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.
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Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Attacking Column[4]
BG Truman Seymour (w) |
Strong's Brigade
BG George C. Strong (mw) |
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Putnam's Brigade
Col Haldimand S. Putnam (k) |
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Stevenson's Brigade[5]
BG Thomas G. Stevenson |
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BG Quincy A. Gillmore[6]
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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
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2nd Brigade
Col Joshua B. Howell |
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3rd Brigade
BG Thomas G. Stevenson |
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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
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Cavalry
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Engineers |
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Marines |
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Folly Island
Col William W.H. Davis |
Davis' Brigade
Col William W.H. Davis |
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Not brigaded |
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Artillery |
- 1st Connecticut Battery: Cpt Alfred P. Rockwell
- 3rd New York Artillery, Battery B: Cpt James Ashcroft
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MG Quincy A. Gillmore[10]
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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
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2nd Brigade
Col Joshua B. Howell |
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3rd Brigade
BG Thomas G. Stevenson |
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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 |
- 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
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Unassigned |
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Engineers[13] |
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North End of Folly Island[14]
BG Israel Vogdes |
1st Brigade
BG Robert S. Foster |
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2nd Brigade
Col Samuel M. Alford |
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3rd "African" Brigade
BG Edward A. Wild |
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Artillery |
- 1st Connecticut Battery: Cpt Alfred P. Rockwell
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South End of Folly Island[15]
BG George H. Gordon |
1st Brigade
BG Alexander Schimmelfennig |
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2nd Brigade
BG Adelbert Ames |
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Close
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren
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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
Attached to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in August 1863 (Eicher p.586)
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
- 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