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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
BG
Quincy A. Gillmore
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
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
3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery A
3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery B
3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery C
3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery D
3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery H
3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery I
3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery M
3rd New York Artillery, Battery B: Lt Edward A. Wildt
3rd New York Artillery, Battery F: Lt Paul Birchmeyer
1st U.S. Artillery, Battery B: Lt
Guy V. Henry
1st U.S. Artillery, Battery C: Lt James E. Wilson
3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery E: Lt John R. Myrick
48th New York Infantry (detachment serving as artillery) : Maj Dudley Strickland
11th Maine Infantry (detachment serving as artillery) : Lt Charles Sellmer
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
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
Naval Blockade
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Rear Admiral
John A. Dahlgren
See also
Notes
^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
^
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
^
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
^ Wise p. 232-233
^ 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 )
^
Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 2, page 33: Troops in the Department of the South, July 31, 1863
^
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
^ Eicher p. 546
^ Attached to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in August 1863 (Eicher p.586)
^
Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVIII, Part 2, page 74:: Troops in the Department of the South, August 31, 1863
^ Wise p. 238
^ 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)
^ Gen Gillmore also served as Chief of Engineers
^ 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)
^ Formerly 1st Division,
XII Corps ,
Army of the Potomac . Assigned to the Department of the South 16 August (Eicher p.259)
^ Relieved, July 14
^ Assigned, July 20
^ 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, 1880–1901.
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