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.
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division | 1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade Col James Montgomery | ||
2nd Division | 1st Brigade | |
2nd Brigade |
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Attacking Column [4] | Strong's Brigade BG George C. Strong (mw) |
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Putnam's Brigade Col Haldimand S. Putnam (k) | ||
Stevenson's Brigade [5] BG Thomas G. Stevenson |
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Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Morris Island | 1st Brigade BG Israel Vogdes until 1 Aug [8] |
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2nd Brigade Col Joshua B. Howell |
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3rd Brigade |
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Artillery Maj James E. Bailey |
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Cavalry
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Engineers |
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Marines |
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Folly Island | Davis' Brigade Col William W.H. Davis |
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Not brigaded |
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Artillery |
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Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Morris Island [11] | 1st Brigade Col Henry R. Guss |
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2nd Brigade Col Joshua B. Howell |
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3rd Brigade |
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4th Brigade Col James Montgomery |
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5th Brigade [12] Col William W.H. Davis |
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Artillery |
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Unassigned |
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Engineers [13] | ||
North End of Folly Island [14] | 1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade Col Samuel M. Alford |
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3rd "African" Brigade |
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Artillery |
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South End of Folly Island [15] | 1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren
Class | Vessel |
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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] | |
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 | |
Marine Battalion: Maj Jacob Zeilen [18] | |
The Union order of battle during the Battle of Gettysburg includes the American Civil War officers and men of the Army of the Potomac . Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle, the casualty returns and the reports.
The Confederate order of battle during the Battle of Gettysburg includes the American Civil War officers and men of the Army of Northern Virginia. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle, the casualty returns and the reports.
The First Battle of Fort Wagner was fought on July 10 and 11, 1863, on Morris Island in Charleston harbor during the American Civil War. An attempt by the Union Army to capture Fort Wagner was repulsed. The more famous Second Battle of Fort Wagner, which involved an assault by the 54th Massachusetts, would be fought on July 18.
The Second Battle of Fort Wagner, also known as the Second Assault on Morris Island or the Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, was fought on July 18, 1863, during the American Civil War. Union Army troops commanded by Brig. Gen. Quincy Gillmore launched an unsuccessful assault on the Confederate fortress of Fort Wagner, which protected Morris Island, south of Charleston Harbor. The battle came one week after the First Battle of Fort Wagner. Although a Confederate victory, the valor of the Black Union soldiers in the battle was hailed, which had long-term strategic benefits in encouraging more African-Americans to enlist allowing the Union to employ a manpower resource that the Confederacy could not emulate for the remainder of the war.
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Antietam of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the Maryland Campaign, the casualty returns and the reports.
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Stones River of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign, the casualty returns and the reports.
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle, the casualty returns and the reports.
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Wilderness of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 5–6, 1864, the army organization at beginning of the Campaign, the army organization during the Campaign and the reports.
Quincy Adams Gillmore was an American civil engineer, author, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was noted for his actions in the Union victory at Fort Pulaski, where his modern rifled artillery readily pounded the fort's exterior stone walls, an action that essentially rendered stone fortifications obsolete. He earned an international reputation as an organizer of siege operations and helped revolutionize the use of naval gunnery.
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cold Harbor of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle and the reports.
The following units and commanders of the Union Army fought at the Siege of Corinth of the American Civil War. The Union Army had approximately 150,000 present for duty. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the siege.
The Second Battle of Charleston Harbor, also known as the siege of Charleston Harbor, siege of Fort Wagner, or Battle of Morris Island, took place during the American Civil War in the late summer of 1863 between a combined U.S. Army/Navy force and the Confederate defenses of Charleston, South Carolina.
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cold Harbor of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 31, 1864, army organization May 26-June 3, 1864, the casualty returns and the reports.
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Donelson of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns, and the reports. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
The 1st New York Engineer Regiment was an engineer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Serrell's Engineers, New York Volunteer Corps of Engineers, or Engineer's and Artizans. The regiment served initially in the Lower Seaboard Theater, and later in the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign.
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Bristoe campaign of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization from September 30, 1863, the casualty returns and the reports.
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Corinth of the American Civil War on October 3 and 4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, return of casualtiesand reports. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stevens of the American Civil War on July 11–12, 1864. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
The following units and commanders fought in the Chattanooga–Ringgold campaign of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign, the casualty returns and the reports.
The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Charleston Harbor of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.