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SECOND EXPEDITION AGAINST FORT FISHER
January 13-15, 1865

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TERRY'S PROVISIONAL CORPS
Bvt. Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Terry, commanding

XXIV Army Corps
First Division
   

Second Brigade
Col. Joseph C. Abbott
6th Connecticut, Col. Alfred P. Rockwell
7th Connecticut, Capt. John Thompson
Capt. William S. Marble
3rd New Hampshire, Capt. William H. Trickey
7th New Hampshire, Lt. Col. Augustus W. Rollins
16th New York Heavy Artillery Cos. A, B, C, F, G, K, Maj. Frederick W. Prince

Second Division
Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames
 

First Brigade
Bvt. Brig. Gen. N. Martin Curtis (W)
Maj. Ezra L. Walrath
3rd New York, Capt. James H. Reeve (W)
Lt. Edwin A. Behan
112th New York, Col. John F. Smith
117th New York, Lt. Col. Francis X. Meyer
142nd New York, Lt. Col. Albert M. Barney

Second Brigade
Col. Galusha Pennypacker (W)
Maj. Oliver P. Harding
47th New York, Capt. Joseph M. McDonald
48th New York, Lt. Col. William B. Coan (W)
Maj. Nere A. Elfwing
76th Pennsylvania, Col. John S. Littell
97th Pennsylvania, Lt. John Wainwright
203rd Pennsylvania, Col. John W. Moore (K)
Lt. Col. Jonas W. Lyman, Maj. Oliver P. Harding,
Capt. Heber B. Essington

Third Brigade
Col. Louis Bell (K)
Col. Alonzo Alden
13th Indiana, Lt. Col. Samuel M. Zent
4th New Hampshire, Capt. John H. Roberts
115th New York, Lt. Col. Nathan J. Johnson
169th New York, Col. Alonzo Alden
Lt. Col. James A. Colvin

Artillery Brigade
Capt. Richard H. Lee
16th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery

XXV Army Corps
Third Division
Brig. Gen. Charles J. Paine
   

Second Brigade
Col. John W. Ames
4th U.S. Colored Troops, Lt. Col. George Rogers
6th U.S. Colored Troops, Maj. Augustus S. Boernstein
30th U.S. Colored Troops, Lt. Col. Hiram A. Oakman
39th U.S. Colored Troops, Col. Ozora P. Stearns

Third Brigade
Col. Elias Wright
1st U.S. Colored Troops, Lt. Col. Giles H. Rich
5th U.S. Colored Troops, Maj. William R. Brazie
10th U.S. Colored Troops, Lt. Col. Edward H. Powell
27th U.S. Colored Troops, Col. Albert M. Blackman
37th U.S. Colored Troops, Col. Nathan Goff, Jr.

Artillery Brigade
3rd U.S., Regular Army, Battery E
Lt. John Myrick

Artillery
Bvt. Brig. Gen. Henry L. Abbot
1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Cos. B, G, L
Capt. William G. Pride

Engineers
15th New York Cos. A, I (or A, B, H)
Lt. K. Samuel O'Keefe

UNITED STATES NAVY
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Cape Fear Task Force
Rear Adm. David D. Porter, commanding
 

Ship's Name / Number of Guns / Commanding Officer

Ships of Line No. 1
Brooklyn / 26 / Capt. James Alden
Canonicus (ironclad) / 2 / Lt. Cmdr. George Belknap
Huron / 5 / Lt. Cmdr. Thomas O. Selfridge
Kansas / 8 / Lt. Cmdr. Pendleton G. Watmough
Mahopac (ironclad) / 2 / Lt. Cmdr. Edward Potter
Maumee / 8 / Lt. Cmdr. Ralph Chandler
Mohican / 9 / Cmdr. Daniel Ammen
Monadnock (ironclad) / 4 / Cmdr. Enoch G. Parrott
New Ironsides (ironclad) / 20 / Cmdr. William Radford
Pawtuxet / 10 / Cmdr. James H. Spotts
Pequot / 8 / Lt. Cmdr. Daniel Braine
Pontoosuc / 12 / Lt. Cmdr. William G. Temple
Saugus (ironclad) / 2 / Cmdr. Edmund R. Colhoun
Seneca / 5 / Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery Sicard
Tacony / 12 / Lt. Cmdr. William T. Truxton
Unadilla / 6 / Lt. Cmdr. Frank M. Ramsay
Yantic / 5 / Lt. Cmdr. Thomas C. Harris

Ships of Line No. 2
Colorado / 50 / Commo. Henry K. Thatcher
Juniata / 14 / Capt. William Rogers Taylor
Mackinaw / 10 / Cmdr. John C. Beaumont
Minnesota / 46 / Commo. Joseph Lanman
Powhatan / 24 / Commo. James F. Schenck
Shenandoah / 6 / Capt. Daniel B. Ridgley
Susquehanna / 18 / Commo. Sylvanus W. Godon
Ticonderoga / 14 / Capt. Charles Steedman
Tuscarora / 10 / Cmdr. James M. Frailey
Vanderbilt / 16 / Capt. Charles W. Pickering
Wabash / 44 / Capt. Melancton Smith

Ships of Line No. 3
Chippewa / 6 / Lt. Cmdr. Aaron Weaver
Fort Jackson / 11 / Capt. Benjamin F. Sands
Iosco / 10 / Cmdr. John Guest
Maratanza / 6 / Lt. Cmdr. George Young
Montgomery / 6 / Acting Vol. Lt. Thomas C. Dunn
Monticello / 6 / Lt. Cmdr. William B. Cushing
Osceola / 10 / Cmdr. J. M. B. Clitz
Quaker City / 7 / Cmdr. William F. Spicer
R. R. Cuyler / 12 / Cmdr. Charles H. B. Caldwell
Rhode Island / 12 / Cmdr. Stephen D. Trenchard
Santiago de Cuba / 11 / Capt. Oliver S. Glisson
Sassacus / 12 / Lt. Cmdr. John L. Davis

Ships of Reserve Line
A. D. Vance / 5 / Lt. Cmdr. John H. Upshur
Alabama / 10 / Acting Vol. Lt. Amos R. Langthorne
Aries / 7 / Acting Vol. Lt. Francis S. Wells
Britannia / 6 / Acting Vol. Lt. William B. Sheldon
Cherokee / 6 / Acting Vol. Lt. William E. Dennison
Emma / 8 / Acting Vol. Lt. James M. Williams
Eolus / 4 / Acting Mstr. Edward S. Keyser
Fort Donelson / 1 / Acting Mstr. George W. Frost
Gettysburg / 7 / Lt. R. H. Lamsom
Gov. Buckingham / 6 / Acting Vol. Lt. J. MacDiarmid
Launch No. 6 / 1 / Gunner Hubert Peters
Lillian / 2 / Acting Vol. Lt. T. A. Harris
Little Ada / 2 / Acting Mstr. Samuel P. Crafts
Malvern/ 12 / Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin H. Porter
Nansemond / 3 / Acting Mstr. James H. Porter
Republic / 1 / Acting Mstr. John W. Bennett
Tristram Shandy / 4 / Act. Vol. Lt. Edward F. Devens
Wilderness / 4 / Acting Mstr. Henry Arey

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Atlantic, Blackstone, California, Champion, Charles Leary, Commodore DuPont, De Molay, Euterpe, General Lyon, Governor Chase, Idaho, L. C. Livingston, McClellan, Montauk, North Point, Prometheus, Russia, Thames, Thomas R. Scott, Tonawanda, Varuna, Weybossett

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