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Second Fort Fisher Union order of battle

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

Contents

Military rank

  • MG = Major General
  • BG = Brigadier General
  • Col = Colonel
  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  • Maj = Major
  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = 1st Lieutenant
  • Bvt = Brevet
  • Cdre=Commodore
  • Lcdr=Lieutenant Commander
  • Cmdr=Commander

    • Terry's Provisional Corps

    Bvt MG Alfred H. Terry

  • Engineering Advisor: Ltc Cyrus B. Comstock
  • Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt Adrian Terry

    • North Atlantic Blockading Squadron – Rear Admiral David D. Porter

  • Line Number 1
  • USS Brooklyn: Cpt. James Alden
  • USS Canonicus: Lcdr. George Belknap
  • USS Huron: Lcdr. Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr.
  • USS Kansas: Lcdr. Pendleton G. Watmough
  • USS Mahopac: Lcdr. Edward Potter
  • USS Maumee: Lcdr. Ralph Chandler
  • USS Mohican: Cmdr. Daniel Ammen
  • USS Monadnock: Cmdr. Enoch G. Parrott
  • USS New Ironsides: Cmdr. William Radford
  • USS Pawtuxet: Cmdr. James H. Spotts
  • USS Pequot: Lcdr. Daniel L. Braine
  • USS Pontoosuc: Lcdr. William G. Temple
  • USS Saugus: Cmdr. Edmund R. Colhoun
  • USS Seneca: Lcdr. Montgomery Sicard
  • USS Tacony: Lcdr. William T. Truxton
  • USS Unadilla: Lcdr. Frank M. Ramsay
  • USS Yantic: Lcdr. Thomas C. Harris
  • Line Number 2
  • USS Colorado: Cdre. Henry K. Thatcher
  • USS Juniata: Cpt. William Rogers Taylor
  • USS Mackinaw: Cmdr. John C. Beaumont
  • USS Minnesota: Cdre. Joseph Lanman
  • USS Powhatan: Cdre. James F. Schenck
  • 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
  • Line Number 3
  • USS Chippewa: Lcdr. Aaron Weaver
  • USS Fort Jackson: Cpt. Benjamin F. Sands
  • USS Iosco: Cmdr. John Guest
  • USS Maratanza: Lcdr. George Young
  • USS Montgomery: Lt. Thomas C. Dunn
  • USS Monticello: Lcdr. William B. Cushing
  • USS Osceola: Cmdr. John M.B. Clitz
  • USS Quaker City: Cmdr. William F. Spicer
  • USS R. R. Cuyler: Cmdr. Charles Henry Bromedge Caldwell
  • USS Rhode Island: Cmdr. Stephen D. Trenchard
  • USS Santiago de Cuba: Cpt. Oliver S. Glisson
  • USS Sassacus: Lcdr. John L. Davis
  • Reserve Line
  • USS Advance: Lcdr. John H. Upshur
  • USS Alabama: Lt. Amos R. Langthorne
  • USS Aries: Lt. Francis S. Wells
  • USS Britannia: Lt. William B. Sheldon
  • USS Cherokee: Lt. William E. Dennison
  • USS Emma: Lt. James M. Williams
  • USS Eolus
  • USS Fort Donelson
  • 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 Nansemond
  • USS Tristram Shandy: Lt. Edward F. Devens
  • USS Wilderness
  • Naval Landing Party: Fleet Cpt. Kidder Breese:
  • 1st Division: Lcdr. Charles H. Cushman
  • 2nd Division: Lcdr. James Parker, Jr.
  • 3rd Division: Lcdr. Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr.
  • 4th Division (USMC): Cpt. Lucien L. Dawson

    • References

    Second Fort Fisher Union order of battle Wikipedia
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