Wilmington Union order of battle - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilmington

Battle of Wilmington

The Battle of Wilmington was fought February 11 – February 22, 1865, during the American Civil War. It was a direct result of the Union victory at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher.-Background:...

(February 11-22, 1865) of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. The Confederate order of battle

Wilmington Confederate order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilmington of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* Gen = General* MG = Major General* BG = Brigadier General...

is listed separately.

Military Rank

MG = Major General
Major general (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...
BG = Brigadier General
Brigadier general (United States)
A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...
Col = Colonel
Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
Bvt = Brevet

Department of North Carolina/Wilmington Expeditionary Force

MG John M. Schofield

Chief Engineer: Bvt BG Cyrus B. Comstock
Cyrus B. Comstock
Cyrus Ballou Comstock was a career officer in the Regular Army of the United States. After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1855, Comstock served with the Army Corps of Engineers. At the beginning of the American Civil War, he assisted with the fortification of...
Chief Quartermaster: Col George S. Dodge

XXIII Corps

MG John M. Schofield

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division	2nd Brigade Col Orlando Moore	107th Illinois 80th Indiana 80th Regiment Indiana Infantry The 80th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 80th Indiana Infantry was organized at Princeton and Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 8, 1862 under the command of... 26th Kentucky 26th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 26th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Owensboro, Kentucky July - November 1861 and mustered in at Nashville, Tennessee for a three year enlistment on... 23rd Michigan 23rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 23rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 23rd Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at East Saginaw, Michigan on September 13, 1862.... 111th Ohio 111th Ohio Infantry The 111th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 111th Ohio Infantry was organized in Toledo, Ohio and mustered in September 5, 1862 for three years service under the command of Colonel John R... 118th Ohio 118th Ohio Infantry The 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 118th Ohio Infantry was organized Lima, Mansfield, and Cincinnati, Ohio August through September 1862 and mustered in at Cincinnati for three years service under the command of...
Third Division MG Jacob D. Cox	1st Brigade Col Oscar W. Sterl	12th Kentucky 12th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:Company A of the 12th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Dick Robinson on September 26, 1861, while the remaining nine companies were organized near... 16th Kentucky 16th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 16th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Kenton in Kentucky and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on January 27, 1862.The regiment was attached... 100th Ohio 100th Ohio Infantry The 100th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 100th Ohio Infantry was organized in Toledo, Ohio July through September 1862 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel John C... 104th Ohio 104th Ohio Infantry The 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. It played a conspicuous role at the Battle of Franklin during the 1864 Franklin-Nashville Campaign, where six members later received the Medal of Honor, most for capturing enemy... 8th Tennessee
	2nd Brigade Bvt BG John S. Casement John S. Casement John Stephen "Jack" Casement was a general and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a noted railroad contractor. He directed the constructional phase of the Transcontinental Railroad, which linked the Western United States with the East.-Early life and career:John...	65th Illinois 65th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 65th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "Second Scotch Regiment" was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... 65th Indiana 103rd Ohio 103rd Ohio Infantry The 103rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was a three-years' infantry regiment from northeastern Ohio that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It participated in many of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Ohio in the Western Theater.On July 21, 1862, William B... 177th Ohio 177th Ohio Infantry The 177th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 177th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio and mustered in for one year service on October 9, 1864 under the command of Colonel Arthur T... 5th Tennessee
	3rd Brigade Bvt BG Thomas J. Henderson Thomas J. Henderson (politician) Thomas Jefferson Henderson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Brownsville, Tennessee, Henderson moved with his parents to Illinois at the age of eleven. He served as clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Stark County, Illinois from 1847 to 1849. and as clerk of the court of Stark...	112th Illinois 63rd Indiana 140th Indiana
	Artillery	Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio in September 1861 and mustered in for a three year enlistment on October 17, 1861. The regiment was...

Terry's Provisional Corps

MG Alfred H. Terry

Chief of Staff - BG Joseph R. Hawley

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division (XXIV Corps)	2nd Brigade Bvt BG Joseph C. Abbott	6th Connecticut 7th Connecticut 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry The 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Because it was in the same brigade as the 7th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, both regiments were often jointly called the 77th New England.-Service:The regiment... 3rd New Hampshire 3rd New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment 3rd New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War.It was organized at Camp Berry in Concord and mustered in on August 23, 1861, for three years service, 1047 officers and men. The regiment served most of its time on the Atlantic coast in... 7th New Hampshire 7th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment The 7th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment was a Union Army infantry regiment that participated in the American Civil War. It was raised in the New England state of New Hampshire, serving from December 13, 1861, to July 17, 1865.... 16th New York Heavy Artillery
Second Division (XXIV Corps) BG Adelbert Ames Adelbert Ames Adelbert Ames was an American sailor, soldier, and politician. He served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. As a Radical Republican and a Carpetbagger, he was military governor, Senator and civilian governor in Reconstruction-era Mississippi...	1st Brigade Col Rufus Daggett	3rd New York 3rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 3rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It is also known as the Albany Regiment... 112th New York 117th New York 142nd New York
	2nd Brigade Ltc James A. Colvin	47th New York 48th New York 76th Pennsylvania 97th Pennsylvania 203rd Pennsylvania
	3rd Brigade Col George F. Granger	13th Indiana 13th Regiment Indiana Infantry The 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment, was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during theAmerican Civil War.- Service :The 13th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was originally accepted for state service for one year and was organized at Indianapolis for the U. S. service by volunteers from the... 9th Maine 9th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 9th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 9th Maine Infantry was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 22, 1861.... 4th New Hampshire 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry The 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 4th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Manchester, New Hampshire and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 18, 1861.The regiment was... 115th New York 115th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 115th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the "Iron Hearted Regiment", was a volunteer regiment recruited during the American Civil War from the counties of Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, and Saratoga, New York.-Content:... 169th New York
	Artillery	1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Cos. B, G, L 16th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Co. A
	Engineers	15th New York Engineers Cos. A, I
Third Division (XXV Corps) BG Charles J. Paine	1st Brigade Col Delevan Bates	107th U.S. Colored Troops Other regiments dispersed throughout division
	2nd Brigade Col John W. Ames	4th U.S. Colored Troops 4th United States Colored Infantry Regiment The 4th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was an African American unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. A part of the United States Colored Troops, the regiment saw action in Virginia and North Carolina, taking part in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, the capture of Fort... 6th U.S. Colored Troops 6th United States Colored Infantry Regiment The 6th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was an African American unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. A part of the United States Colored Troops, the regiment saw action in Virginia as part of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign and in North Carolina, where it participated in... 30th U.S. Colored Troops 39th U.S. Colored Troops
	3rd Brigade Col Elias Wright	1st U.S. Colored Troops 5th U.S. Colored Troops 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment The 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was an African American unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. A part of the United States Colored Troops, the regiment saw action in Virginia as part of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign and in North Carolina, where it participated in... 10th U.S. Colored Troops 27th U.S. Colored Troops 37th U.S. Colored Troops
	Artillery	Battery E, 3rd U.S. Artillery

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Rear Admiral David D. Porter

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