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Roanoke Island order of battle

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The following lists the organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of Roanoke Island, during the American Civil War in 1862.

Contents

Union Army

Coast Division (Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside)

First Brigade (Brig. Gen. John G. Foster) K-19 W-113 M-0 =132 10th Connecticut - Col Charles L. Russell 23rd Massachusetts - Col John Krutz 24th Massachusetts - Col Thomas G. Stevenson 25th Massachusetts - Col Edwin M. Upton 27th Massachusetts - Col Horace C. Lee Second Brigade (Brig. Gen. Jesse L. Reno) K-15 W-79 M-13 =107 21st Massachusetts - Ltc Alberto R. Maggi 9th New Jersey - Ltc Charles A. Heckman 51st New York - Col Edward Ferrero 51st Pennsylvania - Col John F. Hartranft Third Brigade (Brig. Gen. John G. Parke) K-0 W-17 M-0 =17 8th Connecticut - Col Edward Harland 11th Connecticut - Col Henry W. Kingsbury (regiment not engaged) 9th New York - Col Rush C. Hawkins 4th Rhode Island - Col Isaac P. Rodman 5th Rhode Island, detachment - Maj John Wright Unassigned units: Army gunboats:

Union Navy

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (Flag Officer Louis M. Goldsborough)

Confederate Army

Dist. of Roanoke — Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise (not present in battle; ill)

Col. Henry M. Shaw, second in command

(The Virginia regiments were part of the Wise Legion)

Confederate Navy

"Mosquito Fleet" (Flag Officer William F. Lynch)

Sea-Bird (flagship) Curlew (sunk) Ellis Beaufort Raleigh Fanny Forrest Appomattox (not at Battle of Roanoke Island) Black Warrior (schooner)

References

Roanoke Island order of battle Wikipedia