The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Charleston Harbor of the American Civil War . The Union order of battle is listed separately.
The following lists contain the commanders and units[1] involved in the operations against Charleston Harbor from July to September 1863. The first phase from July 10–18 includes the initial engagements at First Fort Wagner , Grimball's Landing and Second Fort Wagner . The second phase from July 19-September 8 includes siege operations against Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter .
Abbreviations used [ ]
Military rank [ ]
Gen = General
LTG = Lieutenant General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant
Sgt = Sergeant
Other [ ]
w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k =killed
c = captured
Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida [ ]
Gen Pierre G. T. Beauregard
First District [ ]
BG Roswell S. Ripley
Division
Post
Regiments and Others
First Sub-Division "James Island"
Col Charles H. Simonton until 10 July
BG Johnson Hagood
Secessionville
25th South Carolina Infantry: Ltc John G. Presley
20th South Carolina Infantry (7 companies): Ltc Olin M. Dantzler
1st South Carolina Light Battery: Cpt Francis D. Blake
Clark House
Company D, Palmetto Battalion (Wagner Artillery):[2] Cpt Charles E. Kanapaux
Company G, Palmetto Battalion (DeSaussure Artillery): Cpt William L. De Pass
West James Island
Company E, Palmetto Battalion: Cpt John D. Johnson
Company H, Palmetto Battalion: Cpt Thomas A. Holtzclaw
Company I, Palmetto Battalion: Cpt J.R. Bowden
Company K, Palmetto Battalion: Cpt Samuel M. Richardson
Fort Pemberton
Company A, Lucas Battalion:[3] Cpt John A Gary
Company B, Lucas Battalion: Cpt Robert Pringle
Company C, Lucas Battalion: Cpt Theodore B. Hayne
Fort Lamar
Company B, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt J.W. Lancaster
Company K, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Harry C. Culbreath
Fort Johnson
Company I, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Joseph B. Humbert
Fort Glover
Company G, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt George W. Stallings
Batteries Haig and Palmer
Company C, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Medicus Rickenbacker
East James Island
Company A, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt William A. Hunter
Company D, 2nd South Carolina Artillery : Cpt William Charles
Company E, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt B. E. Dickson
Company H, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt William Kennedy
Company F, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Thomas K. Lagare
Cavalry
2nd Sub-Division
Col Lawrence M. Keitt
Fort Moultrie
1st South Carolina Artillery (4 companies)
Battery Bee
1st South Carolina Artillery (2 companies)
Battery Marshall
1st South Carolina Artillery (3 companies)
Battery Beauregard
1st South Carolina Artillery (1 company)
Palmetto Battery
1st South Carolina Artillery (1 company)
Christ Church
5th South Carolina Cavalry (2 companies)
Sparks' (South Carolina) Cavalry Company
Mount Pleasant
20th South Carolina Infantry (3 companies)
Santee (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt Christopher Gaillard
Third Sub-Division "Morris Island"
Col Robert F. Graham 9-12 July
BG William B. Taliaferro 12-18 July
BG Johnson Hagood 19-22 July
Battery Mitchell "Oyster Point"
21st South Carolina Infantry (Detachment): Maj George W. McIver
Company I, 1st South Carolina Artillery: Cpt John C. Mitchell
Company E, 1st South Carolina Artillery: Cpt J. Ravenel Macbeth
Company H (Detachment), 1st South Carolina Artillery: Lt H. W. Frost
Company D, 1st South Carolina Artillery (serving as infantry): Cpt Charles T. Haskell
Battery Wagner[4]
1st South Carolina Infantry (Cos. H and I)
21st South Carolina Infantry: Col Robert F. Graham
31st North Carolina Infantry
51st North Carolina Infantry
22nd Georgia Infantry
63rd Georgia Infantry (Cos. B, K and detachment of D)
Charleston Battalion
Gist Guard (South Carolina) Heavy Artillery Company: Cpt Charles E. Chichester
Mathewes (South Carolina) Heavy Artillery Company: Cpt John E. Mathewes
Company A, 1st South Carolina Artillery
Battery Gregg[5]
31st North Carolina Infantry
5th South Carolina Cavalry (Detachment of Couriers)
Company H (Detachment), 1st South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Henry R. Lesesne
Company G (Detachment), Palmetto Battalion
Fourth Sub-Division "Inner Harbor"
Col Alfred Rhett
Fort Sumter
1st South Carolina Artillery (5 companies)
Castle Pinckney and Fort Ripley
Cpt William H. Peroneau
Company K, 1st South Carolina Artillery
Charleston
5th South Carolina Cavalry (Detachment)
Charleston Battalion: Ltc Peter C. Gaillard
South Carolina Siege Train: Maj Edward Manigault
Siege Operations (July 19-September 8, 1863)[ ]
Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida [ ]
Gen Pierre G. T. Beauregard [6]
First District [ ]
BG Roswell S. Ripley
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Sub-Division
BG William B. Taliaferro
Infantry
Olmstead's Command: Col Charles H. Olmstead
1st Georgia Infantry (4 companies)
12th Georgia Artillery Battalion (4 companies): Ltc Henry D. Capers
6th Georgia Infantry : Col John T. Lofton
19th Georgia Infantry: Col A.J. Hutchins
23rd Georgia Infantry Maj. M.R. Ballenger
27th Georgia Infantry: Maj. James Gardner
28th Georgia Infantry: Col Tully Graybill
32nd Georgia Infantry: Col George B. Harrison II
54th Georgia Infantry: Col Charleton H. Way
8th North Carolina Infantry: Col Henry M. Shaw
31st North Carolina Infantry: Col John V. Jordon
Cavalry
Artillery
1st South Carolina Artillery (5 companies): Maj Ormsby Blanding
2nd South Carolina Artillery (9 companies): Col Andrew D. Frederick
3rd (Palmetto) South Carolina Artillery Battalion (5 companies): Ltc Edward B. White
18th South Carolina Artillery Battalion "South Carolina Siege Train": Maj Edward Manigault
12th Georgia Artillery Battalion, Company C: Cpt W.W. Billopp
15th (Lucas') South Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion: Maj Jonathan J. Lucas
Chatham (Georgia) Artillery Company: Cpt John F. Wheaton
Marion (South Carolina) Artillery Company: Cpt E.L. Parker
Mathewes (South Carolina) Heavy Artillery Company: Cpt John R. Mathewes
Anderson's Brigade
BG George T. Anderson (arrived Sept 9)
7th Georgia Infantry: Col William W. White
8th Georgia Infantry: Col John R. Towers
9th Georgia Infantry : Col Benjamin Beck
11th Georgia Infantry : Col Francis H. Little
59th Georgia Infantry: Col Jack Brown
Hagood's Brigade
BG Johnson Hagood
11th South Carolina Infantry: Col Frederick H. Gantt
21st South Carolina Infantry: Col Robert F. Graham
25th South Carolina Infantry: Col Charles H. Simonton
Second Sub-Division
BG Alfred H. Colquitt until Aug
BG Thomas L. Clingman
Infantry
51st North Carolina Infantry: Col Hector McKethan
61st North Carolina Infantry: Col James D. Radcliffe
20th South Carolina Infantry: Col Lawrence M. Keitt
7th South Carolina Battalion: Ltc Patrick H. Nelson
18th Georgia Infantry Battalion (3 companies): Maj William S. Basinger
Cavalry
Company E, 5th South Carolina Cavalry: Col Louis A. Whilden
Peterkin's (South Carolina) Cavalry Company: Cpt J.A. Peterkin
Sparks' (South Carolina) Cavalry Company: Cpt A.D. Sparks
Artillery
1st South Carolina Artillery: Col William Butler
Company K, 1st South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Alfred S. Gaillard
German (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt Frederick W. Wagener
Macbeth (South Carolina) Artillery Company: Cpt B.A. Jeter
Evans' Brigade
BG Nathan G. Evans
17th South Carolina Infantry: Col Fritz W. McMaster
18th South Carolina Infantry: Col William H. Wallace
22nd South Carolina Infantry: Ltc James O'Connell
23rd South Carolina Infantry: Col Henry L. Benbow
26th South Carolina Infantry: Col Alexander D. Smith
Holcombe Legion : Ltc William J. Crawley
Harbor Forts
Fort Sumter
Maj Stephen Elliott, Jr.
Charleston Battalion: Maj Julius A. Blake
Castle Pinckney and Fort Ripley
1st S.C.A., Company G: Cpt William H. Peronneau
Charleston
BG Wilmot G. DeSaussure
Infantry
1st South Carolina Militia: Col Edward Magrath
18th South Carolina Militia: Col John E. Carew
5th South Carolina State Troops: Col James H. Williams
Cadet Battalion: Maj John B. White
Cavalry
Artillery
1st S.C.A. (Cos. D and H)
1st South Carolina Militia Artillery: Col John A. Wagener
Company A, Palmetto Battalion (Furman Artillery): Cpt William E. Eale
Gist Guard (South Carolina) Artillery Company: Cpt Charles E. Chichester
Sailors
Boat details (3 companies): Cpt Thomas J. China
Reserve
St. Andrew's Parrish
BG Henry A. Wise (arrived Sept 19)
4th Virginia Heavy Artillery [serving as infantry]: Col Thomas J. Goode
26th Virginia Infantry : Col Powhatan R. Page
46th Virginia Infantry : Col Richard T. W. Duke
59th Virginia Infantry : Col William B. Tabb
Morris Island Commanders (July 9-September 7) [ ]
The commanders of Morris Island, scene of the majority of fighting, proved to be ever fluctuating. The following is a list and dates of the officers who commanded Morris Island during the campaign.
Commander
Dates
Col Robert F. Graham
9-12 July
BG William B. Taliaferro
13-18 July
BG Johnson Hagood
19-22 July
BG William B. Taliaferro
23-25 July
BG Alfred H. Colquitt
26-27 July
BG Thomas L. Clingman
28 July-1 August
Col Lawrence M. Keitt
2-5 Aug
BG Johnson Hagood
6-10 Aug
Col George P. Harrison
11-15 Aug
Col Lawrence M. Keitt
16-21 Aug
BG Johnson Hagood
22-27 Aug
BG Alfred H. Colquitt
28 Aug-3 September
Col Lawrence M. Keitt
3-7 Sept
See also [ ]
American Civil War portal
United States portal
Notes [ ]
^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
^ 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Light Artillery
^ 15th Battalion, South Carolina Heavy Artillery
^ Wise p. 233
^ Wise p. 233
^ Order of battle as it appeared in September (Wise p.243)
References [ ]
Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands . Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3 .
Wise, Stephen R., Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863 . Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 1994.