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Second Battle of Fort Fisher: Confederate Order of Battle
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SECOND DEFENSE OF FORT FISHER
January 13-15, 1865

DEFENDERS OF FORT FISHER
Maj. Gen. William Henry Chase Whiting,
adviser and volunteer combatant
 

Col. William Lamb
36th North Carolina Regiment (2nd Artillery), commanding

1st Battalion North Carolina Heavy Artillery
Co. D, Capt. James L. McCormic

3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery
Co. C (Sutton's Battery), Capt. John M. Sutton

10th North Carolina Regiment (1st Artillery)
Maj. James Reilly, commanding
Co. F, Capt. Edward D. Walsh
Co. K (Shaw's Battery), Capt. William Shaw, Jr.

13th Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery
Co. D, Capt. Zachariah T. Adams

36th North Carolina Regiment (2nd Artillery)
Col. William Lamb, commanding
2nd Co. A (Murphy's Battery), Capt. Robert Murphy
3rd Co. B (Bladen Stars), Capt. Daniel Munn
2nd Co. C (Braddy's Battery), Capt. Kinchen Braddy
2nd Co. D (Anderson Artillery), Capt. Edward Dudley
Co. E (Powell's Artillery), Capt. Oliver Powell
Co. F (Hunter's Company), Acting Capt. Exum Lewis Hunter
3rd Co. G (Russell's Battery), Lt. William Swain
Co. H (Clarendon Guards), Capt. Daniel Patterson
2nd Co. I (Bladen Artillery), Capt. John T. Melvin
Co. K (Brunswick Artillery), Capt. William Brooks

40th North Carolina Regiment (3rd Artillery)
Co. D (Bay River Artillery), Capt. James Lane
Co. E (Scotch Greys), Capt. Malcomb H. McBryde
3rd Co. G, Capt. George Buchan
2nd Co. K (Bladen Artillery Guards), Capt. Daniel James Clark

Detachment of C. S. Navy
Capt. Robert T. Chapman

Detachment of C. S. Marines
Capt. A. C. Van Benthuysen

Hagood's Brigade
11th South Carolina (detachment)
21st South Carolina (detachment), Capt. D. G. DuBose
25th South Carolina (detachment), Capt. James Carson
 

DEFENDERS OF THE SUGAR LOAF LINE
Hoke's Division
(From the Army of Northern Virginia)
Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke
 

Clingman's Brigade
Col. Hector McKethan
8th North Carolina, Lt. Col. Rufus A. Barrier
31st North Carolina, Lt. Col. Charles Knight
51st North Carolina, Capt. James W. Lippitt
61st North Carolina, Col. William S. Devane

Colquitt's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt
6th Georgia, Col. John T. Lofton
19th Georgia, Col. James H. Neal
23rd Georgia, Col. Marcus R. Ballenger
27th Georgia, Capt. Elisha D. Graham
28th Georgia, Capt. John A. Johnson

Hagood's Brigade
Col. Robert F. Graham
7th South Carolina Battalion, Lt. Col. James H. Rion
11th South Carolina, Col. F. Hay Gantt
21st South Carolina
25th South Carolina
27th South Carolina

Kirkland's Brigade
Brig. Gen. William W. Kirkland
17th North Carolina, Lt. Col. Thomas H. Sharp
42nd North Carolina, Col. John E. Brown
66th North Carolina, Col. John H. Nethercutt

Cavalry
2nd South Carolina,
Col. Thomas J. Lipscomb
 

Artillery
3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery
Co. A (Northampton Artillery), Capt. Andrew J. Ellis
 

10th North Carolina Regiment (1st Artillery)
2nd Co. I (Southerland's Battery), Capt. Thomas Southerland

Staunton Hill Artillery (Paris's Battery),
Capt. Andrew B. Paris

Credit: ah.dcr.state.nc.us; © North Carolina Office of Archives and History

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