Roanoke Island order of battle
Appearance
The following lists the organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of Roanoke Island, during the American Civil War on February 7–8, 1862.[1]
Union
[edit]Union Army
[edit]Coast Division (Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside)
- First Brigade (Brig. Gen. John G. Foster) K-19 W-113 M-0 =132
- 10th Connecticut - Col Charles L. Russell
- 23rd Massachusetts - Col John Krutz
- 24th Massachusetts - Col Thomas G. Stevenson
- 25th Massachusetts - Col Edwin M. Upton
- 27th Massachusetts - Col Horace C. Lee
- Second Brigade (Brig. Gen. Jesse L. Reno) K-15 W-79 M-13 =107
- 21st Massachusetts - Ltc Alberto R. Maggi
- 9th New Jersey - Ltc Charles A. Heckman
- 51st New York - Col Edward Ferrero
- 51st Pennsylvania - Col John F. Hartranft
- Third Brigade (Brig. Gen. John G. Parke) K-0 W-17 M-0 =17
- 8th Connecticut - Col Edward Harland (general)
- 11th Connecticut - Col Henry W. Kingsbury (regiment not engaged)
- 9th New York - Col Rush C. Hawkins
- 4th Rhode Island - Col Isaac P. Rodman
- 5th Rhode Island, detachment - Maj John Wright
- Unassigned units:
- 1st New York Marine Artillery (detachment) - Col William A. Howard
- 99th New York (Union Coast Guard) - Lt Charles W. Tillotson
- Army gunboats:
- Picket
- Vidette
- Hussar
- Lancer
- Ranger
- Chasseur
- Pioneer
- Sentinel
Union Navy
[edit]North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (Flag Officer Louis M. Goldsborough)
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USS Philadelphia | Squadron Flagship, "being unfit for the purpose took no part in the engagement"[2] | |
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USS Southfield | Acting Volunteer Lieutenant C. F. W. Behm[2] | Flag Officer Goldsborough embarked[2] |
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USS Delaware | Lieutenant S. P. Quackenbush[2] | Commander S. C. Rowan, division commander[2] |
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USS Stars and Stripes | Lieutenant Reed Werden[3] | |
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USS Louisiana | Lieutenant A. Murray[3] | |
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USS Hetzel | Lieutenant H. K. Davenport[3] | |
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USS Underwriter | Lieutenant W. N. Jeffers[3] | |
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USS Commodore Perry | Lieutenant C. W. Flusser[3] | |
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USS Valley City | Lieutenant J. C. Chaplin[3] | |
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USS Commodore Barney | Acting Volunteer Lieutenant R. T. Renshaw[3] | |
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USS Hunchback | Acting Volunteer Lieutenant E. R. Colhoun[3] | |
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USS Morse | Acting Master Peter Hayes[2] | |
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USS Whitehead | Acting Master Charles French[2] | |
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USS John L. Lockwood | Acting Master G. W. Graves[2] | |
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USS Henry Brinker | Acting Master John E. Giddings[2] | |
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USS Isaac N. Seymour | Acting Master F. S. Wells[2] | |
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USS Ceres | Acting Master John McDiarmid[2] | |
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USS General Putnam | Acting Master W. J. Hotchkiss[2] | |
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USS Shawsheen | Acting Master T. G. Woodward[2] | |
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USS Granite | Acting Master's Mate E. Boomer[2] |
Confederate
[edit]Confederate Army
[edit]Dist. of Roanoke — Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise (not present in battle; ill)
- Col. Henry M. Shaw, second in command
- 2nd North Carolina Battalion
- 8th North Carolina
- 17th North Carolina (3 companies)
- 31st North Carolina
- 46th Virginia
- 59th Virginia
(The Virginia regiments were part of the Wise Legion)
Confederate Navy
[edit]"Mosquito Fleet" (Flag Officer William F. Lynch)
- CSS Sea-Bird (flagship)
- CSS Curlew (sunk)
- CSS Ellis
- CSS Beaufort
- CSS Raleigh
- CSS Fanny
- CSS Forrest
- CSS Appomattox (not at Battle of Roanoke Island)
- CSS Black Warrior (schooner)
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Porter, David D. The Naval History of the Civil War Castle, Secaucus, NJ, 1984, ISBN 0-89009-575-2.