Wyse Fork Union order of battle

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The following is the organization of the Union forces engaged at the Battle of Wyse Fork, during the American Civil War in 1865. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

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Military Rank[]

Other[]

Department of North Carolina[]

Major General John M. Schofield[1]

District of Beaufort/Cox's Provisional Corps[]

Major General Jacob D. Cox

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division (XXIII Corps)
     BG Thomas H. Ruger

1st Brigade


   Col John M. Orr

2nd Brigade


   Col John C. McQuiston

3rd Brigade


   Bvt BG Minor T. Thomas

  • 8th Minnesota
  • 174th Ohio
  • 178th Ohio
Artillery

1st Division (Dist. of Beaufort)
     BG Innis N. Palmer

1st Brigade


   BG Edward Harland

  • 9th New Jersey: Col James Stewart, Jr.
  • 23rd Massachusetts: Col John W. Raymond
  • 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery (serving as infantry)
2nd Brigade


   Col Peter J. Claassen

  • 132nd New York
  • Battalion of provisional troops, convalescents
3rd Brigade


   Col Horace Boughton

  • 18th Wisconsin
  • Battalion of provisional troops
  • Battalion of provisional troops
Artillery
  • Batteries C & D, 3rd New York Light Artillery

2nd Division (Dist. of Beaufort)
     BG Samuel P. Carter

1st Brigade


   Col Adam Gale Malloy

  • 85th New York
  • Battalion of provisional troops
  • Battalion of provisional troops
2nd Brigade


   Col Charles L. Upham

3rd Brigade


   Ltc Henry Splaine

  • 17th Massachusetts
  • 25th Massachusetts
Artillery
  • Batteries A, I & G, 3rd New York Light Artillery
Cavalry
  • 12th New York Cavalry
  • Independent Troop, North Carolina Cavalry

Notes[]

  1. ^ Schofield was not directly involved in the battle
  2. ^ Greene and Stiles had been ordered to report to General Cox. Neither had been assigned to a command by the time the battle began and therefore served as staff officers to Cox Cox's Official Report
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