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 Gen = General MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Confederate Department of North Carolina District of Cape Fear Gen Braxton Bragg
Post of Sugar Loaf DivisionBrigade Regiments and OthersHoke's Division
MG Robert F. Hoke Clingman's Brigade
Col William S. Devane8th 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. Zachary6th 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. Kirkland17th North Carolina: Ltc Thomas H. Sharp 42nd North Carolina: Col John E. Brown 66th North Carolina: Col John E. Nethercutt Artillery3rd 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 Cavalry2nd South Carolina Cavalry (detachment): Col Thomas J. Lipscomb
Fort Anderson
DivisionBrigade Regiments and OthersGarrison Hagood's Brigade
BG Johnson Hagood11th 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. RionArtillery3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery Company B: Cpt William Badham, Jr. Sampson Artillery: Cpt Abner A. Mosely Hedrick's Brigade
Col John J. Hedrick2nd 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
DivisionBrigade Regiments and OthersPost garrisonArmory 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 Engineers2nd 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. Gaillard13th 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
Sources Fonvielle, Jr., Chris E. The Wilmington Campaign: Last Rays of Departing Hope. Campbell, California: Savas Publishing Company, 1997.