Assault of Fort Wagner
Confederate Order of Battle
Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard
First District
Brig. Gen. Roswell S. Ripley
First Sub-Division "James Island"
Col. Charles H. Simonton (until 10 July)
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Secessionville
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25th South Carolina Infantry
Lieut. Col. John G. Presley
20th South Carolina Infantry (7 companies)
Lieut. Col. Olin M. Dantzler
1st South Carolina Light Battery
Capt. Francis D. Blake
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Clark House
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Company D, Palmetto Battalion
(Wagner Artillery)
Capt. Charles E. Kanapaux
Company G, Palmetto Battlion
(DeSaussure Artillery)
Capt. William L. De Pass
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West James Island
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Company E, Palmetto Battalion
Capt. John D. Johnson
Company H, Palmetto Battalion
Capt. Thomas A. Holtzclaw
Company I, Palmetto Battalion
Capt. J. T. Bowden
Company K, Palmetto Battalion
Capt. Samuel M. Richardson
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Fort Pemberton
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Company A, Lucas Battalion
Capt. John A. Gary
Company B, Lucas Battalion
Capt. Robert Pringle
Company C, Lucas Battalion
Capt. Theodore B. Hayne
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Fort Lamar
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Company B, 2nd South Carolina Artillery
Capt. J. W. Lancaster
Company K, 2nd South Carolina Artillery
Capt. Harry C. Culbreath
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Fort Johnson
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Company I, 2nd South Carolina Artillery
Capt. Joseph B. Humbert
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Fort Glover
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Company G, 2nd South Carolina Artillery
Capt. George W. Stallings
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Batteries Haig and Palmer
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Company C, 2nd South Carolina Artillery
Capt. Medicus Rickenbacker
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East James Island
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Company A, 2nd South Carolina Artillery
Capt. William A. Hunter
Company D, 2nd South Carolina Artillery
Capt. William Charles
Company E, 2nd South Carolina Artillery
Capt. B. E. Dickson
Company H, 2nd South Carolina
Company F, 2nd South Carolina Artillery
Capt. Thomas K. Lagare
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Cavalry
5th South Carolina Cavalry (3 companies)
Lieut. Col. Robert J. Jeffords
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2nd Sub-Division
Col. Lawrence M. Keitt
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Fort Moultrie
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1st South Carolina Artillery (4 companies)
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Battery Bee
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1st South Carolina Artillery (2 companies)
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Battery Marshall
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1st South Carolina Artillery (3 companies)
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Battery Beauregard
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1st South Carolina Artillery (2 companies)
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Palmetto Battery
1st South Carolina Artillery (1 company)
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Christ Church
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5th South Carolina Cavalry (2 companies)
Sparks' (South Carolina) Cavarly
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Mount Pleasant
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20th South Carolina Infantry (3 companies)
Santee (South Carolina) Artillery
Capt. Christopher Gaillard
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Third Sub-Division
"Morris Island"
Col. Robert F. Graham (9-12 July)
Brig. Gen. William B. Taliafferro
(12-18 July)
Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood
(19-22 July)
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Battery Mitchell "Oyster Point"
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21st South Carolina Infantry (Detachment)
Maj. George W. McIver
Company I, 1st South Carolina Artillery
Capt. John C. Mitchell
Company E, 1st South Carolina Artillery
Capt. J. Ravenel Macbeth
Company H (Detachment), 1st South Carolina Artillery
Lieut. H. W. Frost
Company D, 1st South Carolina Artillery (serving as infantry)
Capt. Charles T. Haskell
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Battery Wagner
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1st South Carolina Infantry (Cos. H and I)
21st South Carolina Infantry
Col. Robert F. Graham
31st North Carolina Infantry
51st North Carolina Infantry
22nd Georgia Infantry
63rd Georgia Infantry (Cos. B, K and detachment of D)
Charleston Battalion
Gist Guard (South Carolina) Heavy Artillery Company
Capt. Charles E. Chichester
Mathewes (South Carolina) Heavy Artillery Company
Capt. John E. Mathewes
Company A, 1st South Carolina Artillery
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Battery Gregg
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31st North Carolina Infantry
5th South Carolina Cavalry (Detachment of Couriers)
Company H (Detachment), 1st South Carolina Artillery
Capt. Henry R. Lesesne
Company G (Detachment), Palmetto Battalion
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Siege Operations
July 19-September, 1863
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Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard
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First District
Brig. Gen. Roswell S. Ripley
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First Sub-Division
Brig. Gen. William B. Taliaferro
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Infantry
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Olmstead's Command
Col. Charles H. Olmstead
1st Georgia Infantry (4 companies)
12th Georgia Artillery Battalion (4 companies)
Lieut. Col. Henry D. Capers
6th Georgia Infantry
Col. John T. Lofton
19th Georgia Infantry
Col. A. J. Hutchins
23rd Georgia Infantry
Maj. M. R. Ballenger
27th Georgia Infantry
Maj. James Gardner
28th Georgia Infantry
32nd Georgia Infantry
Col. Georgia Infantry
54th Georgia Infantry
Col. Charleton H. Way
8th North Carolina Infantry
Col. Henry M. Shaw
31st North Carolina Infantry
Col. John V. Jordon
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Cavalry
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5th South Carolina Cavalry (5 companies)
Col. John Dunovant
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Artillery
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1st South Carolina Artillery (5 companies)
Maj. Ormsby Blanding
2nd South Carolina Artillery
Col. Andrew D. Frederick
3rd (Palmetto) South Carolina Artillery
Battalion (5 companies)
Lieut. Col. Edward B. White
18th South Carolina Artillery Battalion,
"South Carolina Siege Train"
Maj. Edward Manigault
12th Georgia Artillery Battalion, Company C
Capt. W. W. Billopp
15th (Lucas') South Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion
Maj. Jonathan J. Lucas
Chatham (Georgia) Artillery Company
Capt. John F. Wheaton
Marion (South Carolina) Artillery Company
Capt. E. L. Parker
Mathewes (South Carolina) Heavy Artillery Company
Capt. John R. Mathewes
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Anderson's Brigade
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Brig. Gen. George T. Anderson
(arrived September 9)
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7th Georgia Infantry
Col. William W. White
8th Georgia Infantry
Col. John R. Towers
9th Georgia Infantry
Col. Benjamin Beck
11th Georgia Infantry
Col. Francis H. Little
59th Georgia Infantry
Col. Jack Brown
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Hagood's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Johnson Hogood
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11th South Carolina Infantry
Col. Frederick H. Gantt
21st South Carolina Infantry
Col. Robert F. Graham
25th South Carolina Infantry
Col. Charles H. Simonton
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Second Sub-Division
Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt
(until August)
Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Clingman
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Infantry
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51st North Carolina Infantry
Col. Hector McKethan
61st North Carolina Infantry
Col.. James D. Radcliffe
20th South Carolina
Col. Lawrence M. Keitt
7th South Carolina Battalion
Lieut. Col. Patrick H. Nelson
18th Georgia Infantry Battalion
(3 companies)
Maj. William S. Basinger
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Cavalry
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Company E, 5th South Carolina Cavalry
Col. Louis A. Whilden
Peterkin's (South Carolina) Cavalry Company
Capt. J. A. Peterkin
Sparks' (South Carolina) Cavalry Company
Capt. A. D. Sparks
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Artillery
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1st South Carolina Artillery
Col. William Butler
Company K, 1st South Carolina Artillery
Capt. Alfred S. Gaillard
German (South Carolina) Artillery
Capt. Frederick W. Wagener
Macbeth (South Carolina) Artillery Company
Capt. B. A. Jeter
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Evans' Brigade
Brig. Gen. Nathan G. Evans
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17th South Carolina Infantry
Col. Fritz W. McMaster
18th South Carolina Infantry
Col. William H. Wallace
22nd South Carolina Infantry
Lieut. Col. James O'Connell
23rd South Carolina Infantry
Col. Henry L. Benbow
26th South Carolina Infantry
Col. Alexander D. Smith
Holcombe Legion
Lieut. Col. William J. Crawley
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Harbor Forts
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Fort Sumter
Maj. Stephen Elliott, Jr.
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Charleston Battalion
Maj. Julius A. Blake
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Castle Pickney and Fort Ripley
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1st South Carolina Artillery, Company G
Capt. William H. Peronneau
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Charleston
Brig. Gen. Wilmot G. DeSaussure
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Infantry
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1st South Carolina Militia
Col. Edward Magrath
18th South Carolina Militia
Col. John E. Carew
5th South Carolina State Troops
Col. James H. Williams
Cadet Battalion
Maj. John B. White
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Cavalry
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5th South Carolina Cavalry
(Companies D and H)
Lieut. Col. Robert J. Jeffords
Company K, 4th South Carolina Cavalry
Capt. Robert H. Colcock
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Artillery
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1st South Carolina Artillery
(Companies D and H)
1st South Carolina Militia Artillery
Col. John A. Wagener
Company A, Palmetto Battalion
(Furman Artillery)
Capt. William E. Eale
Gist Guard (South Carolina)
Artillery Company
Capt. Charles E. Chichester
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Sailors
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Boat Details (3 Companies)
Capt. Thomas J. China
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Reserve
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St. Andrew's Parrish
Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise
(Arrived September 19)
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4th Virginia Heavy Artillery
(serving as Infantry)
Col. Thomas J. Goode
26th Virginia Infantry
Col. Powhatan R. Page
46th Virginia Infantry
Col. Richard T. W. Duke
59th Virginia Infantry
Col. William B. Tabb
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Morris Island Commanders
(July 9 - September 7)
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Col. Robert F. Graham (9-12 July)
Brig. Gen. William Taliaferro (13-18 July)
Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood (19-22 July)
Brig. Gen. William Taliaferro (23-25 July)
Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt (26-27 July)
Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Clingman
(28 July-1 August)
Col. Lawrence M. Keitt (2-5 Aug.)
Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood (6-10 Aug)
Col. George P. Harrison (11-15 Aug)
Col. Lawrence M. Keitt (16-21 Aug)
Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood (22-27 Aug)
Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt
(28 August-3 September)
Col. Lawrence M. Keitt (3-7 Sept)
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