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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
Military rank
District of Cape Fear
Gen Braxton Bragg
Post of Sugar Loaf
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Hoke's Division
MG Robert F. Hoke
Clingman's Brigade
Col William S. Devane
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
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
17th North Carolina: Ltc Thomas H. Sharp
42nd North Carolina: Col John E. Brown
66th North Carolina: Col John E. Nethercutt
Artillery
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
2nd South Carolina Cavalry (detachment): Col Thomas J. Lipscomb
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Garrison
Hagood's Brigade
BG Johnson Hagood
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
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
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
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Post garrison
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
2nd Engineers, Company A: Cpt John C. Winder
Signal Corps: Lt George C. Bain
Cape Fear River batteries[ 1]
Col Peter C. Gaillard
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
^ Comprising Forts Davis, Lee, Campbell, and Meares.
Sources
Fonvielle, Jr., Chris E. The Wilmington Campaign: Last Rays of Departing Hope . Campbell, California: Savas Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 1-882810-09-0