Siege of Charleston Harbor Union order of battle

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

Military ranks

Other

Initial Operations (July 6–18, 1863)

X Corps (Department of the South)

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

2nd Brigade

   Col William Watts Hart Davis

3rd Brigade

   Col James Montgomery

2nd Division
   BG Truman Seymour[3]
(Engaged at First Fort Wagner)

1st Brigade

   BG Israel Vogdes

2nd Brigade

   BG George C. Strong

Fort Wagner (July 18, 1863)

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)

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

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)

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

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

Notes

  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

  • 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, 18801901.
  • 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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