The following lists the organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of Roanoke Island, during the American Civil War on February 7–8, 1862.Battles and leaders, v.1, p. 670.
Union
Union Army Coast Division (Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside) First Brigade (Brig. Gen. John G. Foster) K-19 W-113 M-0 =132 10th Connecticut - Col Charles L. Russell 23rd Massachusetts - Col John Krutz 24th Massachusetts - Col Thomas G. Stevenson 25th Massachusetts - Col Edwin M. Upton 27th Massachusetts - Col Horace C. Lee Second Brigade (Brig. Gen. Jesse L. Reno) K-15 W-79 M-13 =107 21st Massachusetts - Ltc Alberto R. Maggi 9th New Jersey - Ltc Charles A. Heckman 51st New York - Col Edward Ferrero 51st Pennsylvania - Col John F. Hartranft Third Brigade (Brig. Gen. John G. Parke) K-0 W-17 M-0 =17 8th Connecticut - Col Edward Harland (general) 11th Connecticut - Col Henry W. Kingsbury (regiment not engaged) 9th New York - Col Rush C. Hawkins 4th Rhode Island - Col Isaac P. Rodman 5th Rhode Island, detachment - Maj John Wright Unassigned units: 1st New York Marine Artillery (detachment) - Col William A. Howard 99th New York (Union Coast Guard) - Lt Charles W. Tillotson
Army gunboats: Picket Vidette Hussar Lancer Ranger Chasseur Pioneer Sentinel
Union Navy North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (Flag Officer Louis M. Goldsborough) Image Ship Name Commanding Officer Notes Squadron Flagship, "being unfit for the purpose took no part in the engagement"Porter, Naval History, p. 109Acting Volunteer Lieutenant C. F. W. Behm Flag Officer Goldsborough embarkedLieutenant S. P. QuackenbushCommander S. C. Rowan, division commanderLieutenant Reed WerdenPorter, Naval History, p. 108 Lieutenant A. Murray Lieutenant H. K. Davenport Lieutenant W. N. Jeffers Lieutenant C. W. Flusser Lieutenant J. C. Chaplin Acting Volunteer Lieutenant R. T. Renshaw Acting Volunteer Lieutenant E. R. Colhoun Acting Master Peter Hayes Acting Master Charles French Acting Master G. W. Graves Acting Master John E. Giddings Acting Master F. S. Wells Acting Master John McDiarmid Acting Master W. J. Hotchkiss Acting Master T. G. WoodwardActing Master's Mate E. Boomer
Confederate
Confederate Army Dist. of Roanoke — Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise (not present in battle; ill) Col. Henry M. Shaw, second in command 2nd North Carolina Battalion 8th North Carolina 17th North Carolina (3 companies) 31st North Carolina 46th Virginia 59th Virginia (The Virginia regiments were part of the Wise Legion)
Confederate Navy "Mosquito Fleet" (Flag Officer William F. Lynch) CSS Sea-Bird (flagship) CSS Curlew (sunk) CSS Ellis CSS Beaufort CSS Raleigh CSS Fanny CSS Forrest CSS Appomattox (not at Battle of Roanoke Island) CSS Black Warrior (schooner)
Notes
References Porter, David D. The Naval History of the Civil War Castle, Secaucus, NJ, 1984, .