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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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