Wilmington Union order of battle


The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilmington of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

MG John M. Schofield
MG John M. Schofield
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Second Division		2nd Brigade
Col Orlando H. Moore
Third Division
MG Jacob D. Cox		1st Brigade
Col Oscar W. Sterl
Third Division
MG Jacob D. Cox		2nd Brigade
Bvt BG John S. Casement
Third Division
MG Jacob D. Cox		3rd Brigade
Bvt BG Thomas J. Henderson
  • 112th Illinois
  • 63rd Indiana
  • 140th Indiana
Third Division
MG Jacob D. Cox		Artillery

Terry's Provisional Corps

MG Alfred H. Terry
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division 		2nd Brigade
Bvt BG Joseph C. Abbott
Second Division
BG Adelbert Ames		1st Brigade
Col Rufus Daggett
Second Division
BG Adelbert Ames		2nd Brigade
Maj Oliver P. Harding until 14 Feb
Ltc James A. Colvin
Second Division
BG Adelbert Ames		3rd Brigade
Ltc Nathan J. Johnson until 14 Feb
Col George F. Granger
Second Division
BG Adelbert Ames		Artillery
Second Division
BG Adelbert Ames		Engineers
  • 15th New York Engineers Cos. A, I
Third Division
BG Charles J. Paine		1st Brigade
Col Delevan Bates
  • 107th U.S. Colored Troops
  • Other regiments dispersed throughout division
Third Division
BG Charles J. Paine		2nd Brigade
Col John W. Ames
  • 4th U.S. Colored Troops
  • 6th U.S. Colored Troops
  • 30th U.S. Colored Troops
  • 39th U.S. Colored Troops
Third Division
BG Charles J. Paine		3rd Brigade
Col Elias Wright until 20 Feb
Col John Henry Holman
  • 1st U.S. Colored Troops
  • 5th U.S. Colored Troops
  • 10th U.S. Colored Troops
  • 27th U.S. Colored Troops
  • 37th U.S. Colored Troops
Third Division
BG Charles J. Paine		Artillery
  • Battery E, 3rd U.S. Artillery

[North Atlantic Blockading Squadron]

Rear Admiral David D. Porter