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Battle of Wilmington order of battle: Confederate

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilmington (February 11 to 22, 1865) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

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Confederate [[Department of North Carolina]]

District of Cape Fear

Gen Braxton Bragg

=Post of Sugar Loaf=

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Hoke's Division


    

MG Robert F. Hoke

| Clingman's Brigade


  

Col William S. Devane

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  • 8th North Carolina: Ltc Rufus A. Barrier
  • 31st North Carolina: Ltc Charles W. Knight
  • 51st North Carolina: Cpt James W. Lippit
  • 61st North Carolina
Colquitt's Brigade


  

Col Charles T. Zachary

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  • 6th Georgia: Ltc Sampson W. Harris
  • 19th Georgia: Col James H. Neal
  • 23rd Georgia: Col Marcus R. Ballenger
  • 27th Georgia: Cpt Elisha D. Graham
  • 28th Georgia: Cpt John A. Johnson
Kirkland's Brigade


  

BG William W. Kirkland

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  • 17th North Carolina: Ltc Thomas H. Sharp
  • 42nd North Carolina: Col John E. Brown
  • 66th North Carolina: Col John E. Nethercutt
Artillery

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  • 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery
  • Company A (Northhampton Artillery): Cpt Andrew J. Ellis
  • Company C (detachment): Lt Alfred M. Darden
  • 1st North Carolina Light Artillery
  • 2nd Company I (Southerland's Battery): Cpt Thomas J. Southerland
  • Staunton Hill Battery (Paris' Battery): Cpt Andrew B. Paris
Cavalry

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  • 2nd South Carolina Cavalry (detachment): Col Thomas J. Lipscomb

=Fort Anderson=

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Garrison

| Hagood's Brigade


  

BG Johnson Hagood

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  • 11th South Carolina: Col F. Hay Gantt
  • 21st South Carolina (remnants): Col Robert F. Graham
  • 25th South Carolina (remnants): Col Charles H. Simonton
  • 27th South Carolina: Cpt Allston
  • 7th South Carolina Battalion: Ltc James H. Rion
Artillery

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  • 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery
  • Company B: Cpt William Badham, Jr.
  • Sampson Artillery: Cpt Abner A. Mosely
Hedrick's Brigade


  

Col John J. Hedrick

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  • 2nd North Carolina Artillery (remnants): Ltc John Douglas Taylor
  • 3rd North Carolina Artillery: Maj William Holland
  • Company A (Lenoir Braves): Cpt Ancram W. Ezzell
  • Company B (McMillan Artillery): Lt Macon Bonner, Lt Selby Harden
  • Company C (Bridger's Artillery): Cpt John E. Leggett
  • Company F: Cpt John Robertson
  • 2nd Company H (Barnes' Battery): Cpt Calvin Barnes
  • Company I: Cpt Charles C. Whitehurst
  • 1st Battalion North Carolina Heavy Artillery
  • Company A (Clark Artillery): Cpt Robert G. Rankin
  • Company B (River Guards): Cpt John W. Taylor
  • Company C (Brown's Battalion): Cpt William H. Brown
  • Company D (remnants): Lt John T. Rankin
  • 2nd North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company B
  • McDougald's Unattached Company North Carolina Troops: Cpt W. J. McDougald
  • Coast Guard Company (unattached)

=Post of Wilmington=

Col George Jackson

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Post garrison

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  • Armory Guards, Company B: Cpt Armand L deRosset
  • 7th North Carolina Home Guards, Companies A and B: Col James G. Burr
  • 8th North Carolina Senior Reserves: Col Allmand M. McKoy
Engineers

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  • 2nd Engineers, Company A: Cpt John C. Winder
  • Signal Corps: Lt George C. Bain
Cape Fear River batteriesComprising Forts Davis, Lee, Campbell, and Meares.


  

Col Peter C. Gaillard

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  • 13th Battalion North Carolina Light/Heavy Artillery
  • Company D (Adams' Battery): Lt Samuel H. Forbes
  • 68th North Carolina Troops, Company C (detachment)
  • McDougald's Company (detachment)

Notes

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Sources

  • Fonvielle, Jr., Chris E. The Wilmington Campaign: Last Rays of Departing Hope. Campbell, California: Savas Publishing Company, 1997. {{ISBN|1-882810-09-0}}

Wilmington order of battle: Confederate