The Union Forces Engaged At Fort Fisher N.C.
The Union Army Major General Alfred H. Terry
Second Division Brig. General Adelbert Ames
First Brigade Colonel N. Martin Curtis
3rd N.Y. Captain James H. Reeve
Lieut. Edwin A. Behan
112th N.Y. Colonel John F. Smith
117th N.Y. Lieut. Colonel Francis X. Meyer
142d N.Y. Lieut. Colonel Albert M. Barney
Second Brigade Colonel Galusha Pennypacker
Major Oliver P. Harding
47th N.Y. Captain Joseph M. McDonald
48th N.Y. Lieut. Colonel William B. Coan
Major Nere A. Elfwing
76th Pa. Colonel John S. Littell
Major Charles Knerr
97th Pa. Lieut. John Wainwright
203rd Pa. Colonel John W. Moore
Lieut. Colonel James W. Lyman
Major Oliver P. Harding
Captain Heber B. Essington
Third Brigade Colonel Louis Bell
Colonel Alonzo Alden
13th Ind. Lieut. Colonel Samuel M. Zent
4th N.H. Captain John H. Roberts
115th N.Y. Lieut. Colonel Nathan J. Johnson
169th N.Y. Colonel Alonzo Alden Lieut. Colonel James A. Colvin
Second Brigade(1) Colonel Joseph C. Abbott
6th Conn. Colonel Alfred P.Rockwell
7th Conn. Captain John Thompson Captain William S. Marble
3d N.H. Captain William H. Trickey
7th N.H. Lieut. Colonel Augustus W. Rollins
16th N.Y. Heavy Artillery (detachment) Major Frederick W. Prince
Third Division(colored troops) Brig. General Charles J. Paine.
Second Brigade Colonel John W. Ames
4th U.S. Lieut. Colonel George Rogers
6th U.S. Major A.S. Boernstein
30th U.S. Lieut. Colonel H.A. Oakman
39th U.S. Colonel O.P. Stearns
Third Brigade Colonel Elias Wright
1st U.S. Lieut. Colonel Giles H. Rich
5th U.S. Major William R. Brazie
10th U.S. Lieut. Colonel Edward H. Powell
27th U.S. Colonel A.M. Blackman
37th U.S. Colonel Nathan Goff Jr.
Artillery
B G and L 1st Conn. Heavy Captain William G. Pride
16th N.Y. Battery Captain Richard H. Lee
E 3rd U.S. Lieut. John R. Myrick
Engineers
A and I 15th N.Y. Lieut. K.S.O'Keefe
The effective strength of the force above enumerated was nearly 8000.
The loss aggregated 184 killed 749 wounded and 22 missing = 955.
By the explosion of a magazine the day after the capture there were
25 killed, 66 wounded and 13 missing.
Naval Force At Fort Fisher Dec. 23-26 1864 And Jan. 13-16 1865.
North Atlantic Squadroon Rear Admiral David D. Porter, Commanding
Fleet Captain Lieut Commander K.R. Breese
Signal Officer Lieut. M.W. Sanders
Aide Lieutenant S.W. Terry
Aide Lieut. S.W. Preston (k)
Fisrt Division Commodore Henry K. Thatcher
Second Division Commodore Joseph Lanman
Third Division Commodore James Findlay Schenck
Fourth Division Commodore S.W. Godon
Iron-Clad Division Commodore William Radford
Malvern(flagship) Lieut. William B. Cushing (1st attack)
Lieut. B.H. Porter (k) (2d attack)
Iron-Clads
Canonicus Lieut. Commander George E. Belknap
Mahopac Lieut. Commander E.E. Potter (1st attack)
Lieut. Commander A.W. Weaver (2d attack)
Monadnock Commander E.G. Parrott
New Ironsides Commodore William Radford
Saugus Commander E.R. Colhoun
Screw Frigates
Colorado Commodore H.K. Thatcher
Minnesota Commodore Joseph Lanman
Wabash Captain M. Smith
Side Wheel Steamers (1st class)
Powhatan Commodore J.F. Schenck
Susquehanna Commodore S.W. Godon
Screw Sloops
Brooklyn Captain James Alden
Juniata Captain W.R. Taylor (1st attack)
Lieut. Commander T.S. Phelps (2d attack)
Mohican Commander D. Ammen
Shenandoah Captain D.B. Ridgely
Ticonderoga Captain C.Steedman
Tuscarora Commander J.M. Frailey
Screw Gun Vessels
Kansas Lieut. Commander P.G. Watmough
Maumee Lieut. Commander R. Chandler
Nyack Lieut. Commander L.H. Newman
Pequot Lieut. Commander D.L. Braine
Yantic Lieut. Commander T.C. Harris
Screw Gun Boats
Chippewa Lieut. Commander A.W. Weaver (1st attack)
Lieut. Commander E.E. Potter (2d attack)
Huron Lieut. Commander T.O. Selfridge
Seneca Lieut. Commander M.Sicard
Unadilla Lieut. Commander F.M. Ramsay
Double Enders
Iosco Commander John Guest
Mackinaw Commander J.C.Beaumont
Maratanza Lieut. Commander G.W. Young
Osceola Commander J.M.B. Clitz
Pawtuxet Commander J.H. Spotts
Pontoosuc Lieut. Commander Wm. G. Temple
Sassacus Lieut. Commander J.L. Davis
Tacony Lieut. Commander W.T. Truxtun
MISCELLANEOUS VESSELS.
Fort Jackson Captain B.F. Sands
Monticello Acting V. Lieut. D.A. Campbell (1st attack)
Lieut. W.B. Cushing (2nd attack)
Nereus Commander J.C. Howell
Quaker City Commander W.F. Spicer
Rhode Island Commander S.D. Trenchard
Santiago de Cuba Captain O.S. Glisson
Vanderbilt Captain C.W. Pickering
Powder Vessel
Louisiana Commander A.C. Rhind (1st attack blown up)
Reserve
A.D. Vance Lieut. Commander J.H. Upshur
Alabama Acting V. Lieut. Frank Smith (1st attack)
Acting V. Lieut. A.R. Langthorne (2nd attack)
Britannia Acting V. Lieut. Samuel Huse (1st attack)
Acting V. Lieut. W.A. Sheldon (2nd attack)
Cherokee Acting V. Lieut. W.E. Denison.
Emma Acting V. Lieut. T.C. Dunn (1st attack)
Acting V. Lieut. J.M. Williams (2nd attack)
Gettysburg Lieut. Commander R.H. Lamson (w)
Governor Buckingham Acting V. Lieut. J. McDiarmid
Howquah Acting V. Lieut. J.W. Balch
Keystone State Commander H. Rolando
Lilian Acting V. Lieut. T.A. Harris
Little Ada Acting Master S.P. Crafts
Moccasin Acting Ensign James Brown
Nansemond Acting Master J.H. Porter
Tristram Shandy Acting Ensign Ben Wood (1st attack)
Acting V. Lieut. F.M. Green (2nd attack)
Wilderness Acting Master H. Arey
At the second attack the fleet was composed of the same vessels with the
exception of the Nyack, Keystone State, and Quaker City. The following
additions were also made to the fleet:
Montgomery Acting V. Lieut. T.C. Dunn
R.R. Cuyler Commander C.H.B. Caldwell
Aries Act V. Lieut. F.S. Wells
Eolus Acting Master E.S. Keyser
Fort Donelson Acting Master G.W. Frost
Republic Acting Ensign J.W. Bennett.
Armament Of The Fleet
In the first attack the armament of the fleet was:
Qty Type
10 15-inch S.B.
27 11-inch S.B.
1 10-inch S.B.
255 9-inch S.B.
30 8-inch S.B.
31 32-pounders S.B.
10 150-pounders R.
37 100-pounders R.
5 60-pounders R.
1 50-pounder R.
43 30-pounders R.
28 20-pounders R.
total guns: 478
Howitzers
68 24-pounders
73 12-pounders
total howitzers: 141
grand total: 619
In the second attack there were 1 more 10-inch S.B., 2 fewer 9-inch S.B.,
2 more 8-inch S.B., 8 more 32-pounders S.B., 8 fewer 100-pounders R.,
1 fewer 50-pounder R., 5 more 30-pounders R. 1 fewer 20-pounder R.,
4 more 12-pounder howitzers, making 4 more guns and 4 more howitzers
grand total 627.
Landing Party At Fort Fisher Jan. 15, 1865
Officers, Seamen And Marines: 2,261 total
Lieut. Commander K.R. Breese, Fleet Captain, commanding
First Division Captain L.L. Dawson, U.S.M.C.
Second Division Lieut. Commander C.H. Cushman (w)
Third Division Lieut. Commander James Parker
Fourth Division Lieut. Commander T.O. Selfridge
Pioneers Lieut. S.W. Preston (k)
Malvern 60 men Lieut. B.H. Porter (k)
Colorado 218 men Lieut. H.B. Robeson
Minnesota 241 men Lieut. Commander James Parker
Wabash 188 men Lieut. Commander C.H. Cushman (w)
Powhatan 100 men Lieut. George M. Bache (w)
Susquehanna 75 men Lieut. Commander F.B. Blake
Brooklyn 70 men(est.) Acting Ensign D. Cassell
Juniata 69 men Acting Master C.H. Hamilton (w)
Mohican 52 men Acting Master W. Burdett
Shenandoah 71 men Lieut. S.W. Nichols
Ticonderoga 60 men Ensign G. W. Coffin (w)
Tuscarora 60 men Lieut. Commander W.N. Allen (w)
Kansas 20 men Acting Ensign Williams
Pequot 44 men Acting Ensign G. Lamb
Yantic 45 men Acting Ensign J.C. Lord
Chippewa 24 men Acting Ensign G.H.Wood
Huron 34 men Lieut. Commander T.O. Selfridge
Seneca 29 men Lieut. Commander M. Sicard
Iosco 44 men Acting Ensign W. Jameson
Mackinaw 45 men Acting Master A.J. Louch (w)
Maratanza 51 men Acting Master J.B.Wood(w)
Osceola 39 men Acting Ensign J.F. Merry (w)
Pawtuxet 40 men (est.) Acting Ensign UJ.A. Slamm
Pontoosuc 42 men Acting Ensign L.R. Chester (w)
Sassacus 37 men Acting Ensign W.H. Mayer
Tacony 32 men Acting Ensign J.B. Taney
Fort Jackson 69 men Lieut. S. H. Hunt
Monticello 41 men Lieut. W.B. Cushing
Nereus 61 men Acting Ensign E.G. Dayton
Rhode Island 47 men Lieut. F.R. Smith
Santiago de Cuba 53 men Lieut. N.H. Farquhar.
Vanderbilt 70 men (est.) Acting V. Lieut. J.D. Danels
Gettysburg 71 men Lieut. R.H. Lamson (w)
Tristram Shandy 22 men Acting Ensign B. Wood (w)
Montgomery 37 men Acting Master W. N. Wells
Total: 2,261 men
Notes:
Parenthetical one (1) denotes a First Division unit temporarily
assigned to Second Division.
Second Division was also known as Twenty-Fourth Army Corps(colored troops).
Third Division was also known as Twenty-Fifth Army Corps(colored troops).
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