigade - Brevet BG. Newton M. Curtis
      • 3rd New York - Capt. James H. Reeve
      • 112th New York - Col. John F. Smith
      • 117th New York - Ltc. Francis X. Meyer
      • 142nd New York - Ltc. Albert M. Barney
    • 2nd Brigade - Col. Galusha Pennypacker
      • 47th New York - Capt. Joseph M. McDonald
      • 48th New York - Ltc. William B. Coan
      • 76th Pennsylvania - Col. John S. Littell
      • 97th Pennsylvania
      • 203rd Pennsylvania - Col. John W. Moore (k), Ltc. Jonas W. Lyman
    • 3rd Brigade - Col. Louis Bell (k), Col. Alonzo Alden
      • 13th Indiana - Ltc. Samuel M. Zent
      • 4th New Hampshire - Capt. John H. Roberts
      • 115th New York - Ltc. Nathan J. Johnson
      • 169th New York - Col. Alonzo Alden, Ltc. James A. Colvin
    • Artillery
      • 16th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery - Capt. Richard H. Lee
  • 3rd 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 - Col. Albert M. Blackman
      • 37th USCT - Col. Nathan Goff, Jr.
    • Artillery
      • Battery E, 3rd U.S. Artillery - Lt. John Myrick
  • Siege Artillery - Brevet BG. Henry L. Abbot
    • 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery (3 companies) - Capt. William G. Pride
  • Engineers
    • 15th New York Engineers (3 companies) - Lt. K. Samuel O'Keefe

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron - Admiral David D. Porter:

  • Monitors
    • USS Mahopac
    • USS Canonicus
    • USS Saugus
    • USS Monadnock
  • Line Number 1
    • USS New Ironsides
    • USS Brooklyn
    • USS Mohican
    • USS Tacony
    • USS Kansas
    • USS Unadilla
    • USS Huron
    • USS Pequot
    • USS Yantic
    • USS Maumee
    • USS Seneca
    • USS Pawtuxet
    • USS Pontoosuc
    • USS Nyack
  • Line Number 2
    • USS Ticonderoga
    • USS Vicksburg
    • USS Shenandoah
    • USS Juniata
    • USS Tuscarora
    • USS Powhatan
    • USS Susquehanna
    • USS Mackinaw
    • USS Wabash
    • USS Vanderbilt
    • USS Colorado
    • USS Minnesota
  • Line Number 3
    • USS Iosco
    • USS Quaker City
    • USS Keystone State
    • USS Montgomery
    • USS Alabama
    • USS Monticello
    • USS Rhode Island
    • USS Maratanza
    • USS R. R. Cuyler
    • USS Chippewa
    • USS Sassacus
    • USS Osceola
    • USS Fort Jackson
    • USS Santiago de Cuba
  • Reserves
    • USS Aries
    • USS Howquah
    • USS Wilderness
    • USS Cherokee
    • USS Advance
    • USS Moccasin
    • USS Eolus
    • USS Gettysburg
  • Naval Landing Party - Fleet Captain Kidder R. Breese:
    • 1st Division (USMC) - Capt. Lucien L. Dawson
    • 2nd Division - Lt. Commander Charles H. Cushman
    • 3rd Division - Lt. Commander James Parker
    • 4th Division - Lt. Commander Thomas O. Selfridge

Confederate Major General W.H.C. Whiting commanded the District of Cape Fear and pleaded with the department commander, General Braxton Bragg to send reinforcements. Bragg was unwilling to reduce his forces, which he felt were necessary to defend Wilmington. He finally sent reinforcements to Colonel William Lamb's garrison bringing the total at Fort Fisher to 1,900. A division of 6,400 troops under Major General Robert Hoke were stationed on the peninsula north of the fort. Whiting personally arrived at the fort and told the commander: "Lamb my boy, I have come to share your fate. You and your garrison are to be sacrificed."

Department of North Carolina - GEN. Braxton Bragg:

  • District #3 - MG. William H.C. Whiting
    • Fort Fisher Garrison - Col. William Lamb wounded; Maj. James Reilly
      • 10th North Carolina - Maj. James Reilly
      • 36th North Carolina - Col. William Lamb
      • 40th North Carolina
      • 1st Battalion North Carolina Heavy Artillery, Co. D - Capt. James L. McCormic
      • 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. C - Capt. John M. Sutton
      • 13th Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. D - Capt. Zachariah T. Adams
      • Marine Detachment - Capt. A.C. Van Benthuysen
  • Hoke's Division - 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 - Capt. 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 - Capt. Elisha D. Graham
      • 28th Georgia - Capt. 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
      • 25th South Carolina
      • 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
    • Cavalry
      • 2nd South Carolina - Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb
    • Artillery
      • 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. A - Capt. Andrew J. Ellis
      • Paris's Battery, Staunton Hill Artillery - Capt. Andrew B. Paris

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